Thread by @DavidLat

1/ A year ago this month, I was hospitalized with #covid19 at @nyulangone for 17 days, including 6 on a ventilator.

Today I returned to give blood for a research study I’m participating in, run out of the #Vaccine Center.

#COVID19Vaccine #Covid

2/ I was enrolled in the study back when I was hospitalized at @nyulangone. This view from the waiting room today is pretty much the same view I had from my hospital bed.

#coronavirus #covid be #Covid_19 #COVIDー19 #COVID19Vaccine #COVID19Vaccination

3/ This was my fifth blood draw for the research study. They didn’t ask for much blood today, maybe half the normal amount.

#covid #covid19 #COVID19Vaccine #COVID19Vaccination #vaccine

4/ What they’re looking at now: the immune response in people like me who already had #covid19, then get the #COVID19Vaccine. Some research suggests that we mount a robust immune response to #covid and might need just one dose.

nyti.ms/2NssaXo

5/ I’m getting the #COVID19Vaccine later today, then I’ll go back next Tuesday, one week post-vaccine, to @nyulangone to get my blood drawn again. They will analyze my blood for things like #covid19 antibodies, B and T cells for #covid, etc.

6/ Then they’ll do additional blood draws later — one week before shot #2 of the #COVID19Vaccine, one week after shot #2, and one month after shot #2.

#covid #covid19 #coronavirus #COVIDVaccination #vaccine

7/ This is very interesting research into #covid19 and the #COVID19Vaccine. I’m glad to be a part of it — and I’m glad to be getting #vaccinated!

#covid #coronavirus #COVIDVaccination #vaccine

8/ Achievement unlocked: #vaccinated!

(Partially — this was shot #1 of the @pfizer vaccine — I get shot #2 on 3/22.)

I have four more blood draws for the #COVID19Vaccine study. But this morning I also agreed to do up to 25 more draws for broader research.

9/ Sixteen hours after shot #1 of the @Pfizer vaccine, I feel tired and achy, but nothing major. No fever or chills (but I did preemptively take Tylenol per doctor's recommendation).

https://twitter.com/Laughterizbest/status/1366624183292149763

10/ I have a little soreness at the injection site. I did ice it a little before going to bed last night, and I tried to move my arm more than usual last night to prevent it from getting too stiff (my mom had this issue).

11/ How I feel after shot #1 of the #COVID19Vaccine is how my parents and parents-in-law felt after #2.

My experience is admittedly "anecdata," but maybe it's true that folks who already had #COVID19 respond to shot #1 like everyone else responds to shot #2.

12/ Should folks who already had #COVID19 get just one shot of the #COVID19Vaccine? This is being considered by policymakers, since it could free up millions of doses, but the protocol hasn't been changed just yet.

13/ We need more research on the effect of the #Covid19Vaccine and those of us who already had #COVID19 -- which is why I'm happy to be participating in this @NYULangone study.

See this piece by @NPR (via @dapburt):

n.pr/2OcuqlA

14/ Oh my goodness, I think I spoke too soon — I’m suddenly feeling super-tired and feverish, some 20 hours after shot #1 of the @pfizer vaccine.

I guess it’s working!

#coronavirus #covid #COVID19 #Covid_19 #COVID19Vaccine #COVID19Vaccination

15/ It’s uncanny; I feel exactly like I felt last year, when I was coming down with Covid-19.

Everything’s the same — yet everything’s different.

#dejavu #coronavirus #covid #COVID19 #COVID19Vaccine #COVID19Vaccination

16/ My Covid-19 vaccine haiku:

Cold, bright, early March,
déjà vu: fever, fatigue.
Covid? No, vaccine.

#dejavu #coronavirus #covid #COVID19 #COVID19Vaccine #COVID19Vaccination #haikuchallenge #haiku #poetry