What if we only get more AZ? People here seem to fear that one more than the actual COVID for some reason…
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I’m unsure how much control the government currently would have over that anyway. A lot of vaccines are made in India, and things aren’t looking good there.
Remember how at the start of all this, there was a frustrating lack of material in English because North America didn’t care yet? We’re sort of on the other side of that now, with North American press losing interest in things like vaccine distribution, and the rest of the world screaming “We want our shots!”
Well, more than half of Taiwanese surveyed would be willing to take a Taiwanese vaccine. For all we know they could be just as ineffective as the Chinese vaccines. There is (was?) no way to test efficacy when all the clinical trials were in Taiwan/Vietnam. It still perplexes me why people would prefer a phase II Taiwanese vaccine over AZ.
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I’m supposed to get my shot next week but now I’m starting to second guess whether I should go through with it.
My main concern is that I want to move to Canada this summer (I’m tired of waiting) and it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to get the second shot of AZ there. An article I read stated there are worse side effects if you mix vaccines.
Now, I’m wondering if I should just wait until I get to Canada to get the vaccine.
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Presser just said still providing public vaccines.
Self paid will be provided for those that already have appointment.
If not having appointment yet, no more self paid for this batch.
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Can you link the article if you remember where you read it? I haven’t seen anything like that, only studies showing that it might actually be a good thing to mix AZ with Pfizer or Moderna.
If it comes to it, I’ll go back to the US this summer and get vaccinated (already got one shot of AZ here). (Not sure how I’ll judge when the time is right to leave, but I’m just going to have to go with my gut I suppose).
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Those side effects just have to do with discomfort. No safety issue found so far. I’m not sure what your concern is - afraid of a light fever?
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The only actual issues I could imagine is that the authorities in other countries don’t allow mixing vaccines at the moment, so people might not be able to receive another kind of vaccine if they have already been vaccinated with AZ. Kinda unlikely, though, I would assume.
Yeah, if they do that then I’ll just say I mis-remembered and get the full course of the Pfizer.
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Regardless of the question of side-effects, mixing vaccines is not good because nobody knows how this impacts efficacy. Any speculation to the contrary is just that. Could be better, could be worse, nobody knows.
Wednesday here, but not worried. They would only have signed up people if they had the vaccines for it, right? Right?
Preliminary results all point to increased efficacy.
They stated those who already registered all get it.
They said anyone with appointment will be accepted.
However, they also mentioned suggesting of possible waiting until next batch for second dose.
Yes, anything else would be quite undermining of the whole process.
As there has been no serious study on this, this is just speculation. Mixing vaccines is not good because nobody knows how this impacts efficacy. Any speculation to the contrary is just that. Could be better, could be worse, nobody knows.
“Texas Health Resources infectious disease specialist Dr Nikhil Bhayani told Healthline he believed that “by using two different vaccines, there is not going to be a greater magnitude of protection against the disease,” and said that mixing two different vaccines is “not recommended”.”
I am going back to get vaccinated and one thing anyone else considering this should know is that you might have to wait for availability of the self-pay COVID test slots.
Most of the hospitals I looked at in Taipei had no slots available for at least a week. One had a message saying that they had suspended self-pay COVID testing indefinitely due to the situation.
Since you will not be allowed to board a flight to the US without a negative test, your ability to leave when you want is sort of out of your control.
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This is a hugely useful information. Thank you so much for posting this!!!
Yeah, I’ve thought of that. There are so many unknowns in this whole situation… Hopefully more vaccines will be available.
Yeah I was expecting that I would be able to get back quickly and now I’m stuck for a week hoping that even if the situation gets worse I can still get the test. I doubt that the priority right now is to help people who want/need to leave.