[sundiz]

Here health officials decided to use 12 week interval in all vaccines to get coverage of first dose to bigger group. I believe now the time has come shorter as there are more vaccines available. In the beginning there was a shortage of them and they were given to those in greater need. As a young healthy man I was at the end of the line.

[CraigB]

I got first shot of Pfizer 3 months ago. Just got a sore arm from that. Last week I got the second shot.

That's a long time between the 1st and 2nd shot, Pfizer is supposed to be 3 weeks - Monderna 4 weeks and AstraZeneca 12 weeks.

 Interval for AZ jabs has gone now from 12 weeks to 4(+) weeks.

From Commonwealth Dept of Health web site:
"Given the heightened risk of people becoming infected, ATAGI’s advice in responding to such an outbreak of the COVID-19 delta strain is that anyone who has received an AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) vaccine more than 4 weeks ago should contact their vaccine provider to arrange their second dose as soon as possible."

Interesting, must be an eastern states ruling with the severity you guy's have it over there

Luckily no Covid here in the west...yet, except for quarantined ship crew.

[TerryT]

I got first shot of Pfizer 3 months ago. Just got a sore arm from that. Last week I got the second shot.

That's a long time between the 1st and 2nd shot, Pfizer is supposed to be 3 weeks - Monderna 4 weeks and AstraZeneca 12 weeks.

 Interval for AZ jabs has gone now from 12 weeks to 4(+) weeks.

From Commonwealth Dept of Health web site:
"Given the heightened risk of people becoming infected, ATAGI’s advice in responding to such an outbreak of the COVID-19 delta strain is that anyone who has received an AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) vaccine more than 4 weeks ago should contact their vaccine provider to arrange their second dose as soon as possible."

Interesting, must be an eastern states ruling with the severity you guy's have it over there
...

Craig, yes, that's about it.  For major Delta variant outbreak areas (like Sydney now), Health are recommending a AZ jab interval of only 4(+) weeks to get as many 2nd jabs in arms asap.  For other areas, the AZ interval is up to 12 weeks for "best" protection. 

But with anything COVID-related, it's pretty much "watch this space".

[Surferdude]

No suggestion of shortening the 12 weeks gap in Qld.

I'm booked for Sept 7.

My wife for Sept 24.

[tohis]

Yesterday I got the second jab of P-B into my arm. Now they have found out that Moderna is better against the Delta variant, although all of the vaccines are at least protecting us from getting severe symptoms. A third jab at next year is likely to come as well.

[CraigB]

Had my second covid jab this arvo, as I can't have the AstraZeneca after the clotting problem they moved my 2nd date forward a week and topped me up with Pfizer...they're now saying it's better to mix em up for broader coverage

Hope I have better luck with it than the AZ

[~ Angel ~]

Good to hear my members are keeping as safe as possible 

[Dazzler]

Had my first AZ jab on the 14th of June and it took two months for a major blockage to appear.

All doctors - emergency department and haematology specialists said blockages don't appear that late and not in the upper chest and arm where mine appeared but after numerous blood tests and scans (ultrasound - X-ray - CT venogram) they've now concluded it is definitely AZ related.

Doc tells me I should have died due to the amount and size of the blockages and this type of blockage is the first they've encountered, updating the government information is their next step while I am to remain on anti coagulants for quite some time yet till this is all cleared from my system.

Definitely no second AZ jab and waiting for information on when I'm allowed to have the Pfizer or Moderna.

Oh $hit Craig that is terrible.  I'm glad you are ok. Definitely hit with the unlucky stick to have that happen to you. The risk as a percentage is pretty low. 😱

[Dazzler]

Had both jabs of AZ now. The 2nd one only a week ago at 64 apparently I'm not at risk of clots but not entirely sure why age reduces the risk?

[Surferdude]

My AZ #2 at 1.30 pm today.

[Surferdude]

Done now.

[josh1990]

Wife and I got Pfizer #1 today. Few side effects but it is what it is.

[tohis]

Despite over 80% of Finns (12 years and older) being double jabbed, we are now having more daily infections than ever before. There are not much restrictions, and people are getting lazy of wearing face masks. Not so surprisingly, the very majority of hospitalized are not vaccinated. While some of them are those careless anti-vaccers, many are just plain lazy to get their *ss up from the sofa and go getting the d*mn shot. Also, today's youngsters read rather the social media and fake news instead of traditional newspapers or their websites, so the news of vaccine availability may not always reach them.

Now we are receiving the news of new Omicron variant, which may be more resistant to current vaccines and antigens from earlier Covid infection. The vaccines can be updated but the availability of them will take again lots of time. My trip to Tenerife in March 2020 was canceled, and the next try at March 2022 may also fail.

[Shambles]

^ this new variant, and the public's resistance to get vaxxed, are a real threat to the world. Sad news.

[Lakes]

Had my second covid jab this arvo, as I can't have the AstraZeneca after the clotting problem they moved my 2nd date forward a week and topped me up with Pfizer...they're now saying it's better to mix em up for broader coverage

Hope I have better luck with it than the AZ

CraigB , sorry I'm slow to reply, that no good to read you had a clot & it was due to the AZ !!
I've had my second AZ & again I did not notice anything or experience adverse reaction.
hope your right now!!
I know someone who got Covid right at the start & before a VAX was developed, he had to learn to walk & talk again after he recovered.

[CraigB]

Had my second covid jab this arvo, as I can't have the AstraZeneca after the clotting problem they moved my 2nd date forward a week and topped me up with Pfizer...they're now saying it's better to mix em up for broader coverage

Hope I have better luck with it than the AZ

CraigB , sorry I'm slow to reply, that no good to read you had a clot & it was due to the AZ !!
I've had my second AZ & again I did not notice anything or experience adverse reaction.
hope your right now!!
I know someone who got Covid right at the start & before a VAX was developed, he had to learn to walk & talk again after he recovered.

All good now,  thanks Lakes

I still have major blockages though they are starting to dissolve with the anticoagulant tablets they have me on, could be many months yet

Both my parents had Covid right at the beginning, my father didn't get the respiratory help he needed at the time so his lungs are pretty knackered now, he's also got nervous system damage that will likely stay with him for the rest of his life.

From what I'm hearing the new Omicron variant is more contractible but less severe so it might yet be decided to let this version run rampant to build world wide immunity levels, like when we were children and our parents would let you go play with your friends who had the Mumps or Measles

[TerryT]

@ CraigB.  Good to hear that you are on the mend but not good that you still have a while to go...so unlucky.

Sorry to hear about your father.  Long Covd-19 can be so lifestyle-destroying and has happened to some that only had mild Covid symptons.

     

[eye30]

Out of interest I had jabs 1 and 2 with the Astrazenaca.

But had the Phizer for the booster.

Was told all UK boosters will be Phizer.

So I've had a mix of vaccines.

I've had no reaction to any of the jabs.

What are others had/due to have?

[Surferdude]

Two AZ. But apparently all boosters in Oz will be Pfizer too.
Mine isn't due till March.

[Lorian]

I am AZ AZ PF  - only really symptoms were flu like after the first, and sore arm after PF
I have other family members who are AZ AZ MO(derna) very similar

we'd all had flucelevax flu jab a few weeks before the booster.

[tohis]

Today I got the third jab, this time Moderna after two P-B shots in last year. The daily infection rates are really getting out of hand, being about 10-fold compared to a month ago which was then already record high. 

The testing and infection chains tracing capacity is now insufficient in many cities and therefore double jabbed with mild symptoms will not be tested, so no one knows how many undocumented infections there are as well. Hospitals are increasingly crowded of Covid patients, although the need of intensive care has not raised nearly as much, thanks to vaccinations and the Omicron being less prone of causing life threatening symptoms. It almost looks like most of us will get infected sooner or later and then it will vanish due to herd immunity?

[Shambles]

Lest ye forget...

[Surferdude]

The jury is still out on herd immunity.

I got my booster (3rd Jab) yesterday.
Pfizer after 2.AZs.

18 hours down and no after effects yet.
Arm is slightly tender if I pres really hard on it but was able to sleep on that side with no problem.

[CraigB]

I was supposed to get my third jab today till the nurse canceled on me because she’s sick Tuesday it now is.

Meanwhile my right arm is still blocked up from the first AZ jab

[AlanHo]

We had our booster (third covid jab) and flu jabs on 10th October.

There have been 11 people in our extended family and friends who have had covid since they had their third jab - but in each case it was no worse than a bad cold and lasted less than 5 days.  For two of them it was the second time they caught covid in 2021 and for one of them it was really bad and he was laid low for 3 weeks but not hospitalised.

Our next door neighbours have two children 7 and 5. The wife had a fall on the snow last month and went to A & E to have her ankle checked where they found she was Omicron positive but she had no symptoms whatsoever. The 7 year old also tested positive but the other child and the husband were negative.  They all had to isolate for 10 days but remained completely without symptoms.  I bet there are thousands unaware they have covid and are thus spreading it to others. No wonder we have another peak in infections

[Ratmick]

Two jabs last year (July/August) plus the booster last week (all Pfizer/Comirnaty), my fiancée was done a few weeks earlier.

She has a donor kidney and is on immune-suppressants so it's important for us to keep on top of them.

I work in IT for a Bank so can work from home quite effectively (too effectively you could say, long days) but my daughter has been working and commuting through all of this.

We live in rural Victoria but she works in a lab in Melbourne (she's a Lab Tech for heart/diabetes researchers). Luckily she's had two doses of AstraZeneca/Pfizer booster so she's fine too...and we have been ok, so far.

My eldest son is married and has kids of his own. My youngest granddaughter (4yo) caught COVID from her great-grandmother (on her mum's side), the symptoms surfaced yesterday and now it looks like they all have it. The great-grandmother and her son (the daughter in-law's dad) are blaming my granddaughter even though the great-grandmother arrived with a headache and slight fever which developed into a cough and it's not like the 4yo goes out shopping or clubbing (yet). I haven't seen them since Boxing Day as they have her family visiting from Queensland, which is just as well I guess...may have to do a food run this weekend though as they're not allowed to shop (or leave the house).

* Fiancée had no symptoms from any of her shots (she did have a mild tachycardia episode after the first which may/may not be related). This is weird given her history of catching everything.
* Daughter had some mild flu-like symptoms after her first AZ, ok for the later two.
* I had mild flu-like symptoms after the second Pfizer (nothing after the first) and although the nurse was exceeding gentle, swelling and a sore arm after the booster (but no other symptoms).

[The Gonz]

Jab 3 last week. Still no side effect. May as well have been saline! 

[Surferdude]

Jab 3 last week. Still no side effect. May as well have been saline! 

That's the joke line my surgeon used on our last Skype checkup.
He had Pfizer and reckoned for all the effect it had it might as well have been saline.

[TerryT]

Got my Pfizer booster (3rd jab) on 4 January.  Almost two weeks on and, thankfully, no nasty side effects.

Interestingly, two days after the jab, I received Covid alerts on my Service NSW app for four of the four places I visited that day (NSW Dept. of Health Vaccination Centre; Blooms Chemist; Centrelink; Woolworths) so it seems Penrith is riddled with this crap.

SIDE ISSUE
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet reported last Sunday that around half of those in the state’s intensive care units (ICUs) were vaccinated.  Predictably, the anti-vaxxers again chanted: “See, the vaccines don’t work!”

Let's look at the figures.  About 93% of 16+ year-olds in NSW have been double-dosed, leaving about 7% not fully protected (i.e. unvaxxed or partially vaxxed).   So, the unprotected 7% comprised 50% of all ICU admissions in NSW while the fully vaccinated 93% made up the other 50%!
 
If vaccinations didn’t help protect those people who contracted Covid from worse infection or hospitalisation and ICU, the ratio of vaccinated people in ICU would be the same as those in the general population i.e. 93%...not 50%! 

Logic sometimes eludes the Fervent! 
 

[TerryT]

I was supposed to get my third jab today till the nurse canceled on me because she’s sick Tuesday it now is.

Meanwhile my right arm is still blocked up from the first AZ jab

Craig, what do you mean by "blocked up"? 

Of those who have posted on this thread you seemed to have had the worst of it, by far.

Good luck with your booster when you get it.