Current Events > About to sign up for my COVID shot appointment. Should I do J&J single?

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I'm on the CDC portal now and given two choices: I can get the Johnson & Johnson single dose this month, or wait until mid-May to get one of the two shot ones (they had both Pfizer and Moderna on tap when my coworker got his).

I'd rather get it done sooner than later because I'm in a higher health risk category, plus just the comfort of knowing I'm vaccinated. I haven't been following the comparison between all three lately, so I don't know jack about shit other than the second shots pack a wallop and supposedly have higher efficacy rates.

treewojima posted...

I'm on the CDC portal now and given two choices: I can get the Johnson & Johnson single dose this month, or wait until mid-May to get one of the two shot ones (they had both Pfizer and Moderna on tap when my coworker got his).

I'd rather get it done sooner than later because I'm in a higher health risk category, plus just the comfort of knowing I'm vaccinated. I haven't been following the comparison between all three lately, so I don't know jack about shit other than the second shots pack a wallop and supposedly have higher efficacy rates.

Pretty much the end, yeah

Go with the sooner one. J&J also has side effects comparable to the flulike feelings of second round of the two-dosers, so you're not saving yourself too much misery.

They're all very effective against severe symptoms, hospitalizations and deaths, so at this stage, it can't matter that much which you take. You've had a helluva rough couple months, so get your body whatever protection you can ASAP.

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