My family just recently recovered from COVID and I was curious how long one should wait before taking the vaccine.

3 months minimum.

I believe doc rev says 6 months.

You can get a free antibody test. As long as you have those I (as a lay person) don't see a reason to get the vaccine.

https://texags.com/forums/84/topics/3179373

Rev said 3 weeks, but try to do 1 mo +

https://texags.com/forums/84/topics/3178288

Tabasco said:

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Rev said 3 weeks, but try to do 1 mo +

https://texags.com/forums/84/topics/3178288

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I agree with this. You want your body's initial immune response to start working its way on the downswing before a second exposure/stimulus. I personally think Pfizer should've gone with 1 month between doses, not 3 weeks, but the data still shows it works, and they have smarter people working there than here.

Vaccine shortage isn't as big of a deal anymore, but if it was, then you could consider waiting 3 months (minimum length of time we think most people have immunity) in order to allow someone else to get the vaccine.

Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:

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My family just recently recovered from COVID and I was curious how long one should wait before taking the vaccine.

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How bad were your symptoms?

FratboyLegend said:

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Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:

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My family just recently recovered from COVID and I was curious how long one should wait before taking the vaccine.

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How bad were your symptoms?

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Mostly bad allergies, increased fatigue, and shortness of breath at times.

My neighbor in Bryan was told to wait 90 days

The vaccine centers are asking if you had Covid within 90 days, and if so recommending you not get shot.

Which ones? Everything I've seen in DFW is asking 14. I've been helping the olds on both my side of the family and my wife's so I've seen a pretty good sized sample at this point (Dallas, Tarrant, and Collin vax centers + Frisco + CVS). If you got monoclonal antibodies or plasma, that is 90. But for the rest, it seems to be 14

Here is the Tarrant County consent form, where I got shot 1 today, and it says 90 days:

http://www.tarrantcounty.com/vaccineconsent

If I had a mild case I would certainly want to get the vaccine.

PJYoung said:

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If I had a mild case I would certainly want to get the vaccine.

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I had a mild case. I have antibodies. I'm waiting before getting vaccine. The risk of severe illness after a mild case is basically non existent as far as I can tell.

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If I had a mild case I would certainly want to get the vaccine.

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I had a mild case. I have antibodies. I'm waiting before getting vaccine. The risk of severe illness after a mild case is basically non existent as far as I can tell.

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Just curious but do you plan to check your antibodies in the future to see how they're holding up?

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PJYoung said:

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If I had a mild case I would certainly want to get the vaccine.

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I had a mild case. I have antibodies. I'm waiting before getting vaccine. The risk of severe illness after a mild case is basically non existent as far as I can tell.

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Just curious but do you plan to check your antibodies in the future to see how they're holding up?

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I'm enrolled in the antibody study. I'll be tested twice more, 3 and 6 months after the first test.

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88planoAg said:

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PJYoung said:

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If I had a mild case I would certainly want to get the vaccine.

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I had a mild case. I have antibodies. I'm waiting before getting vaccine. The risk of severe illness after a mild case is basically non existent as far as I can tell.

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Just curious but do you plan to check your antibodies in the future to see how they're holding up?

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I'm enrolled in the antibody study. I'll be tested twice more, 3 and 6 months after the first test.

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FratboyLegend said:

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I am curious, if you have already had a disease, and its effects on you were mild, and you have demonstrated that you have antibodies to prevent you from getting it down the road, why are you getting the vaccine?

This is a sincere question, not a trap or gotcha (this whole thing has created second meanings in any conversation about covid); I just want to know what is your reason / rationalle for getting the vaccine.

Thanks for any reply.

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I am not. At least at this time.

I received my first dose of the Pfizer shot 10 days after a positive test (14 days after symptoms). The second 24 hours after the shot sucked, but I lived.

-The 90 day rule is if you've had the antibiotic course or the plasma (which they may have stopped doing).
-The antibody protection from having the virus varies drastically, has no tested length of protection, and is unknown how it will handle the variants.
-My primary source of info is Doc Jock (an oncologist), who consulted with the point person for Presby-Dallas's Covid response and a good friend who is an infectious disease MD/PHD at UTSA.

FratboyLegend said:

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I am curious, if you have already had a disease, and its effects on you were mild, and you have demonstrated that you have antibodies to prevent you from getting it down the road, why are you getting the vaccine?

This is a sincere question, not a trap or gotcha (this whole thing has created second meanings in any conversation about covid); I just want to know what is your reason / rationalle for getting the vaccine.

Thanks for any reply.

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The only reason I can think of is expected restrictions on travel and entry into businesses and other venues to those who can show proof of vaccination

Probably won't do a damn bit of good to your health if you've already had the disease

All for show

FratboyLegend said:

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I am curious, if you have already had a disease, and its effects on you were mild, and you have demonstrated that you have antibodies to prevent you from getting it down the road, why are you getting the vaccine?

This is a sincere question, not a trap or gotcha (this whole thing has created second meanings in any conversation about covid); I just want to know what is your reason / rationalle for getting the vaccine.

Thanks for any reply.

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I had a light case over Christmas (a fever just over 100, some nasal drip and resulting cough--no difficulty breathing--would have stayed home from work one day in normal circumstances) and am planning to get the vaccine at some point. Mostly this is due to travel restrictions--I had a trip to France planned in 2020, and want to make that in 2022 but feel certain I will need proof of vaccination to do so. I also sing in the choir at church, and I think it may come to pass that we will resume normal choir activities with those that have been vaccinated (right now, we are singing, but with social distancing and masks).

Edit: Ironically, I just got notified by my physician that I can get the vaccine, so I went ahead and signed up for Thursday, which will be about 80 days since I first experienced my mild symptoms. I think I would rather have waited a little longer, but since it fell in my lap, I'll go ahead and do it.

We are telling people 10 days symptom-free following diagnosis before they get a dose. Plasma or antibody treatments are screened out during sign-up so they don't get to us (usually), and they are told to wait (I believe) 90 days.

Ol Jock 99 said:

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I received my first dose of the Pfizer shot 10 days after a positive test (14 days after symptoms). The second 24 hours after the shot sucked, but I lived.

-The 90 day rule is if you've had the antibiotic course or the plasma (which they may have stopped doing).
-The antibody protection from having the virus varies drastically, has no tested length of protection, and is unknown how it will handle the variants.
-My primary source of info is Doc Jock (an oncologist), who consulted with the point person for Presby-Dallas's Covid response and a good friend who is an infectious disease MD/PHD at UTSA.

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Can you elaborate on your symptom response on day 2 after shot?

My wife just got Pfizer 1 after 6 weeks of testing positive (her symptoms were mild, like a mild to moderate cold, no fever etc)

Nothing crazy, but felt like total crap, fever, and slept a ton. Was gone after about 24 hrs as well.

Thought I would share my experience, having had a light case of covid over Christmas (one day of fever, some persistent nasal drip) and just took the first Pfizer shot late Thursday afternoon. Although I had no initial reaction, as expected, my arm started getting sore overnight (not painful, just sore like I had strained it or something). I felt a little bit off my game Friday morning, and by Friday afternoon, I was extremely fatigued. I don't think I had any fever as I didn't have chills (don't bother to take my temperature), but I really felt wiped out a lot worse than I ever did from my light case of covid. By Saturday morning, I felt fine.

Depends,

If you had mild symptoms and recovered without antibody treatment, you should be good to go anytime after recovery.

If you received antibody treatment, you need to wait 90 days after recovery before vaccination because the side effects will kick your ass otherwise.

Ol Jock 99 said:

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I received my first dose of the Pfizer shot 10 days after a positive test (14 days after symptoms). The second 24 hours after the shot sucked, but I lived.

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I'm having a similar experience with Pfizer #1. I had a mild case of COVID in December over Christmas. I got the vaccine at 2:00 yesterday, and aside from a sore arm felt completely normal until about 11:00 today. I've been down and out on the couch most of the afternoon. I'm super tired and achy, and I have a bad headache. I just took my temperature, and I'm running a low-grade fever. My temp. was normal going into the gym this morning.

Basically, I feel like I have COVID without any of the respiratory symptoms. I'm hope it passes quickly!

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Feeling better now? How long did you feel under the weather?

I had a moderate case of Covid mid December. Took me awhile to recover.

Received my first Pfizer dose yesterday at 3. My arm is quite sore and felt warm throughout the night.

Planning on leaving for Dallas later today so hoping I don't end up feeling bad this afternoon.