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A reminder of why the vaccines are still GOOD NEWS and a light at the end of the tunnel - despite the scary stuff about variants:
Last week, I wrote in @leapsmag about my own experience with the 2nd shot of Pfizer vaccine. https://leapsmag.com/everyone-should-hear-my-covid-vaccine-experience/
Last week, I wrote in @leapsmag about my own experience with the 2nd shot of Pfizer vaccine. https://leapsmag.com/everyone-should-hear-my-covid-vaccine-experience/
My biggest takeways:
1) Thrilled to have some side effects, because it showed that my immune system was really working
2) I had my personal superhero cape, and couldn't wait for everyone else to get theirs
1) Thrilled to have some side effects, because it showed that my immune system was really working
2) I had my personal superhero cape, and couldn't wait for everyone else to get theirs
Yesterday, the brilliant @KatherineJWu published a piece in @TheAtlantic that I *wish* I'd written - with much more science about why these side effects aren't something to be scared of: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/02/second-vaccine-side-effects/617892/?fbclid=IwAR2T4KyJIc0OCgalV4Y7_YAQQPB540D5M3FlEV8NYXSRv93Z6T5UO-0x1VE
I mean, this description of our innate vs adaptive immune system may be some of the best science writing I've read in a while (THANK YOU @KatherineJWu !)
And today, we got another piece of great #vaccine news from Astra-Zeneca (hopeful it applies to other vaxxes too):
We don't just have OUR superhero cape after we get this shot, we are ALSO protecting others (thread to come!) https://www.wsj.com/articles/oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-data-show-effectiveness-with-spread-out-doses-11612301541
We don't just have OUR superhero cape after we get this shot, we are ALSO protecting others (thread to come!) https://www.wsj.com/articles/oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-data-show-effectiveness-with-spread-out-doses-11612301541
