Have you tested positive for COVID?

[Esprise Me]

I haven't been sick at all this year. I got the antibody test free with a blood donation in August; negative. The next month I signed up for a vaccine trial and had the nasal swab test; also negative. Now I'm just hoping I got the real thing instead of the placebo.

 

[formernuke]

I haven't been sick at all this year. I got the antibody test free with a blood donation in August; negative. The next month I signed up for a vaccine trial and had the nasal swab test; also negative. Now I'm just hoping I got the real thing instead of the placebo.

Might want to switch that I got a news notice that there is already people having negative effects from the vaccine,.... what a shocker.

 

[chillyinCanada]

Might want to switch that I got a news notice that there is already people having negative effects from the vaccine,.... what a shocker.

Covid-19 vaccine: Allergy warning over new jab

 

[Esprise Me]

Might want to switch that I got a news notice that there is already people having negative effects from the vaccine,.... what a shocker.

I assume you mean the news item @chillyinCanada posted. If you read that article and my post carefully, you'll see that I got the first shot three months ago, while the allergic reactions are happening within a day. Those reactions are also happening to people with a history of severe allergic reactions, such that they carry an Epi-pen. I think I'm in the clear.

I did have some aches and fatigue after my second shot. Again, I'm not sure yet what I got, but if that was it, it was entirely bearable.

 

[formernuke]

Didn't bother to read the article just saw it and went yup saw that coming on a rushed vaccine.

 

[ross9]

Didn't bother to read the article just saw it and went yup saw that coming on a rushed vaccine.

It would be helpful if you did read the information before making a false assumption about something based on a headline, and posting it in a public forum. This is what leads to the spread of misinformation.

This article is a useful one which explains why the approval has come so much faster than a vaccine normally would Oxford vaccine: How did they make it so quickly?

In short, it's because governments have poured money into it in an amount greater and at a rate faster than any vaccine before it. The money, the reduction in red tape and a large willing pool of trial volunteers means the process simply went faster, no shortcuts were taken.

As to the virus, I had it in March before mass testing was available so it wasn't confirmed by a positive test result but all the symptoms matched. It felt like the flu but with a cough instead of the runny nose. I fully recovered within a couple of weeks. I had a dive medical in September before getting back in the water which thankfully came back clear.

 

[CuzzA]

no shortcuts were taken.

Except time to understand long term ill effects, like autoimmune issues. I think it's great what we achieved, but short cuts were taken, they told us that from the beginning. We skipped a lot of steps.

 

[Miyaru]

Unfortunately, there's hardly any media coverage that documents the knowledge that science has gained from nearly two decades of Corona virus research, after SARS and MERS. That knowledge was the basis of the vaccine research and a massive head-start.
More information about that would have changed the public's feeling about the vaccine.

Another hardly covered study that's going on, is the research done in anti-bodies found in blood plasma, and the patients currently being treated with those donated anti-bodies. The estimates from the local blood bank, based on blood plasma donations, show that twice as many people have recovered from covid compared to the positive PCR test results. They also estimated that around 2,000,000 people are now immune out of a 18M population.

@Wookie I wish you a speedy recovery, hopefully without complications. Your own bed is better than a hospital bed!

 

[formernuke]

reduction in red tape and a large willing pool of trial volunteers means the process simply went faster, no shortcuts were taken.

Thats a contradiction. To cut the red tape you have to take shortcuts.

 

[tridacna]

Thats a contradiction. To cut the red tape you have to take shortcuts.

That’s a contradiction! Eliminating red tape makes a process more efficient. Not a shortcut. You need to better understand the definition of red tape.