Yeah but imagine being dumb enough to get infected and very sick over the next month before you can get both shots next year. Because there are going to be thousands, maybe millions who do that in the USA alone for no good reason.
Now unsurprisingly the pandemic is out of control, hospitals in many regions are overcapacity and the overworked essential healthcare workers mentioned are sending patients hundreds of miles away to the nearest available bed.
These gatherings are selfish and completely avoidable. If these multiple vaccine candidates are as promising as they are sounding, people should hold off a few more months on social events until this vaccine starts getting deployed to the highest risk crowd.
They're perhaps not necessary in the strict sense of the word, but health authorities have consistently said that very important gatherings are okay as long as you try to do them safely.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/14/9341852...
The virus has been around for almost a year now and people are still acting like we have no idea how it works or that uncontrolled spread can cause a disastrous collapse of healthcare systems.
I'm pretty sure I got it walking out of a grocery store. I was wearing a mask, and was walking by another older man who was also wearing a mask and standing at the exit. He was hacking and coughing so hard that the mask did nothing. I tried to hold my breath as I got until I got outside, but it was to no avail. About four days later, I developed flu like symptoms. Sometimes, it doesn't matter how smart or "dumb" you are, anyone can get it.
We may have an effective vaccine now, but it will be another six to nine months before you can go to your doctor and request the series as a normal person.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7537833/
Did you have any conjunctivitis-like symptoms?
I did have hive like blistering down my left thigh though.