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Ms. Toad

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15. That's as valid as any other reason.

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 07:49 PM

Apr 2021

My advocacy is for people to make an informed decision, on whatever factors are important to them, and then seek out that vaccination. I get annoyed with people who treat this medical decision differently than all other medical decisions - and insist the decision shoud be driven by whatever happens to be available.

One valid reason to seek hypo-fractionated radiation as follow-up to surgery for breast cancer is that it requires 15-16 treatments, rather than 25-28. Since these are 5-day a week treatments, the convenience factor is significant - and the person making that choice (as I did) would be weighing the benefits of a shorter treatment against any loss in effectiveness.

You could have similar reasons for only wanting a single shot.

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I was all excited about an appointment this Thursday to get the J&J vaccine... [View all] Silent3 Apr 2021 OP

It's really tough to make adjustments when you've made up your mind. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2021 #1

Get the Pfizer. Don't pick and choose. Just get it ASAP! NT CottonBear Apr 2021 #2

Pfizer is probably the best of the bunch, but all are good soothsayer Apr 2021 #4

I got my second Pfizer yesterday. It was the vaccine offered through my employer. CottonBear Apr 2021 #6

Yep. I felt lucky that I got my first choice, which was Pfizer kcr Apr 2021 #27

Pfizer is an excellent vaccine. LisaL Apr 2021 #3

Take the first one you can get, and don't look back MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #5

Ignore the "just get any shot" crowd. Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #7

What if the specific reason is that you only want one shot ? JI7 Apr 2021 #11

The do what you think is best for you, period. Sometimes the best advice is no advice. littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #13

If OP didn't want advice, he probably wouldn't be asking for it on DU. LisaL Apr 2021 #14

Clearly. Consider mine the unadvice advice. Like an unbirthday or the uncola. NT littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #16

That's as valid as any other reason. Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #15

I don't see how wanting a single shot rather than two shots justifies LisaL Apr 2021 #18

Making an informed choice about the vaccine you want is just as valid Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #19

The only way that argument would be valid if we were actually offered a choice- LisaL Apr 2021 #21

There is a choice. Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #22

+1 hamsterjill Apr 2021 #25

While someone is waiting they can get infected. LisaL Apr 2021 #28

You are correct - while someone is waiting they can be infected Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #31

OP is asking for advice. LisaL Apr 2021 #32

I don't read the OP that way. Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #33

The "just get any shot" crowd represents the vast majority of the medical community. honest.abe Apr 2021 #23

Well, I have refused medical care when doctors were being idiots Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #24

I will stick with the recommendations of the vast majority of the medical community. honest.abe Apr 2021 #26

I agree with all the others russiamommy Apr 2021 #8

I've read much less J&J shipping, possibly due to 15 mill contaminated doses SheltieLover Apr 2021 #9

Take the Pfizer. Given all the varients and folks not wearing masks, I would take any one of them riversedge Apr 2021 #10

Get whatever you can dweller Apr 2021 #12

I got Pfizer. Get it if that's what's available liberal_mama Apr 2021 #17

To all the replies I've gotten since I posted... Silent3 Apr 2021 #20

Sure. Hopefully J&J will still be available in your area. Hortensis Apr 2021 #29

There is going to be a severe shortage of J&J in upcoming weeks, because LisaL Apr 2021 #30