So I am being silly here. Yesterday Kathy and I went over to CVS to get both our flu shot and our Covid shot for the season. As you know I have been scraping and painting the house. I hadn't realized that Kathy had booked us for BOTH shots. I was worried that I might have a reaction and that I couldn't use my right arm for scraping and painting. So I asked the tech if I could get the shot in my head so both arms would be fine. He laughed, and said "Of course not!" So I got one shot in one arm and the other shot in the second arm. I took the CVS bandaids off my shoulders and put them on my head just for fun for my blog post. I was up on the ladder scraping and painting again this afternoon and did have a bit of a reaction late today with my skin hurting and pain in my joints. I kept on working, though. Now it is midnight and suddenly I am fine. A mild reaction is worth whatever it takes to be protected from the flu and Covid! HERE IS THE STUPIDITY PART: We had a discussion with a dear friend who has NEVER had a Covid shot! I cannot believe that, given their age - the same as ours. So far they have been lucky with no Covid at all. Others have not been so lucky. You can DIE from this disease! Kathy knows two couples and the husband of each couple absolutely refused to get the Covid shot, back in the middle of the pandemic. No amount of reasoning could change their mind. One husband ended up in the hospital and was pretty sick. Then he said OK, OK, that when he got out and got home he would get the shot! He ended up leaving the hospital in a body bag! And the other husband died as well from Covid! I mean, what the hell! Where does this insanity come from? We have been protected all our lives from vaccinations! When I went to Africa in 2000 I had a series of seven vaccinations, including Cholera and Typhoid! I would never go there without them! And we have had every Covid shot we could get. And both of us have had Covid, and it felt more like a cold or flu and we both have survived, thanks to vaccines.
3 comments:
This is silly! :-) I'm glad you got your flu shot and covid shot. I had every Covid shot and got Covid for the first time last year with very mild symptoms. I got my flu shot last month.
Humorous photo but your message is right on! Good reminder to me that I need to get my shots! We have lived with so many diseases at a minimal level because of vaccines. Trace
Love the silly photo! I got my flu shot 2 weeks ago but need to get another Covid shot. I did get Covid last summer and it was horrible for me. That was after having 5 Covid vaccine shots. It is definitely not something I want to go through again. Time to start wearing masks again.
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