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Update 1 - What To Expect After Your 1st COVID Vaccine Shot

20 Days Later - What's been happening since my first COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Vaccine Shot in Essex County, NJ.

Get Your COVID Shot
Get Your COVID Shot (Gregory Burrus Around Town)

As some of you know I recently received my first COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine shot and I recapped my South Orange, Essex County experience here. What To Expect When You Go For Your COVID Vaccine Shot 12 Steps. Well this is my follow up 20 days later.

1st COVID Vaccine Shot
1st COVID Vaccine Shot

Like others, for 1 day I had some soreness at "the injection site" That's what they say when you get a symptom at the place where they stick the needle in you i.e. your arm. lol.

Covid Follow Up

I am now working Step 12 which is answering the daily text that ask "how are you doing?"

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I can report that everyday has been great. I did not get smarter or grow two heads or learn to play the piano (which I was secretly hoping would happen :-) I did experience some lightheadedness one day but not sure if it was the result of the vaccine shot or lack of food that day.

So overall its all been great and I am ready for 2nd shot in 9 days. Hopefully it will not snow like a blizzard so I can receive shot number 2. I hate delays since the shot takes 2 seconds. So fingers crossed.

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We are all outdoors when we can wearing masks and doing what we can when we can. Previously I wrote about "Surviving Coronavirus Social Distancing Because We Are All In This Together." Essentially saying we all need to help each other and join in a new way of thinking. Now after almost a year into the Coronavirus Pandemic, it's so true that We Are All In This Together. Please educate yourself, enjoy life safely, social distance and please go get your shots and lets' put this Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic behind us.

Thanks

Greg

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