Being in the service and a vaccine is mandatory

I had my first dose on Jan 12. Had contact with a positive person on the 19th and developed mild symptoms on the 24th and tested positive the same day. Still in isolation now but feeling much better. I am scheduled to get dose 2 on 2/2 and hoping my immune system will not go haywire. I have been assured by the Department of Health and a family doctor that I should be fine. Slightly anxious about it but will press on...
 
Between @OldRetSWO and @Capt MJ, I’ve learned that one can boost their immunity by way of alcohol and ice cream. So I googled “boozy ice cream drinks” and the search results looked very promising. I’m now going to google “boozy ice cream drinks with bacon”....

Whatever comes up could be a nice digestif for tonight’s dinner of BBQ baby back ribs, roasted smashed potatoes and steamed broccoli.
 
MidCakePa said:
Between @OldRetSWO and @Capt MJ, I’ve learned that one can boost their immunity by way of alcohol and ice cream. So I googled “boozy ice cream drinks” and the search results looked very promising. I’m now going to google “boozy ice cream drinks with bacon”....

Whatever comes up could be a nice digestif for tonight’s dinner of BBQ baby back ribs, roasted smashed potatoes and steamed broccoli.
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Hint: search for Bailey’s Mudslide, the one made with Bailey’s Irish Cream and Godiva Chocolate liqueur and vodka(whee!). It’s got cream from the Bailey’s, and ice, but not ice cream. No bacon, but a side o’ crisp bacon is never a wrong move.
Sorry, I know I should discipline myself to stay within the guardrails of either the Cocktail or Bacon threads.
 
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In the city I live in... we have entire burger place that specializes in boozy milkeshakes... and yes, many have bacon. Once you get the COVID vaccine it will also prevent you from gaining weight from eating these things too. I mean we can dream right?
 
NavyHoops said:
In the city I live in... we have entire burger place that specializes in boozy milkeshakes... and yes, many have bacon. Once you get the COVID vaccine it will also prevent you from gaining weight from eating these things too. I mean we can dream right?
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Oh yes.
 
THParent said:
Okay everyone. I was going to start another thread but am way too lazy for that.

I got my first shot at around 0700 today. It was the Pfizer-BioNTech version. I get the second one on February 19th.
To any of you out there who have needle-phobia, it was a tiny little (25 gauge, 4mm long) needle with a .3ml dose.
I seriously did not feel it.

My wife has already had both doses of the same vaccine. No issues, other than the 2nd one made her tired (which means she was building antibodies and it was working).
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Pretty much identical to my first one... the second one on the 8th.
 
NavyHoops said:
In the city I live in... we have entire burger place that specializes in boozy milkeshakes... and yes, many have bacon. Once you get the COVID vaccine it will also prevent you from gaining weight from eating these things too. I mean we can dream right?
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Go big or go home.

Wait...literally 😂😂

We have the same kind of burger joint here with those milkshakes. Speaking of Baileys. And bacon. Yummy 🤤
 
nrotcmid23 said:
This is a red herring. The issues with Thalidomide took place when medical rigor looked very different than it does today, not to mention the function of a drug is completely different than an mRNA vaccine. Sure "you don't need a medical degree" but I think everyone is better off listening to the people who have one.

Listening to doctors is not an appeal to authority, it's recognizing that they have spent their lives understanding how the human body works and are working in everyone's best interests.
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If memory serves the Thalidomide scandal (causing horrible birth defects to children of mothers who took the drug) was confined to Europe in the early 1960s. US (FDA) never allowed it at that time.
 
Devil Doc said:
I need to catch up on this thread. I was in Tibet for a week and the WiFi was iffy up there.

Military accessions aside, I can’t imagine the COVID vaccine will not be mandatory for the operational forces.

I’ve given tens of thousands and received a whole bunch of vaccines. I hated giving the live virus ones. The storage and preparation was bad enough but there would usually be at least one sailor with a systemic reaction that required a visit to the MO or hospital. The great majority of reactions to all immunizations were local. Arm pain, swelling, and redness is expected.

Some were more notorious for the ability to cause misery. Yellow fever and plague for sure. I was the senior corpsman at CBIRF where fighting germs was our business so sailors and Marines didn’t have the option to decline our required immunizations. They didn’t cite the constitution or talk about their loss of freedom. They lined up and took their medicine. The anthrax series is a doozy. When I started mine, the HM1 told me, “the first couple are not too bad but the third will make your triceps feel like it’s being pulled off your bone.” Huh? No joke, when he gave me my third, the back of my left arm felt like a hand had reached in and pulled. Hard. He disposed of the syringe and was putting the vial away and without seeing my reaction he said “told ja.”

The year 2001 was interesting and busy for us. The Cole had been bombed in October 2000 and we started ramping up our readiness along with covering the inauguration of Bush-43 as well as his address to a joint session of congress. I suppose if I were writing a book I would say we were hearing “chatter” of interest by persons to do us harm using various methods. At one point I owned all available Small Pox vaccine in DOD. At least that’s what I was told. That’s another difficult immunization to manage. The storage, preparation, and administration are all a pain. Small Pox and all the rest though are all required and more importantly, may some day save a life.
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Tibet?

The Dalai Lama?

Flowing white robes?

Striking.
 
My just got it at Minot AFB. Honestly, i never bothered asking it if it was mandatory or not because we told him dont be an idiot and to get it as soon as possible
 
CVICU RN here, Got my second shot (Moderna) this past Tuesday. After first shot developed soreness, (not terrible but enough to wake me up every time I rolled onto my left arm) 48 hrs after shot, along with slight headache and tiredness. After the second shot , had arm pain within an hour that progressed to pain and severe discomfort, couldn’t move arm up over my head or reach forward/ backward. Had fever and chills within 24 hrs. worked today, still having pain in arm and slight weakness but it’s receding. Never had an issue with shots before, this wasn’t fun. Most of the RN’s I work with had an intensified reaction with the second dose. So If no reaction with first they did well With the second. If slight reaction with first, it was pretty much the same symptoms times 100. Of those who had COVID and then got vaccine, most reported feeling as bad as when they were ill last Spring. Anecdotally we’ve been telling ourselves, if you had COVID to wait a while before getting the Vaccine. and yes, you can get COVID twice. Nephew‘s girlfriend was COVID positive last Spring, lost (& still hasn’t recovered) her sense of taste and smell, was retested and reported negative during summer. She just started running fevers last Mon, retested and found to be COVID positive again, she’s a 16 year old. I advised my own 2nd LT to defer vaccine if possible to put some time, more than six months,between his own illness ( yep got it while entire company serving ROM and not allowed off base) and getting the vaccine. especially With cardiac symptomology common to young athletes. I got the vaccine bc I’ll take my chances with it rather than with COVI, I’ve seen up close and personal, how bad this disease truly is. I don’t ever want to experience what we went through last Spring again, and I hope to God no one else will either.
 
@Sprintmom excellent post from the forward edge of the battle area. I’ve read Moderna is producing more reactions than Pfizer and the second dose is worse than the first as you stated. My son’s unit was put at the head of the line for the vaccine due to their mission. It is still voluntary and he has volunteered to not get it.
 
I eat bacon every week at the very least and don't have Covid 19. There may be a correlation. If there isn't, do you really want to take that chance?
Eat bacon.
 
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