For the second Pfizer
9 weeks and a day
ago, I got my first jab of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine and the expected timeframe for my second shot was to be within 12 weeks. In the last few
weeks, I have clicked on the old link that suggested I wait for notification
from my GP and another booking website I was given by a friend indicated I
could not use the service.
Yesterday evening, I
received an SMS Text Message from my GP asking that I register for my second
shot. There were 7 vaccination centres listed but only one of them with
available slots. My GP surgery not there for the taking. I will be returning to
the centre when I got my first vaccine, one of the two listed then, but the
only one with a slot to book.
The promise of great
times
The earliest I could
get was next Thursday with three time slots and I chose the one after working
hours. The hope is once I get my second jab, I will be fully vaccinated, though
there is a possibility I might need a booster shot in the autumn.
We have Katalin Karikó,
the Hungarian-born biochemist to thank for her 4 decades-long research on RNA
mediated mechanisms on which the Pfizer
BioNTech and Moderna
vaccines are based. The activity has been long-running and the application at
this time is the culmination of amazing skill and expertise. I would hope she will
be the consideration for a Nobel Prize in one of the sciences.
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