Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates

[Mr.025413Clumsy]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2088403\" time=\"1668063753\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2088403 time=1668063753 user_id=53606]
Yes that’s what I did (sad that it was not made clearer at their website).

I also kiasu and double-confirmed at every checkpoint inside the JVTC that i would be getting the Moderna bivalent. On the staff’s part, good that 2 of them initiated telling me as such. Don’t rush thru the place, check everything carefully. The signs designating the 2 different brands were big and clear, but also easy to miss if an ushering staff happened to be at toilet or chatting elsewhere.[/quote]

Thank you! Fortunately, the JVTCs have plenty of slots so no issue getting one. Your suggestion to be careful and check everything twice is appreciated. Being kiasu, I'll certainly do that

[Liew Nga Wing]

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Thank you! Fortunately, the JVTCs have plenty of slots so no issue getting one. Your suggestion to be careful and check everything twice is appreciated. Being kiasu, I'll certainly do that

I remember the staff asked me which type of vaccine I want to take and then they put a red label on my T Shirt to indicate the bivalent jab to be given. You try to rest and eat well today since you are taking the jab tomorrow.

[Mr.025413Clumsy]

Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2088405\" time=\"1668066833\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2088405 time=1668066833 user_id=195250]
I remember the staff asked me which type of vaccine I want to take and then they put a red label on my T Shirt to indicate the bivalent jab to be given. You try to rest and eat well today since you are taking the jab tomorrow.[/quote]

Thanks, LNW! I'll take things easy Hopefully, all will go well. I wonder if I'll get x-ray vision this time

[zac's mum]

All the best for your jab today, Mr Clumsy!


Just to report, since Wed I’ve only had a sore upper arm, no other side effect. The soreness seems to be fading away already today.

[Liew Nga Wing]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2088447\" time=\"1668125103\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2088447 time=1668125103 user_id=53606]
All the best for your jab today, Mr Clumsy!

Just to report, since Wed I’ve only had a sore upper arm, no other side effect. The soreness seems to be fading away already today.[/quote]

It is good. Yes, no other side effect and could go for boardgames playing after work last night. :rahrah:

[Mr.025413Clumsy]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2088447\" time=\"1668125103\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2088447 time=1668125103 user_id=53606]
All the best for your jab today, Mr Clumsy!

Just to report, since Wed I’ve only had a sore upper arm, no other side effect. The soreness seems to be fading away already today.[/quote]

That's great to hear ZM! Glad that you're feeling better and hoping that you'll be 110% in no time at all Thanks for letting me know too!

[emoh]

https://mothership.sg/2022/11/lawrence-wong-bivalent-vaccine/

[Mr.025413Clumsy]

Just got back from my bivalent booster. So far, so good. Unfortunately, no x-ray vision, superhuman strength or the ability to outrun a speeding bullet train but it may be too soon to tell


I realized that there are a lot of people who are keen to take the bivalent vaccine - all ages, shapes and sizes. I thought there may have been more apprehension but I was wrong. Clearly, it's like the newest iPhone of vaccines. Anyway, the queue was quite long and even though I had an appointment and arrived early, I didn't get my jab until about 40 mins after my time slot. No complaints though as I didn't mind the wait and the frontliners were (as always) doing a great job managing the crowds, explaining the vaccine and ensuring that people felt comfortable.

So, it's time to grab lunch and rest up. Good luck to the others who are also taking this booster!

[sushi88]

Think the freedom of moving about freely outweighs the worries of the new vaccine for most people. I see people are all very happy moving about now, largely without masks on...but still gotta be careful because a lot is still unknown about this virus...for example....


Repeat COVID-19 is riskier than first infection, study finds

\"Reinfection with COVID-19 increases the risk of both acute outcomes and long COVID,\" said Dr Ziyad Al-Aly of Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. \"This was evident in unvaccinated, vaccinated and boosted people.\"

The findings were drawn from US Department of Veterans Affairs data collected from Mar 1, 2020 through Apr 6, 2022 on 443,588 patients with one SARS-CoV-2 infection, 40,947 with two or more infections, and 5.3 million noninfected individuals. Most of the study subjects were male.

Reinfected patients had a more than doubled risk of death and a more than tripled risk of hospitalisation compared with those who were infected with COVID-19 just once. They also had elevated risks for problems with lungs, heart, blood, kidneys, diabetes, mental health, bones and muscles, and neurological disorders, according to a report published in Nature Medicine.

\"Even if one had prior infection and was vaccinated - meaning they had double immunity from prior infection plus vaccines - they are still susceptible to adverse outcomes upon reinfection,\" Al-Aly, the study leader, said.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/repeat-covid-19-riskier-first-infection-death-hospitilisation-study-vaccination-regardless-status-3061726?

[Mr.025413Clumsy]

True. I think the goal is to develop herd immunity and build up an overall level of resistance which minimizes critical or long-term harm. They want to turn it into the flu.


I know folks who've gotten COVID twice and thrice already. If it really becomes an endemic, then hopefully we'll lose count of the number of times a person has caught it and just wish them a speedy recovery when they do - expecting full well that they will recover