DAY 150: "Reaction Report, part 7"

     Brandon got his 2nd Moderna shot on Friday. The entire VIP Area of the football stadium downtown has been converted into a busy vaccination center (where he had received his 1st shot).

     The place was highly organized, nearly all the personal details had been worked out online ahead of time. Appointments from Enter to Exit took no more than 30 to 45 minutes tops.

     Sometimes the 40-minute ride on the E-Line bus to downtown Seattle is quite full, other times not at all. Along the way, Brandon sees more & more people about without their masks.

     6 hours after the deed was done, his arm & neck became sore. By the middle of the night he started having migraines, night chills, and cold sweats. He couldn't sleep and had little appetite.

     These side effects were more aggressive than the casual flu. The malady lasted well into the next day and subsided on Sunday, when we spoke about new viral mutations and the need for further inoculations in the future.

DAY 148: "Reaction Report, part 6"

Reprinted with kind permission from anonymous:

"I got vaxxed at North Seattle Community College."

"Signing up for it at first appeared impossible, as they wouldn't accept my electronic signature. It turned out I could do it easily from my computer at work however. Newer model."

"I complained about this. I got two replies: one form-letter from a robot,basically telling me where to go, and one from a human, thanking me for bringing the problem to their attention and promising to fix it."

"Finding the place was something of a challenge; it was hidden behind the college. But if you wander around long enough, you'll stumble across it."

"Once I got there, everything was cool. They went ahead and vaxxed me, even though I was an hour early both days. Friendly, well-run establishment."

DAY 135: "Reaction Report, part 5"

     Joel gets his 2nd Moderna shot. The next day he complains of flu-like symptoms, including chills. "And Everything hurt." 

     The symptoms were worse than his usual migraine & nausea. They last for twelve hours, through which he mostly sleeps. A couple of us take turns letting Anja out to get some sun and relieve herself.

     Afterward, a backyard conversation turns to various ailments, medicines, and colorful descriptions of dry-heaving, as in who had the worst, etc..

     A warning goes out to Brandon. He's due for his 2nd Moderna in about 10 days. Be prepared!