Thanks for the well wishes. My dad thankfully didnât have any side effect at all, hoping my mom doesnât as well. Sheâs immunocompromised (lupus) so a bit more worried there than with my dad. Thankfully most studies agree that there still shouldnât be any adverse effects, even with something like lupus.
Out of curiosity, which vaccine did your mom get, if you donât mind me asking? Curious about the distribution, and what different countries have approved. Around my city, itâs like 60% Pfizer, 30% Moderna, and 10% Johnson & Johnson. Interestingly, the J&J vaccine seems much more popular in the more rural parts of my state. I know that the Pfizer vaccine needs special storage, but Iâm surprised Moderna isnât more approved.
The US doesnât have the AstraZeneca vaccine yet, which I find interesting.
I always thought itâd be real interesting to have an open conversation with a North Korean. God only knows what normally people over there think of us.
The US has plenty of vaccinations currently, and that brand has been causing blood clots.
It is in phase 3 trials for the FDA and will likely be approved for certain groups.
Sadly, the more poor places will use this as their primary source of vaccinations as the risk vs reward is reversed, when this is all they can get for a vaccine.
The rate of blood clots for AZ is about 3 per million doses administred.
Pfizer, in comparison, has about 2.4 per million.
Most hormonal contraceptives have a higher rate, so I am really not so sure what the fuss is about.
So the blood clots rate of AZ vaccine is around 1 in 425000, the population generally has a rate of 1 in 1000 with the contraceptive pill its around 1 in 1000 aswell so yeah itâs not actually an issue. Definatly feels like the latest EU attempt to discredit the AZ vaccine.
Iâm not 100% sure, but I think it was Biontech/Pfizer. AstraZeneca was used in Germany as well, but they stopped it because of the blood-clot-stuff⊠which is just stupid, because the rate is still freaking low. But hey, in Germany we donât manage to get the bureaucratics behind vaccinating someone done, so I guess it doesnât matter that much what kind of vaccination we donât useâŠ
My sister and I were talking about that earlier today. She asked which on I got, I got the Astra as did most people at where I work, and she mentioned that contraceptive pill rate for blood clots. I never knew about that before.
Yep I had the astra one, my partner canât take the ânormalâ pill due to the risk of blood clots and her suffering from migraines. Its actually scary how many side effects there are of contraceptive pills / implants.
Iâll listen to that but the short answer is if they had to pass clinical trials now they wouldnât. It was at least in part about (originally) giving women the ability to take some control.
For them specifically though, the fact that they still sold it to poorer countries after it was found to be causing so much damage to the body, i mean, lets call a spade a spade. They were cunts.
Hope your missus is doing well though, sad to hear her options are limited due to bad reactions
And I must admit, though itâs more of a joke for me, I really loved âThe Last Unicornâ as a child (and it might still bring me to tears, I donât dare to try ) - I guess a bit of fantasy and magic is a good thing in todayâs world
Have a friend whoâs seriously considering taking the implant plunge, heâs going to have his friend thatâs a vet, inject him with lido and do the install
Cool, w/e no biggy there
Then I realize, now that I have my final implant for a while⊠Iâm absolutely dying to get an X-ray of my robot hand
His says his vet friend is probably willing to do an X-ray or 2 on the down low
Am I unusually stupid for considering using a vet X-ray, or not a big deal as long as I donât do anything shockingly stupid, like take 57 X-rays
Well, we at least expect you to put it through a Narcissistic Instagram photo filter or âleast ye be judgedâ
Obviously joking, I am looking forward to viewing your robot hand
I still remember when you were but a fledgling all tentative about your first implant, NOW you are more metal than man
) - I guess a bit of fantasy and magic is a good thing in todayâs world 
