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1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?

Get 1 dose and wait and see what updated guidance says
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Get 2 doses and be done with it
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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #100 on: April 07, 2021, 06:02:43 PM »
Just got my first dose (Moderna) today. Had Covid 6 months ago. So far not feeling any aches or pains.
Set in for me overnight. Lasted for 36 hours or so.
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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #101 on: April 07, 2021, 06:10:57 PM »
Set in for me overnight. Lasted for 36 hours or so.
😬 Let's hope for the best. ;)

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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #102 on: April 07, 2021, 06:13:50 PM »
Figured I'd potentially regret not doing it by the books more than I'd regret being achy and tired for a day or 2.
So let us know in a few days how #2 compared to #1.
When I had googled this a couple weeks ago, I found many people posting "I had covid, and had a strong reaction to the first vaccine dose, should I skip the second?"  But I found almost nobody following up with what they decided, and whether the response to the second dose would be worse, better, or the same as the first.

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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #103 on: April 07, 2021, 06:18:51 PM »
My father had Covid and got the Pfizer vaccine a couple of months later. With the first dose he ran a slight fever the next day. The second dose, nothing.

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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #104 on: April 07, 2021, 06:22:10 PM »
My father had Covid and got the Pfizer vaccine a couple of months later. With the first dose he ran a slight fever the next day. The second dose, nothing.
Pfizer has fewer side effects.
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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #105 on: April 07, 2021, 06:25:01 PM »
Pfizer has fewer side effects.
That's what I've gathered from here, too, but didn't see cold, hard numbers. In any case, they only gave Moderna here.

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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #106 on: April 07, 2021, 06:25:18 PM »
Pfizer has fewer side effects.

I am guessing that I'll take that sometime in the summer (unless things change and I'll be able to have the same type of access I have now based on antibody tests).
I've been waiting over 5 years with bated breath for someone to say that!
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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #107 on: April 07, 2021, 06:25:39 PM »
That's what I've gathered from here, too, but didn't see cold, hard numbers. In any case, they only gave Moderna here.
@biobook posted numbers
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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #109 on: April 07, 2021, 07:02:28 PM »
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Not a huge difference then. Doesn't seem like it's worth it to go out of my way to get the Pfizer vaccine unless it's readily available in my area.

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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #110 on: April 07, 2021, 07:03:51 PM »
Not a huge difference then. Doesn't seem like it's worth it to go out of my way to get the Pfizer vaccine unless it's readily available in my area.
fever: 8.2% vs 5.8%, chills 8.4% vs. 5.5%. 

30-40% more...
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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #111 on: April 07, 2021, 07:11:33 PM »
fever: 8.2% vs 5.8%, chills 8.4% vs. 5.5%. 

30-40% more...
And Pfizer has a week less wait time in between doses.

Still less than 10% of people have reported side effects.

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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #112 on: April 07, 2021, 07:16:08 PM »
And Pfizer has a week less wait time in between doses.

Still less than 10% of people have reported side effects.
I didn't have a fever or chills, but I had other side effects.
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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #113 on: April 08, 2021, 01:47:40 AM »
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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #114 on: April 08, 2021, 10:58:36 AM »
I didn't have a fever or chills, but I had other side effects.
So BH I'm feeling fine besides for a little soreness on that arm and slight lightheadedness, the same with 2 of my colleagues who also took it yesterday, but my DW is feeling very lousy. Fever, chills, etc.

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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #115 on: April 08, 2021, 12:10:32 PM »
So BH I'm feeling fine besides for a little soreness on that arm and slight lightheadedness, the same with 2 of my colleagues who also took it yesterday, but my DW is feeling very lousy. Fever, chills, etc.
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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #116 on: April 08, 2021, 12:20:44 PM »
Did you yelp when they gave you the shot?
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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #117 on: April 08, 2021, 12:24:01 PM »
So BH I'm feeling fine besides for a little soreness on that arm and slight lightheadedness, the same with 2 of my colleagues who also took it yesterday, but my DW is feeling very lousy. Fever, chills, etc.

Ineresting, side effects are worse for women.

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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #118 on: April 13, 2021, 10:27:50 AM »
My wife got the first Moderna shot yesterday, she has 102 fever the whole day and is vomiting, she never had COVID symptoms, but tested positive for antibodies after Sukkos (tested negative for antibodies after Pesach).

Does anyone know if she should expect such a strong reaction if she takes a second dose?
2nd shot appointment is today, does anyone know if someone who had antibodies before shot 1, and had very bad side effects, will get bad side effects on shot 2?


The reason why she’d do shot 2 is just in case schools make a rule that you need vax id, she doesn’t want to do 2 more.

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Re: 1 Or 2 Vaccine Doses For People Who Had COVID?
« Reply #119 on: April 13, 2021, 10:31:23 AM »
Got my 2nd shot.
how were the side effecst?