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I GOT my SHOT

@Gary I only ever took codeine once and it was so long ago, I honestly don't remember...the antibiotics were a mild allergic reaction and the demerol, it made my eyes roll into the back off my head and I almost lost consciousness...the allergist gave me an Epi Pen because I had a bad reaction to a bee sting a few summers ago...I'm probably ok with the antibiotic, but to be on the safe side, I list them as an allergy...

I did find a questionnaire from the CDC which has some information on it, but I'll definitely be making some calls this week and definitely asking questions when I go...

here's what I did find after I posted the question for anyone else interested...
 

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I am assuming you regularly replace your Epi Pen when it expires. When I got my shot (while sitting for the 15 mins) I asked the med staff that were sitting nearby what they do if someone has a reaction. They said their 'go to' would probably be an Epi Pen, depending on the severity.
 
hdsomeday said:
I am assuming you regularly replace your Epi Pen when it expires. When I got my shot (while sitting for the 15 mins) I asked the med staff that were sitting nearby what they do if someone has a reaction. They said their 'go to' would probably be an Epi Pen, depending on the severity.
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BTW are all episodes pens the same and what are the expiry dates.

My wife has a mild reaction to spider bites. When she got her Pfizer they had her wait 30 minutes after instead of 15. No problems other than sore arm for a few days.
 
all epi pens are epinepheren , expiry is annual , doesn't mean they wont last 5yr but the date to be safe is annual.

I'm amazed the number of people that should no be without one, but never carry it......
 
crankcall said:
all epi pens are epinepheren , expiry is annual , doesn't mean they wont last 5yr but the date to be safe is annual.

I'm amazed the number of people that should no be without one, but never carry it......
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My nephew needs one. His parents rarely carry it. Often not even in the car so for all intents and purposes it doesn't exist. If it were me, I would be leaving expired epipens everywhere as an emergency supply. Cottage/cars/taped to bike etc. Not ideal but better than nothing. Afaik, they suffer a possible loss of efficacy, they dont turn into poison with time.
 
I have a credit card style one that rides with me in my saddlebag. It's about the thickness of 6-8 credit cards and about the same size. My wife got it at some medical conference or something as a sample IIRC.

I don't need/use them, but I figure if I ever come across someone in need it's gonna be better than nothing, even if it is old and certainly well expired now, has been bouncing around in there for 100,000+km, and has been exposed to all sorts of heat extremes it's not designed for.

But yeah, even if it's not 100% effective, it's also not going to be poison. 20% effectiveness even could still be the difference between life and death for someone when you're in the sticks somewhere.
 
We had a 'first aid' kit that contained morphine , oxy, ammocicylin (sp?) , some other antibiotic and enough other stuff to tranquilizer a small bison. During a short conversation with Canadian border security and RCMP , we lightened the kit.
 
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Superveloce said:
www.thestar.com

She got vaccinated. Then she got COVID-19. Why rare ‘breakthrough’ infections mean the pandemic isn’t over until we’re all protected

Breakthrough cases can happen, but they don’t mean the jabs aren’t working — vaccines are still “keeping people out of hospital and preventing them from dying,” experts say.
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It is always human nature not to understand numbers. It is somewhere north of 1 in a million to be struck by lightning....which stll mean 300 people a year get hit in the US... 95% Vaccine efficacy means 1 out of 20 exposed will still get the virus. I don't even know how this is news today. Every single person who gets the vaccine should know there is still a good chance of getting the virus ...just a lot lower chance of severe hospital stays.
 
800over said:
It is always human nature not to understand numbers....95% protection means 1 out of 20 exposed will still get the virus. I don't even know how this is news today. Every single person who gets the vaccine should know there is still a good chance of getting the virus ...just a lot lower chance of severe hospital stays.
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The efficacy rates are for no symptoms. I haven't seen the percentages for some symptoms. I can't read the article but many many of these articles are about infection shortly after vaccination. Your body needs time to build the anti-bodies. If many people start going in the hospital after shot plus two weeks, I will be concerned, otherwise it is working well imo.
 
GreyGhost said:
The efficacy rates are for no symptoms. I haven't seen the percentages for some symptoms. I can't read the article but many many of these articles are about infection shortly after vaccination. Your body needs time to build the anti-bodies. If many people start going in the hospital after shot plus two weeks, I will be concerned, otherwise it is working well imo.
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Exactly

So desperate to find something to support a nonsense position

Grab an article about 1 person

Ignore the country wide charts for Israel and UK.
 
bakaboy said:
Exactly

So desperate to find something to support a nonsense position

Grab an article about 1 person

Ignore the country wide charts for Israel and UK.
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merely an FYI . I didn’t put forward any position to support .
 
Pfizer.

At UofT Mississauga through Trillium Health. VERY well organized on site. Scheduled appointment, no lines, easy parking, in and out in under 25 minutes including the 15 minute post vaccination wait. They gave us the date and time for the second shot as well.

What was not organized, we signed up fully meeting the requirements they listed, BUT if we signed up the next day or afterwards we would not have met the criteria?!?! Moving goal posts. We did think to print out the criteria when we signed up and we took a tonne of documentation with us, did not need any of it, just health cards and the COVID screening form.

Now hopefully Pfizer didn't mix up any drug batches with the vaccine, don't want to get a four hour erection....
 
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