SHIKIMIKIE: Covid Vaccine

Tuesday, 13 July 2021

FULLY VACCINATED

Second dose July 13, 2021 0

In this post, I just want to share that your girl is now fully vaccinated. I don't know how it will be able to protect me or everyone around me but I hate hate hate how relaxed I feel in general. Like, pre-vaccination, I would wash my hands maybe every 15 minutes. I never touch anything at work without wearing gloves, and all that. After vaccination, I kinda lean towards my usual way pre-COVID. I still wash my hands though! Just not as often. I don't know. To be honest, I feel like I'd catch or maybe already caught the virus again at some point. But you know, KNOCK ON WOOD cause your girl will fly to Japan soon! Did you guys miss my Japan post? Is it just me? LOL. So yeah there's that. My second dose was sooo much better. No symptoms at all! Well, except for the pain on the injection site. I still took paracetamol like I did before so I don't know if I prevented the symptoms altogether or if there's no symptoms at all. I guess the first dose was so traumatic that I didn't want it to happen again. Can I just rant for one second?? So our second dose was supposed to be on 5/21/2021 and the staff at the clinic who chose to have Astrazeneca was divided into two groups. I was on the second group. The first group then went to the vaccination site only to be told that the second dose will be moved after two weeks. Like, you should have sent us a text. I kinda knew it would happen and I even told everyone. Because my sister who took the same shot received a text two weeks before her supposed to be scheduled dose. Anyway, even though I didn't have to go to the venue, I still felt bad for my co-workers who had to go because it was extra extra hot/sunny that day. Anyway, it's old news but I just wanted to share that. One thing I want to rant about is how they spelt AstraZeneca.

I mean, It's AstraZeneca and not AZTRAZENECA for goodness sake. I mean, as a commoner, it’s quite easy to wonder how well our vaccination card will be recognized internationally though. It’s just not at that level yet. I mean, maybe just my card personally. I’ve seen some decent cards though so there’s that. Yun lang! Why didn’t they standardized the cards for everyone in the first place?

Saturday, 30 January 2021

Will I Ever Get COVID-19 Vaccinated?

Personal January 30, 2021 0

Well...YES. I told you guys about my COVID infection not so long ago but there's a specific vaccine brand out in the market that can be administered even with prior exposure. I mean, what can possibly go wrong? MANY! But that's not the point! I don't think I'd let my guard down even with the vaccine so you know. So why would I want to be vaccinated then you ask? Well The main reason is because I want to protect myself from the virus. We all know I failed to protect myself from it the first time and second, to put a stop to this whole shebang. I want my normal life back as soon as possible. I want to travel the world and live the remaining year of my 20's freely! Basically, I just don't want to be as annoyed as I am right now with people not following the protocol and stuff.

Anyway, the local government unit of the city where I live launched a survey/pre-registration for free vaccine and I signed myself, and my whole family for it. My city is one of the few in the Philippines that was able to secure vaccines so hopefully I'd be chosen for it you know. OMG can you remember my story of how long it took the city to respond to my COVID situation? What if they're that slow again this time? BLESS THEIR HEARTS. I hope someone's already sorting that registration thing by now because the vaccines could/would come as early next month so you know! They'd be wasting it if they don't act fast! WHY do I feel like that's what's gonna happen? OH NO! I feel like they're gonna find vaccines that are wrongly stored and also those that are not viable anymore because of their lack of preparedness and all! Anyway, it’s for us to find out.

Not so long ago, I talked to one of my best friends and yeah she told me that the company she works for would most likely get a hold of the vaccine and give it to the employees and stuff and she was like how about you? I mean, it’s kinda ironic because I am actually way higher on the priority list but because it doesn’t work like that in this country. There would be others who would get the shots first. I mean, I’m totally okay with my bestfriend getting the shot of course. Anyway, I pre registered so hopefully that works out for me. Oh she also told me that he company wouldn’t be getting SINOVAC for sure. I guess it’s somehow okay. If that’s the only thing I could get, so be it. They say that it’s only around 50% ish effective and yeah if that’s the only vaccine available for me to have, then so be it. Also, like I said, wouldn’t let my guard down.

One more thing, can I just share that I didn’t develop an antibody (IgG) against the virus. I don’t know if it’s because I was asymptomatic or you know, maybe I didn’t even have the virus in the first place. Well for reference, I tested positive on October 19 2020. I was planning to donate my plasma for the convalescent plasma thing but I guess with my non existent antibody, it would be useless. Or maybe I didn’t test soon enough for it to show. Anyway, who knows? That’s all folks!