Left Arm? Right Arm? Mix and Match?

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Left or right arm: Choosing where to get vaccinated matters, study suggests. Here's why​

When you roll up your sleeve to get routine vaccinations, do you prefer a jab in your right or left arm? New data suggests the choice you make matters.

Researchers in Germany found people who got all their shots in one arm had a stronger immune response than those who distributed shots between both arms, according to a study published last week in eBioMedicine, a peer-reviewed journal from The Lancet Discovery Science.

In the observational study, authors analyzed immune responses from about 300 people who never had COVID-19 and received two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine between March and September 2021.

Study participants were randomized to receive both doses in one arm or the second dose in the opposite arm. Two weeks after receiving the shots, researchers discovered certain immune cells – commonly known as “killer T cells” – were detected in 67% of people who received both injections in the same arm versus only 43% of those who got them in different arms.

Why are shots in the same arm more effective?

People may respond better to sequential shots in the same arm because the vaccines are targeting the same lymph nodes, making them more active in producing immune cells to fight off infections, study authors suggest. While researchers detected a difference in these cells, they didn't see a similar trend in spiked protein antibodies.

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Left or right arm: Choosing where to get vaccinated matters, study suggests. Here's why

When you roll up your sleeve to get vaccinated, do you prefer a jab in your right or left arm? New data suggests the choice you make matters.

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[RollingBallofButcherKnives]

Depends on which side of me the nurse is standing…and in the last couple years I have gotten the flu, covid and shingles vaccines. I don’t have any idea which arm any of them went in….

 

[ping72]

In my experience they always ask. I tell them my left since I’m right-handed. And always in the same arm. I rarely get sore/stiff from jabs, but if I do I’d rather it only be one arm and not both.

 

[ICWestfan]

Interesting. All I know is the last time I went in for whatever shot I got the nurse came at me like this-

 

[TJ8869]

OP has to be the most vaccinated man on earth.

 

[SSG T]

Other than the ones I got in OSUT where I didn't have a choice, I always get them in the left arm.

 

[Hawkeyenuts66]

Who in the actual fvck would fund a study like this. Who really cares about this kind of shit? Sounds like a huge waste of money and resources. Are there not more important things these scientists could be working on?

 

[SSG T]

OP has to be the most vaccinated man on earth.

Nah, that would be anyone that's either been assigned or deployed overseas.

I mean, between Germany, Sinai, Saudi/Kuwait/Iraq, JOTC (Ft Sherman, Panama), Afghanistan plus the normal vaccines, the Army poked me at least 100 times.

 

[SSG T]

Who in the actual fvck would fund a study like this. Who really cares about this kind of shit? Sounds like a huge waste of money and resources. Are there not more important things these scientists could be working on?

Let's see... immunologists and viralogists wanting to know how to make vaccines more effective. Yeah, seems like a waste.

 

[TJ8869]

Nah, that would be anyone that's either been assigned or deployed overseas.

I mean, between Germany, Sinai, Saudi/Kuwait/Iraq, JOTC (Ft Sherman, Panama), Afghanistan plus the normal vaccines, the Army poked me at least 100 times.

I think he’s had at least that many COVID boosters.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

OP has to be the most vaccinated man on earth.

Ha. I'm thinking of changing my handle to Vaxman.

I'm still alive. So there's that.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

I think he’s had at least that many COVID boosters.

I've had all of them!

Actually, I decided not to get my 2nd bivalent booster. I'm eligible due to age and fatness but figure my hermit living style will protect me until the latest and greatest booster becomes available in a couple of months.

Meanwhile I have my 2nd Shingrix jab to look forward to. The 1st hit me worse than any vaccine I've ever had. But actual shingles - which I've had twice - was a near-death experience, so I'll grit my teeth and get the 2nd dose. Maybe next week.

 

[IowaPackFan]

Thought this was a masturbation thread.

 

[RollingBallofButcherKnives]

Ha. I'm thinking of changing my handle to Vaxman.

I'm still alive. So there's that.

One, two, three, four
One, two (one, two, three, four)
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the Vaxman
Yeah, I'm the Vaxman

 

[4ohs]

I don’t know if it matters here. But when I was giving plasma, my right arm has an enormous obvious vein that my left arm never could produce.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

One, two, three, four
One, two (one, two, three, four)
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the Vaxman
Yeah, I'm the Vaxman

 

[SSG T]

I don’t know if it matters here. But when I was giving plasma, my right arm has an enormous obvious vein that my left arm never could produce.

I have great veins. But weirdly, when I was doing a Combat Lifesaver Course, my partner couldn't hit my vein. Show I showed him, on my own arm, how to do it.

So yeah, I've inserted a saline lock on myself.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

I try to get the jab as far away from my uterus as possible to preventing getting that CPV stuff.

 

[Titus Andronicus]

Nah, that would be anyone that's either been assigned or deployed overseas.

I mean, between Germany, Sinai, Saudi/Kuwait/Iraq, JOTC (Ft Sherman, Panama), Afghanistan plus the normal vaccines, the Army poked me at least 100 times.

I got five shots one day. They did three first with two in one arm and one in the other, all three at the same time. After that I received two more in the same arm at the same time. The whole affair took about a minute.

I had to go back a week later for the rest of the shots. (2-3 more, as I recall)

 

[Titus Andronicus]

I've had all of them!

Actually, I decided not to get my 2nd bivalent booster. I'm eligible due to age and fatness but figure my hermit living style will protect me until the latest and greatest booster becomes available in a couple of months.

Meanwhile I have my 2nd Shingrix jab to look forward to. The 1st hit me worse than any vaccine I've ever had. But actual shingles - which I've had twice - was a near-death experience, so I'll grit my teeth and get the 2nd dose. Maybe next week.

The second Shingrix shot is just as bad as the first. At least, that was my experience. Leave about three days open on your Calendar.

 

[Joes Place]

The second Shingrix shot is just as bad as the first. At least, that was my experience. Leave about three days open on your Calendar.

....FWIW, they aren't "100% effective", either.

And, yes, those Shingles shots are a butt-kicker. But from what I know (from relatives who have had Shingles), they are FAR better than getting Shingles.

 

[Titus Andronicus]

....FWIW, they aren't "100% effective", either.

And, yes, those Shingles shots are a butt-kicker. But from what I know (from relatives who have had Shingles), they are FAR better than getting Shingles.

My wife went through a bout with shingles. She went through 2-3 months of torture and it took over a year for the scars from the rash to disappear.

I did not even know about Shingles, (I was then 74-75 and had never even heard of it!) but I was in getting the first shot about three days after her diagnosis. I did not care whether it was going to be a rough experience. Had we both come down with that thing at the same time, it would have been a disaster.

The shots ARE far better than Shingles itself.

 

[Joes Place]

My wife went through a bout with shingles. She went through 2-3 months of torture and it took over a year for the scars from the rash to disappear.

It's horrible to deal with.

Shots, at the very least, should keep you from getting a bad case of it.
Nearly all insurance covers free ones, too.