Vaccinated (Part One)
Apr. 17th, 2021 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingUPenn finally stepped up and started offering vaccines to its employees a few days ago. I set up an appointment immediately and got my first shot of the Moderna vaccine yesterday afternoon.
I've been seeing here and there that it's a giant shot that really hurts, but this isn't true. The needle isn't big at all, and the shot takes literally a second. It's not painful, just a tiny touch of ice on your shoulder.
I'm deathly afraid of needles, but this wasn't a big deal, even for me.
Everyone in the impromptu clinic (which has been set up on the second-floor basketball court of the university gym) was very friendly and kept thanking me for showing up and being there. All of the doctors and nurses were bizarrely attractive in the way that doctors and nurses often are when they're not at the end of some horrible hellshift. I got a big glossy sticker and a cute little passport card at the end of the fifteen-minute observation period, which I appreciated.
I had a slight fever and some wooziness yesterday afternoon and evening, but the symptoms were mild and had totally disappeared when I woke up this morning. My arm is still a bit sore, but it's not painful; it's just like the feeling you get after pushing your limits a little during a weightlifting session. There's no bruise at all.
I've been hearing scary things about this vaccine, like about how much it hurts and how it knocks you out and so on, but none of that is true. It's very chill and painless and stress-free. If nothing else, you can use it as an excuse to order a pizza and spend the rest of the day in bed playing video games, which is totally what I did.
(If you're curious, I'm playing Bravely Default II, which is excellent btw.)
I've also been hearing about vaccine clinics that have been set up in mostly abandoned malls in New Jersey, and damn that sounds cool. I've added "visiting mostly abandoned malls in New Jersey" to my list of things to do once I'm fully vaccinated, and I'm looking forward to it.
I've been seeing here and there that it's a giant shot that really hurts, but this isn't true. The needle isn't big at all, and the shot takes literally a second. It's not painful, just a tiny touch of ice on your shoulder.
I'm deathly afraid of needles, but this wasn't a big deal, even for me.
Everyone in the impromptu clinic (which has been set up on the second-floor basketball court of the university gym) was very friendly and kept thanking me for showing up and being there. All of the doctors and nurses were bizarrely attractive in the way that doctors and nurses often are when they're not at the end of some horrible hellshift. I got a big glossy sticker and a cute little passport card at the end of the fifteen-minute observation period, which I appreciated.
I had a slight fever and some wooziness yesterday afternoon and evening, but the symptoms were mild and had totally disappeared when I woke up this morning. My arm is still a bit sore, but it's not painful; it's just like the feeling you get after pushing your limits a little during a weightlifting session. There's no bruise at all.
I've been hearing scary things about this vaccine, like about how much it hurts and how it knocks you out and so on, but none of that is true. It's very chill and painless and stress-free. If nothing else, you can use it as an excuse to order a pizza and spend the rest of the day in bed playing video games, which is totally what I did.
(If you're curious, I'm playing Bravely Default II, which is excellent btw.)
I've also been hearing about vaccine clinics that have been set up in mostly abandoned malls in New Jersey, and damn that sounds cool. I've added "visiting mostly abandoned malls in New Jersey" to my list of things to do once I'm fully vaccinated, and I'm looking forward to it.
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Date: 2021-04-20 10:44 pm (UTC)I'm glad you got your vaccine!