42.5% of adults in the US have had their first dose

Meaning that in 4 weeks, 42.5% of adults will be fully vaccinated. More when you consider things like the one-dose J&J.

America.... not bad?

::gazes pensively into distance::

Meanwhile in Argentina: there are vaccines. Politicians: lol so weird they just dissapeared

It’s a rough go here in Canada too

Yeah it will be absurd in a few weeks when the US and maybe the UK will start to return to semi-normal life, while the rest of the world lives stuck in 2020.

Was on a call with a few of our German colleagues recently and all of the Americans were mentioning having their first or second shot and all the Germans were just bitching about yet another lockdown and their Government being incompetent.

Due to cost saving measures we are bringing the black death back

I'm in Slovenia and I got my first shot.

I am on immune suppressing drugs (crohn's disease) and part of a study for covid antibodies. My second dose of Moderna is next week. I have been in it since before my first dose and will be followed fo a year. We should get some preliminary results soon.

I just finished chemo and will be getting vaccinated in a couple of weeks before my surgery. I am so freaking excited. My husband just finished his vaccinations and the second shot really put him down, so I’m glad I waited.

It will be such a relief to finally be protected!

I’m also on immune suppressants and felt like I was dying after the second moderna shot. It’s a big relief that it seems to be working for people like us.

My wife is a teacher, and they had them all get vaccinated at the same time. When they got the second dose, they had to cancel classes because they didn't have enough subs to cover for all the teachers that called in sick.

That's partly why my husband and I staggered ours. Can't both be knocked out when we're home with our small children. We've both had our first dose a few days apart. I'm so excited! In about six weeks, I'll get to see my mom again!

Generally speaking, young adults (18-30) are experiencing the strongest reaction to the second dose. Their immune systems are usually stronger, so they kick back against the booster much harder than older individuals.

It’s so different for everyone. I felt a little crummy on the first one, but the second I was fine. My boss on the other hand is terribly sick from the second one. My step dad was really sick from the first but not the second. Just like covid itself, it’s a complete crapshoot as to how bad it will be for you.

I got my second dose of Pfizer about 21 hours ago.

So far, just arm soreness like the first.

I got my second Moderna shot on Tuesday. First shot was just a sore arm. 2nd shot I got all the potential side effects. Yesterday I had a fever of 102, headache, body/joint aches, chills, nausea, and fatigue.

Got my second dose last week and I was out of commission for a few days. Fever the first night and aches for the next two. But then other people I know had 0 reaction to it.

Feeling sick from a virus is partially induced by your immune systems response to the virus, rather than solely the virus itself.

When people say they have a worse reaction to the 2nd dose, it’s because of their immune system reaction to fighting off what it thinks is a viral infection. So if you do have a reaction, that is just your body letting you know it’s ready. I’d say that’s a good thing!

I got absolutely leveled by the first dose. I could feel the muscle ache creeping out of my left shoulder and into my entire torso, but it concentrated in the back of my left hand. I also had head-cold symptoms for a solid five days that made it really difficult to focus. The chills lasted for the first two. Granted, I’m mid-twenties and have a history of weapons-grade immune responses.

I have the second shot in a couple weeks. This could be a bit of a ride.

Edit: Because people are bringing it up; no, I never had the virus. I was getting regular tests through a community prevalence study. Like I said, I have a history of vigorous vaccine response.

Just wait for the firmware update that bricks your arm.

Turn off auto-update 👍🏾

And the U2 album isn't that bad either.

I've been hearing voices in my blood.

My goal has been to get so many vaccine microchips in my body that their signals jam each other. Checkmate, government!

I can't get mine to charge. I have shoved every usb and power cable I can find into every hole I have. It just won't charge!

Hail our Lord and Savior, Bill Gates.

Four out of VI people also found this format 3 times as annoying.

I believe that in title case, it is correct to spell out a number if it starts the title, even if you are writing the rest of them as numbers.

In AP Style (what most, if not all, journalists use), if the first thing in a headline is a number, it must be written out.

However, I'm confused because another rule in AP Style is that all numbers 1-9 should be written out. So I believe "four" should also be written out. I'm not sure if the rule is different for headlines or changed over the past few years.

EDIT: u/ShazbotSimulator2012 is correct. See their comment below.

When a number is the first word in a sentence it is supposed to be spelled out, according to the "rules".

My buddy got his at the VA and said it was the most efficient thing he's ever seen the military do.

Yeah I got mine at the FEMA mass vaccination site in Atlanta and it was impressive. Just a constant stream of people going in and I was out in 45 minutes including the 15 minute wait afterwards.

I got mine in a rural Walmart and it was the saddest thing I've ever seen. They had 3 chairs and a small curtain booth set up outside the pharmacy and I was the only one there getting my vaccine.

Got mine at a FEMA site in Florida. They absolutely nailed the process. My second shot took 10 minutes from check in to cool-down.

Got my first Pfizer yesterday!! Woke up with a sore arm but went away once I took Tylenol.

I went to a CVS to get mine and the vibes were unreal. Staff were so friendly and everyone in the waiting area seemed really excited.

This is such a good feeling 🥰💉

I got my first pfizer about two weeks ago!

Friend of ours tipped us off about extra vaccines at the walgreens she worked at that were leftover at the end of the day so we booked it over there and were able to get it early!

Is this a new thing we're classifying ourselves by? Because Pfizer gang best gang.

EDIT: I got bored of doing work today and started a meme page for us pfizergang. r/pfizergang

The second moderna shot fucked me up for close to 40 hours. Headache, body ache, fever, chills, lethargy. Really terrible feeling. But worth it in the end. Good luck to you

Just offering up that I had absolutely no symptoms with my second Moderna shot.

You should be done with your 15-30 minute waiting period now. Hope all went well. You will have full protection in a week or two.

Welcome to the thunderdome.

My 2nd moderna started making me feel sick after 4 hours and had me out of work and in bed with fever and muscle aches for 36 hours.

Just head my second pfizer shot! I felt like I had the flu the day after but it only lasted about half a day

The vaccine supply is skyrocketing now and it won’t be too long until the US starts exporting to Canada and other friends!

Brazilian here. Just plain hopeless.

Now do as I- I mean bill gates says.

And kill the prime minister of Malaysia.

Depends on the state. Here in North Carolina we just opened it up to any adult no matter the age/medical history/job yesterday.

Got mine yesterday as well, no arm soreness today but some chills and a headache that is getting better by the hour

Yep got my second dose yesterday, arm hurts a lot more than the first but that’s it.

Got mine yesterday too. Arm hurts like a motherfucker, but that's it so so far. I just woke up though, so we'll see if anything changes

The Xbox achievement was a nice perk, you get like 50 gamer score for getting the vaccine!

I’m just looking forward to the Gundam wars against the normies with unaltered DNA.

My husband’s confirmation he got it: Hooray for doing my part to help stop the spread of Covid!

But I am not so sure about that tracking chip. It's one thing for Bill Gate to know my whereabouts. But I do not need you to know every time I stop at the Jack In The Box drive thru on my way home from the grocery store.

Got it yesterday and it's absolutely kicking my ass this morning. Worth every terrible side effect. This summer is gonna be a fucking riot.

Friendly advice from someone that just had that second Moderna shot (and I hear from lots of other people that had it) is to take the next day off from work if you can. I had a relatively mild reaction, but I was glad I wasn't working a full day that day because I was pretty run down.

Chiming in to say after my 2nd shot I developed a large swollen lymphnode in my underarm region. I believe this is why you have to wait for a mammogram, in case others are curious