Vaccine Megathread No 2 - Read OP before posting

How soon after the 4 week period have people been getting the second jab of Pfizer?

Trying to plan ahead for a holiday. Had the first jab 2 weeks ago.

thanks

It's 21 days between Pfizer jabs but can be longer. I got mine on day 25. Then it's 7 days after that when they say you're protected.

correct, my dose 2 mrna vaccine is 18 days. very surprised its so early, assumed it would be roughly 4 weeks with the chance it might be in the 24-27 day range.

I imagine the quick turnaround is due demand and supply in my region as opposed any drop off in demand nationally.

I hope the 12-15 year olds are able to get doses organised in schools, like dose one end of august on d first week back then dose 2 mid september if the supply is there for them

Does anyone know would it be much trouble for someone to turn up at a vaccination a day or two earlier than scheduled?

I’m due my second vaccination in the swords centre, received first in Helix.

The Swords centre is very difficult I’ll for me to access but will have an opportunity to go with a neighbour this week but 2 days before I’m scheduled for.

Will I be turned away?

Recent experience in our household regarding vaccines and Covid - both myself and my wife fully vaccinated about 4 weeks ago (Moderna for me and Astra Zeneca for the missus, both of us in our early 50's).

My 18 year old son got the J&J shot 2 and a half weeks ago but actually contracted Covid at a house party 7 days after getting the shot. He had symptoms last weekend, got tested on Monday, came back positive and we have been self isolating since. However, he was a very close contact with both of us for at least 3 days before he was confirmed. Since then, neither of us have shown any symptoms and are perfectly fine. He is now recovering well and should be grand in a few days.

My conclusion - vaccines worked to prevent myself and my wife contracting Covid at all and my son has only displayed mild symptoms so all is good.

Well there'd want to be some plan of boosters for those who got fully vaccinated from March/April onwards, will it be go to a community care centre, GP, or a downscaled version of MVC?

Maybe there are plans though?

My brother in-law was meant to have done 2 this Tuesday but was meant to be away. So he called to the centre on Thursday last in an attempt to re-schedule (I’m genuinely not sure how he thought this would be possible), but instead they just gave him the jab on the spot. So, I would think it’d be worth a try.

IMO its as transmissible as it will be. Delta is getting around all known lockdowns (see Australia). So the next random mutation will be one that has some immune escape. Probably not that much, but maybe something that gets the virus to secrete something that confuses the immune system - viruses do that anyway.

The spike, which vaccines target, can't change much more, or it just won't work.

That said, being vaccinated and then coming into contact with COVID.... maybe more antibodies which target the rest of the virus are generated. Thats not known yet.

Ah here. This is going on since March '20. You can't blame young people wanting to do what young people have always done. I can't imagine when I was that age I would have avoided house parties for such a long period of time. What we can hope for is that the vaccine take up amongst the young is high to reduce the risk to them.

We need more good news stories like this.

However my question is, this was in a household with all members vaccinated including the person who caught it.

Would it or is it possible that vaccinated people can get symptoms if let's say they were in contact with a non-vaccinated person?

Do you have a link to this? I can’t find it anywhere.

I recovered from Covid a little over 6 months ago and received my first dose of Pfizer yesterday. Does anyone know if I am now considered fully vaccinated?

"Ah ya have to feel sorry for the young people bla bla bla". load of bull. as you said its hard on everyone. The young people having house parties are as bad as the ones having 300 at funerals during a pandemic. lets stop making excuses for the young people. they need to man up like the rest of us.

They may do this. However, at some stage the idea of a vaccine slightly reformulated for variants is going to arise and a booster like that would be likely very good.Not sure on the timescale of this.

Pfizer are about the only ones very keen on boosters and money is a great motivator. Otherwise there is just political talk of it and nobody knows who it will apply to.