Booster jabs taken

I received a notification on the MySejahtera app about a week ago to inform me that I had been scheduled for a Pfizer booster jab on the 28th of November. Likewise, so did my wife. For the past week, we have been rather undecisive whether to take the jab or not. Some said we would be better off taking a Sinovac booster. But finally, we summoned up enough courage to take the jabs together, especially since we learnt that many of our older friends and relatives in their 80s had already received theirs without any problem. 

So we turned up at the Flextronics plant in Bukit Minyak yesterday afternoon. However, there was a last hurdle. As we walked straight in, some friends were coming out and they said that from today (29 Nov), people could have a choice between Pfizer and Sinovac. Therefore, they had declined their scheduled Pfizer booster jabs and would go to the SPICE Arena in Seberang Jaya to get their Sinovac vaccinations instead. 

My wife's will started to dither but I was quite firm that we had come to Flextronics to get our Pfizer jabs and we should get them over with. What the heck; if people start choosing Sinovac, there will probably be a long queue from the 29th onwards and queues were what we wanted to avoid. Moreover, as it was already almost six months since our second Sinovac jab in June, I was very concerned that the efficacy could now be very low. I reasoned that we should take the Pfizer jab now and not delay any longer. For sure, there weren't many people at the Flextronics vaccination centre and it was very smooth-flowing all the way. Also, if the rumours are true, I don't want having to take a booster jab every three months if I were to continue with Sinovac. It will be madness! 

I'm happy to relate that 24 hours after the jab, we haven't had any adverse side effect today except for the expected soreness at the site of the injection. No fatigue encountered too. The panadol tablets remain kept in the medicine cabinet.

All the hyped-up news of one or two deaths after their booster jabs compared with the millions who have taken theirs successfully.... Personally, they are playing psychological havoc with people's minds and emotions. We just need to analyse the situation rationally and go for the offered Pfizer jabs. Besides, I'm confident that these are not the original Pfizer jabs. Science does not stand still. Research does not stand still. What goes into the present Pfizer vaccine should have been modified over the original.