Recent content by FQ_Caroline

A drugstore lidocaine patch saved my arm if you're still suffering. That and a lot of naps.

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First, you should probably see someone about blacking out occassionally. The getting out of breath easily is expected but shouldn't linger for too long, at least at the same severity (it really should be getting better, even if only slightly and slowly). Second, yes you should. There's...

WAIT HANG ON I'm dumb and keep not answering questions. I answered about the flu and not the common cold. I don't know enough about the common cold to answer this question accurately. I did a quick search and it looks like because both the common cold and coronavirus attack the respiratory tract...

Not from what I've heard and understand. The flu is caused by the influenza virus. Covid-19 is caused by the coronavirus. Since we've been able to make a vaccine in a different way now, it might lead to more effective flu shots but I don't know that for sure and I'd bet it would take at least...

It looks like to me that they aren't saying lockdowns were ineffective. It looks like they are saying that more restrictive non-pharmaceutical interventions were not significantly more effective than less restrictive non-pharmaceutical interventions. I can't seem to access the full article (it...

Haha the question everyone wants an answer to. It's really going to depend on how quickly everyone can get both doses of the vaccine and what happens with the mutated strains. I think at the earliest probably late summer or early fall. This will also probably be highly dependent on state...

Just a quick google search tells me that it's a good journal. I think it's been around for awhile and has an impact factor of around 3. For reference, an excellent journal will have 10 or higher, 3 is considered good, and average is around 1. So like, i's good but there are better. As far as...

Like I said yesterday, I haven't looked too much into this yet. I would speculate it's a good bit of wait and see until enough data is collected to make informed inferences. What you said though makes a lot of sense in regards to it being more contagious so it spreading more quickly before...

Based on what I've heard, the vaccine is still effective against the new strain. To be honest, I haven't looked into it too much but I imagine it works similar to the flu shot every year. There are a number of strands, scientists try their best to boost immunity against all of the strands, and...

That's understandable! Just yesterday I was talking with someone in lab who was sent a publication by our lab manager. That email was followed up by a "never mind, that paper was retracted" email. Retractionwatch.org will send you emails about scientific papers that have been published and...

I can't give you a for sure answer because I really just don't know. I would assume that based on the way we have created this vaccine, using mRNA as opposed to traditional vaccines, probably yes. It would just depend on how quickly we can sequence the mRNA. That goes for any infectious disease...

WAIT I DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. Realistically, the risks of either vaccine are the same as any other. Pain or swelling at injection site, fever, fatigue, etc. Because your body is being taught how to create immunity against covid, you can experience symptoms similar to covid. If you have an...

Totally understandable! Most people don't understand how clinical trials work so this can seem very alarming. Additionally, reading clinical trials results can be confusing. First, research regarding mRNA vaccines has been occurring since around 2013 so the science behind this isn't new. Second...

Short answer, yes. Here are some instances: 1. If you've been exposed before or just after getting it then you can expose someone else. In this instance, the body hasn't had enough time to produce antibodies. 2. Based on Pfizer's vaccine (I know this isn't the one you got but they are extremely...