Do you feel any different now you're three weeks past your vaccine ?

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Do you somehow feel safer ? I feel like I can maybe stop wearing my visor. I looked pretty stupid anyway. But other than that, I will continue doing the same things.

It has been two weeks since mine, I think the efficacy is something like 58% after one.

I think it protects you from hospitalisation / death by 80 percent though. That's what I thought Van Tam said. Maybe I misunderstood!

After 21 days

I thought The recent data from scotland showed around 80 to 90% effectiveness at preventing hospitalization (depending on which vaccine you had)

@Iremembertheelderlykoreanlady yeah that's what I thought. I wonder how much it helps with transmission after only the first dose.

I’m still trying to figure out what efficacy is at after 2 & 3 weeks post 1st vaccine. Every article I find states different numbers.

For Pfizer, I should add - which is what I had.

@whenwoulditkickin I think we'd all agree there is quite a good level of protection against hospitalisation and death after the first dose.

I'm still being really careful. My worry was Long Covid as much as risk of hospitalisation.

My DH is on 3 weeks today. After spending virtually every day since a heart bypass last May in shielding, he seems happier and literally has a spring in his step. He doesn’t suffer from mental health, but it gets him down, from an extremely active person to having to spend so many hours inside the house, apart from dog walks. Although we are still being careful and are looking forward to me getting my vaccine on Saturday and then his second one, we may actually feel safe to be able to go for a meal when we are allowed.

I’m not changing anything. I think for now we all just need to carry on exactly the same whether vaccinated or not.

@Mindymomo that's great ! Such a good feeling. I'll not wear my visor when going outside and if I need to go to the supermarket or a corner shop desperately, I will go. I wasn't going at all when cases were high. But I did go out a lot to the shops/ restaurants last summer when cases were very low.

Now I'm vaccinated and cases are a bit lower, I'll not avoid going to the shops as much if I really need to and I'll no longer wear my visor !

I feel safer and I agree it’s probably put a spring in my step.

Im still being careful till jab 2. The only difference now is me and my mum hug again

It’s 3 weeks to the day for me. No plan to go out licking people.

However, I had Covid at the end of last year, which obviously was worrying because I’m CV - recently upgraded to CEV in February. Fortunately it was mildish.

So I lost all fear then, really. But I continue to observe all regulations so as to protect everyone else, as there is still a small chance I could pass it on. I no longer worry about contracting it myself, because if I did it would almost certainly be milder than the first time.

I'm still being careful. Both DH and I have received one dose of vaccine, so we've arranged some important appointments (e.g. bike servicing, ASD assessment for our DS) that we'd put off because of the COVID risk.

We're still wearing masks and not doing anything different otherwise.

I was worried about DH being hospitalised, because he has lung problems and steroid-controlled asthma. I'm personally more worried about long COVID.

@Londonwriter yeah I'm going to to similar stuff I've been putting off.. like taking the dog to the groomer etc.

No difference for me. I don’t think I will feel any less on guard until I have had my 2nd dose and DH has had at least his 1st.

7 weeks post 1st vax.
I'm still being very careful but will go to the supermarket and to medical appointments without feeling dread.

When we open again I shall feel happy to take the dog to the groomers - not sure about the hair dressers for me though!

I went into mini supermarket the other day for bread. We have online shopping delivered - it was actually a bit of a sensory overload going into a shop!

Mines on Saturday. I’ve been quite scared of going out. Avoided shops and stuff.

2 weeks on Saturday I’m going to start getting through the list of:

Haircut ( first time in 8 months. I currently look like Garth from Wayne’s World.
Dentist
Optician

Apart from that lm doing nothing different.

Masks are worn primarily to protect others from your own emissions.
Vaccination will reduce the risk of you shedding virus, so from that perspective you could stop mask wearing, but then if lots of vaccinated people stopped wearing masks, don't you think others would be encouraged to dump them too? At the moment there's a sense of "we're all in it together" - do you want to damage that?

Because always bear in mind that while a vaccine massively reduces your risk, if you put yourself, or others put you at more risk of being infected than you were before, the benefit of the vaccine is reduced.

I wasn't scared before and I'm even less scared now. I'm 6 weeks post first dose.

Can't wait for everything to open up.

Had Pfizer 2 weeks ago, still not doing much other than stay at home.
Still feel tired and chilly though since vaccine.

Not sure there is enough data to show how much protection one Pfizer vaccine gives - I had the impression that one AZ vaccine was more effective and for Pfizer the real protection comes after the second, which is a bit of a downer since I had to wait for May for that...

I know I should be reassured about the statistics about decreased hospitalisation and death, but also worry about DC's schooling and long Covid, as a pp points out (which you can get with mild cases of Covid even).

I felt a weight lifted off my shoulders as soon as I was vaccinated. I still take precautions but I’m not afraid any more. Previously I was frightened I’d suffer from long Covid and it would ruin my life, or I’d die and leave my son without a mum. I’m confident that won’t happen now. I feel able to go to the dentist about this toothache I’ve had for a year. I feel able to open the door and accept a parcel from the postman instead of shouting through the letterbox for him to put it down and step back. I’ve stopped washing my groceries with soap. I’ve been to the shop to post a parcel. Life changing.