My first COVID vaccine dose

 I was finally offered an appointment for a COVID vaccine and went for my first round yesterday. It was so well-organized the way they processed people. I would compare it to the military. It felt like a moment of history, because it was.

With all the deaths and misery from COVID so far, this last year and a half has been worse than Vietnam. With all the co-existing issues, COVID has and continues to affect the course of history, especially of America.

The major reason why Conservatives (especially Christian Conservatives) are so hostile to COVID measures, and even the very reality of COVID, is that epidemics cannot be stopped through individual action. It takes cooperation. The best and fastest way accomplish that is with government. Therefore, the pandemic directly challenges the conservative ideology, not only challenges it, but refutes it. Donald Trump's COVID policy was based on individualism. Conservatives are still trying to claim it wasn't a failure, but as time goes by, the fiasco of it is going to sink in, especially as Biden's success in the issue stands out in contrast. Conservatism has lost a major battle.

But I digress, and that belongs in my political blogs.

I'm having a moderate reaction to the vaccine. This is new for me. I've never had any kind of reaction to a vaccine before, aside from some shoulder soreness. Now I have tiredness I felt worse waking up than I usually do and stayed in bed an extra hour, something I almost never do now. I woke up with throat congestion late in the night, body aches and my shoulder actually felt hammered. No swelling or redness though.

I gave myself a somewhat higher caffeine dose, took my morning dose of acetaminophen, with ibuprofen. I all right now, but I'm canceling my morning walk. It's raining anyway, so the walk would've been drudgery.