@MDaware Will this vaccine be something we have to take every year!?

@monicamonroe we don't know yet, hopefully not! we might see some sort of antigenic drift like with flu but it's too soon to tell this may be part of the reason so many experts recommend continued mitigation (masks, distancing, etc) until vaccine is fully distributed-- really quash it

@MDaware Is the Oxford vaccine safe? Some virologists who have studied adenoviruses are concerned regarding the pathogenicity of adenovirus vector. They opine that the cases of transverse myelitis are LIKELY due to the vaccine. Can I have your thoughts/opinions?Is there a definite risk?

@venkat_id havent seen the data yet, will know more when the trials are done. the oxford team seems to be doing their appropriate rigor

@MDaware Is there a definitive waiting period if you've already been infected?

@awraynor the same isolation period for everything else

@MDaware Yes, any word on the promised mutations? Do I get to choose from a list or are they random? And if the former, how hot will my laser vision be?

@bcbiochemist I appreciate your joke (I'm going with vampirism) but really, mRNA cannot mutate your DNA. the whole thing is later on in the process, it doesnt even go into your nucleus terrible analogy: using the wrong octane gas doesnt change whether you have a chrysler or honda

@MDaware What do we know (and not) about how likely you are to transmit asymptomatically after being vaccinated? How soon will we have studies to know more?

@khgeissler AFAIK we just dont know yet. hopeful that it decreases transmission too but my guess is it will take a while to know more, esp since prevalence is so high now this is why so many experts recommend continued mitigation (masks, distancing, etc) until vaccination is widespread

@MDaware I am scheduled for my 2d Shingles vaccine in a couple weeks. Does that interfere w/ a Covid vaccine I’ll likely get sometime afterward? If so, is there an amount of time I need to separate the two different shots? My docs have no idea.

@Violetskyye AFAICT the main reason we ask not to get 2 different vaccines near each other is so if you have a reaction we know more about which it is, so recs are generally to space a few weeks

@MDaware I had a severe allergic reaction (anaphylactic) to cherries decades ago. Will I be able to have the vaccine?

@jlou_2 my understanding is the only people being warned to hold off for now are those with prior anaphylaxis to vaccines, not general anaphylaxis I saw there are 13 reports of anaphylaxis and something over a million doses so far, which is a pretty low rate

@MDaware Can suspected long-haul COVID patients get the vaccine?

@cogsci_guy seems like it. from what I've seen even the guidance on people with acute covid is to wait so staff & others dont get exposed, not to protect the person with covid

@MDaware What do we know from other two-dose vaccines about what happens if you skip the second dose? And is there reason to think the same will happen with these?

@guan AFAIK just much lower immunity and possibly waning entirely?

@MDaware when do I get upgraded to 5G

@ali1m when you trade that iphone in for a surface duo