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[–]cats_catz_kats_katz 348 points349 points  (50 children)

Considering the 2nd dose of Moderna knocked me on my butt pretty hard, I believe it!

[–]actualtext[S] 2891 points2892 points  (904 children)

Moderna Inc.’s Covid vaccine generated more than double the antibodies of a similar shot made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE in research directly comparing immune responses to the inoculations.

A study of almost 2,500 workers at a major Belgium hospital system found antibody levels among individuals who hadn’t been infected with the coronavirus before getting two doses of the Moderna vaccine averaged 2,881 units per milliliter, compared with 1,108 units/mL in an equivalent group who got two jabs of the Pfizer shot.

The results, published Monday in a letter to the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggested the differences might be explained by the:

higher amount of active ingredient in the Moderna vaccine -- 100 micrograms, versus 30 micrograms in Pfizer-BioNTech longer interval between doses of the Moderna vaccine -- four weeks, versus three weeks for Pfizer-BioNTech

Moderna’s vaccine was associated with a two-fold risk reduction against breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections compared to Pfizer’s in a review of people in the Mayo Clinic Health System in the U.S. from January to July. The results were reported in a separate study released ahead of publication and peer review on Aug. 9.

[–]imaginary_num6erBoosted! ✨💉✅[🍰] 2033 points2034 points  (621 children)

Wait till people start saying "Pfizer should perform the same since it's similar as Moderna." At least that's the treatment Moderna got whenever there's news on Pfizer with no reference to Moderna. Finally some good news from Moderna, given that it's a more expensive vaccine per dose.

[–]HandstandsMcGoo 4100 points4101 points  (502 children)

For so long I felt ever so slightly inferior to all my Pfizer-recipient friends

Finally it’s my time to shine

MODERNA BRETHREN UNITE

[–]superCobraJet 4718 points4719 points  (34 children)

Pfizer brethren advised not to unite

[–]oooooeeeeeoooooahah 669 points670 points  (4 children)

Lmao ok this is funny

[–][deleted] 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Lol

[–]Gella321I'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 752 points753 points  (131 children)

My wife got moderna and I got phizer. As if she needs another reason to claim superiority

[–]Grabbsy2 98 points99 points  (25 children)

I got one Pfizer and one Moderna (mixes allowed in Canada)

I am neither superior nor inferior!

[–][deleted] 90 points91 points  (3 children)

Just erior

[–]SvenDiaBoosted! ✨💉✅ 63 points64 points  (3 children)

That is so Canadian. Don’t want to offend either vaccine so you go halfway on both. ;)

[–]LearningGal 359 points360 points  (70 children)

I recall people vaccine shopping and leaving the clinic when they found out it was Moderna. I'm double-dosed with Moderna. I stand in proud solidarity with you.

[–]heyimrick 61 points62 points  (23 children)

I wanted Moderna from the start!

[–]atheneRo 57 points58 points  (10 children)

Same here! I was hearing that it was better than Pfizer (don't know where) and it was endorsed and funded by Dolly Parton. I was sold!

[–]AaronDoud 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Which is so weird considering I went out of my way to make sure I got Moderna based on early data.

The lack of Moderna data about breakthroughs had me wondering but I trust that the early data which to me suggested it was best would hold up. This article confirms I was correct it seems.

[–]dewhashishI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I was talking to my uncle about the vaccines and what he recommends. He said to try to get the modera vaccine because it targets more spike proteins. He and his company created emergency approved covid tests last year.

[–]Drunk_Lahey 162 points163 points  (18 children)

MODERNA GANG

[–]cheeseburgz 87 points88 points  (11 children)

MODERNA GANG RISE UP

[–]Kognit0 34 points35 points  (8 children)

My first shot was pfizer and my second one was moderna. Do I get to join both gangs?

[–]PullOutGodMega 67 points68 points  (3 children)

Purge the heretic

[–]nastyn8k 66 points67 points  (2 children)

Half-blood scum!!!!

[–]put_your_drinks_down 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I’ve heard this gives you even better protection than 2 of the same vaccine but can’t remember the source.

Also purge the half breed!

[–]tombuzz 74 points75 points  (40 children)

Yo can i get a little moderna booster ? You know mix and match

[–]mcs_987654321 130 points131 points  (10 children)

I’m bivaxual - 1st Pfizer, 2nd Moderna.

Best of both worlds.

(Pretty common in Canada - we went on a balls to the wall vax campaign and ran into some supply issues with Pfizer mid-way through, our scientific advisors okayed mixing and matching).

[–]robfrod 60 points61 points  (22 children)

In Canada they’ve been doing it the whole time I’ve got one of each.. good news today but is causing international travel issues as most countries don’t recognize me as “double vaxxed”

[–]mcs_987654321 78 points79 points  (6 children)

Yup, also bivaxual. Haven’t travelled internationally yet, but figure that given the amount of people who mixed doses, it’ll get sorted soon enough.

[–]robfrod 24 points25 points  (2 children)

Thanks for the new term to add to my lexicon! I often have to travel on short notice for work but I guess I shouldn’t complain about having an excuse to say no..

[–]mcs_987654321 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Yup - followed public health guidance and got vaccinated ASAP, regardless of brand AND now can’t schlep around the world and get to zoom into foreign meetings?

That’s a big ol’ win/win.

[–]predditorius 37 points38 points  (0 children)

No, that's unnatural and goes against all laws of nature. We should pass laws to stop vaccine mixing. Vaccism.

[–]valiantdistractionBoosted! ✨💉✅ 53 points54 points  (4 children)

Yes! Everyone I know has Pfizer and I felt like the odd man out with Moderna. UNITE!

[–]Phormitago 48 points49 points  (8 children)

you're INDESTRUCTIBLE

[–]Jase28x 88 points89 points  (24 children)

The vaccine wars are coming.

[–]digital_noise 80 points81 points  (14 children)

I Haven’t been a part of a good this vs. that war in a long time. iPhone vs. Google phone, Mac vs. PC…. I’m showing up for team Pfizer but secretly I just want everyone to have fun (aka get vaccinated)

[–][deleted] 28 points29 points  (2 children)

The Pfizer caliphs against the Moderna imams

[–]Jase28x 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Don't forget the oft overlooked Johnson&Johnson crusaders.

[–]umbrajoke 33 points34 points  (2 children)

Shots shots shots shots.

[–]_night_cat 23 points24 points  (0 children)

IF YOU AINT GETTIN VAXXED GET THE FUCk OUT THE CLUB

[–]LightTrails 25 points26 points  (2 children)

Moderna gang, we out here. All hail our patron saint Dolly Parton.

[–]SgtFury 13 points14 points  (1 child)

#ModernaGangFLEXDATSHIT

[–]thegreatestajax 187 points188 points  (26 children)

This is not good news or bad news. We don’t know what it means. We don’t know the antibody level needed for sustained immunity. We don’t know that we’re measuring (all) the needed antibodies for immunity. This is a finding, but without context to assess significance.

[–]iShark 79 points80 points  (19 children)

Yeah that was my first question.

Okay, Moderna results in more antibodies. Are more antibodies useful?

[–]PickledPlumPlot 32 points33 points  (2 children)

What? Wasn't there an entire paragraph in the I'm coming about how moderna was better at preventing breakthrough cases?

[–][deleted] 50 points51 points  (10 children)

Based on a CDC briefing from several weeks ago, I’d say yes. They cited some Mayo Clinic real world efficacy studies and found that Moderna was holding up at 75% effective vs transmission (down from 85%) while Pfizer was only 44% effective vs transmission (down from about 85% also).

[–]smoothvibeBoosted! ✨💉✅ 134 points135 points  (28 children)

Well, Moderna is using 100mcg of mRNA while Pfizer is using 30mcg only. There you have your difference.

[–]kbotcBoosted! ✨💉✅ 89 points90 points  (2 children)

Moderna uses some off the shelf genetic parts and BioNTech uses some proprietary stuff in the UTR, the idea was that the Pfizer vaccine was supposed to last longer in your cells so it could get away with lower doses.

https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/reverse-engineering-source-code-of-the-biontech-pfizer-vaccine/

But, like with CureVac, the best laid plans don't always work and sometimes, more is simply more.

[–]chuckles62 22 points23 points  (1 child)

If you dont feel like making premier specific mRNA carrier lipids at home, store bought is fine.

[–]Marino4KBoosted! ✨💉✅ 68 points69 points  (22 children)

They did say it may have something to do with the extra week Moderna gets in between shots compared to Pfizer.

[–]monk3ybash3r 110 points111 points  (60 children)

Sample size of 1, but I just got my antibodies tested 7 months after the second moderna jab. My antibodies are currently at 623.

[–][deleted] 57 points58 points  (11 children)

How did you go about getting an antibody test, just curious?

[–]monk3ybash3r 55 points56 points  (5 children)

I signed up through this program, but I'm sure there are others wherever you're located.

https://sph.uth.edu/projects/texascares/

[–]TeutonJon78Boosted! ✨💉✅ 40 points41 points  (7 children)

I got tested 5.5 mo afterwards and was still at >2500 (the test limit). Also sample size of 1.

It's going to be all over the place depending on immune system. My second dose knocked me down for 36 hours.

How were your side effects?

[–]monk3ybash3r 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Just about 8 hours out. I was mostly fine by the next day. Probably has something to do with it :-p

I'm hoping the booster next month will help. Luckily I'm still able to work from home and be safe right now.

[–]babble_bobble 12 points13 points  (19 children)

623 what? units/mL?

Also are "units" the same antibodies no matter who tests or do they look at different types of antibodies?

[–]monk3ybash3r 12 points13 points  (18 children)

Units per milliliter. And it's a measurement of the S (spike) protein antibodies. They also measured the nucleocapsid antibodies, but I don't have any of those because I got moderna. If I had had the J&J vaccine, I'd have some of both.

[–]silkthewanderer 1460 points1461 points  (151 children)

Not surprising as Moderna has a more than 3 times higher dosage. It didn't make a difference in the efficiency against original strain and Alpha strain. For Delta the data is not as clear AFAIK.

[–]whichwitch9 722 points723 points  (126 children)

For Delta, the big thing is how fast it replicates. TCell immunity will eventually kick in, but having a presence of antibodies ready to respond to the virus is important in staving off infection. Once the initial antibodies wane, it takes a hold too fast for the body to respond super quickly.

If Moderna is creating more antibodies and sticking around longer, in theory that's more ideal for Delta and should reduce breakthroughs.

[–]rdxgs 258 points259 points  (115 children)

How do we get moderna after getting 2 shots of pfizer?

Is there a compatibility vaccine that bridges the two different nanomachine APIs? /s

The second question is a joke, but im curious about the first one.

[–]TrayGhost 167 points168 points  (76 children)

I went to get a third shot, and I requested moderna even though my first two were Pfizer. Worked for me.

Have a friend who just said his first shots were moderna when asked (even tho they were pfizer) because he wanted the delta protection

[–]yjbtoss 78 points79 points  (43 children)

Wait - didn't they check his vax card before administering his booster?? That seems odd given the essential data collection going on - seems lax IMO. Not being critical here - I was thinking along the same lines, but obviously after weighing the stats and medical approval from doc.

[–]espo1234 28 points29 points  (5 children)

what country?

[–]abbbhjtt 11 points12 points  (14 children)

Where in the US are you that you can get a third shot?

[–]TonyAnonB99 37 points38 points  (12 children)

Anywhere, they are available, free, and no questions asked.

[–]abbbhjtt 12 points13 points  (0 children)

TIL. Thanks for the response.

[–]eaglessoarBoosted! ✨💉✅ 69 points70 points  (1 child)

Once the initial antibodies wane, it takes a hold too fast for the body to respond super quickly.

can confirm, delta kicked my ass for like 3 days then the vaccine kicked in and i was almost back to normal over night

[–][deleted] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Deltas viral load is so great that it’ll overwhelm your antibodies pretty quickly. It’s like overrunning the guards and you are sick until your body sends in reinforcements.

[–]krom0025Boosted! ✨💉✅ 38 points39 points  (2 children)

Yeah, a difference of two fold is almost nothing when you are talking antibodies. Antibody levels change by orders of magnitude between the time 2 weeks after inoculation to when they wane months later. I'm sure there is some minor difference, but it's probably hard to detect. It wouldn't be surprising if you see similar efficacy for delta in both vaccines. Also, as someone else mentioned in the thread, long term immunity is going to be about B and T cells and not so much the antibody level.

Edit: Changed would to wouldn't

[–]designingthewebI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 24 points25 points  (8 children)

Kinda odd that it’s the opposite with AstraZeneca, where a smaller first dose lead to highest efficacy. But they’re different technologies.

[–]Uncreative-Name 394 points395 points  (28 children)

Nobody ever cares about us Johnsonites.

[–]WooWooSlippy 239 points240 points  (4 children)

We’re a quiet yet humble people

[–]bro-choice 169 points170 points  (2 children)

There’s literally dozens of us.

[–]alcoholisthedevil 56 points57 points  (1 child)

Dare I say....hundred

[–]psufan5 466 points467 points  (74 children)

Can Pfizer recipients get a Moderna booster? I’m due very soon.

[–]peteygooze 208 points209 points  (14 children)

Mixing Pfizer/moderna was normal up here in Canada for a while, I know plenty who got the mixed dose. Doesn’t seem like there’s any reason you can’t.

[–]psychgrad 152 points153 points  (32 children)

rude offer steer like numerous wide grab steep practice saw -- mass edited with redact.dev

[–]sueca 318 points319 points  (14 children)

My sister got AZ for first dose, Moderna for second, so she's hoping for a Pfizer for the third to collect them all, lol.

[–]ptwonline 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I'm in the same boat: AZ then Moderna. I had no preference between Moderna and Pfizer before reading this, but now I think I'd want a Moderna booster.

[–]clobbinson 20 points21 points  (9 children)

I got Pfizer for my first shot and Moderna for my second.

[–]crazybirddude 10 points11 points  (1 child)

I did. In canada it's an approved method

[–]DannySFL 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I got my 2nd Pfizer jab in January, I went ahead and got Moderna for my booster a couple weeks ago. CDC only recommending for immunocompromised, also recommends to match initial type but says it is okay to take another brand of the same type if the original brand is not available (mRNA).

Personally, I had similar reaction from Moderna booster as my 2nd Pfizer - fever/soreness lasted maybe 12-24 hours longer, but less than 3 days.

[–]vat6677 275 points276 points  (55 children)

Where's my Moderna booster?

[–]bonyponyrideBoosted! ✨💉✅ 205 points206 points  (37 children)

Moderna's official booster shot will likely be 50 micrograms of mRNA rather than the 100 micrograms in the first two doses. I know lots of people are getting the booster now rather than waiting, but side effects may be stronger with the full 100 microgram booster without any additional benefit (besides the extra protection at an earlier time).

[–]IceSt0rrm 32 points33 points  (25 children)

Other than changing the dosage, do you or anyone know if they are updating the official booster for delta variant as well?

[–]NJcovidvaccinetipsI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 369 points370 points  (34 children)

Could this partly explain why high vaccine states like NJ which used about 40 percent Moderna are fairing better than Israel?

[–][deleted] 210 points211 points  (27 children)

It’s probably a combination of four factors:

1) Israel got their vaccines several months before most of the US and so immunity has faded a bit more in Israel

2) Most of the north eastern United States have a higher vax rate than Israel… eight of the top nine most vaccinated states are in the north east

3) Mask usage is higher— in New York and Connecticut I still see a lot of mask wearing. Even if 50% of the population is wearing masks, it makes a big difference. I’ve heard masks are kinda waning in Israel even though they’ve been mandated back

4) Moderna is definitely helping keep us safer by being an overall (slightly) better and longer lasting vaccine but J&J is kinda helping too— as the one shot regime and older technology has convinced some hesitant to opt for that one, while Israel doesn’t have that option and so like minded clusters remain totally unvaxed. So just vaccine choices is helping.

[–]SecretMiddle1234 447 points448 points  (90 children)

I feel like these numbers don’t mean anything until they figure out the quantity of antibodies that prevent infection.

[–]Yolo_420_69Boosted! ✨💉✅ 581 points582 points  (28 children)

True. But it allows me to talk shit with the boys arbitrarily

[–]Soylent_HeroBoosted! ✨💉✅ 211 points212 points  (23 children)

I mean I did totally flex my extra 1% efficacy on my Pfizer shot.

Moderna gang is pulling out the stops though.

[–]shiathebeoufs[🍰] 87 points88 points  (30 children)

Might be semantics, but prevent *disease, not infection. COVID is now endemic, it will probably never disappear completely.

Only reason this is important is because people seem to think that we can "beat" COVID and that we're failing if we still have cases - but the goal is to prevent people getting sick, not to eradicate COVID entirely.

[–]Intelligent_Moose_48 55 points56 points  (14 children)

mRNA technology has the opportunity to eliminate viral disease altogether, this is just the first rollout in a new world of inoculation.

These things are SO much more efficacious (and easier to modify as needed) than older vaccine technologies that it’s probably best not to try to project the future based on previous paradigms.

We may not eradicate it in a year or two, but in twenty we may have a cocktail vaccine against all known viral pathogens.

[–]Martine_VI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 37 points38 points  (5 children)

They are looking at applications in the treatment of cancer. This might be an entirely new era, similar to when antibiotics were discovered.

[–]riding_bones 47 points48 points  (2 children)

I have a question: do you need twice the antibodies?

Obviously, more antibodies are better but there must be like a "top" were having more anti bodies makes little difference.

If say, 100 antibodies have 99% chances of solving the issue, having 200 makes little difference.

My example is simplistic on purpose, I am honestly curious about the answer.

Not having this kind of context may lead people to believe that one vaccine is twice as effective as another one when that might not be the case at all.

[–]s-mores 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Antibodies fade over time, you should check out this askscience thread.

If you go by those numbers (and assuming OP link is relevant and accurate), X being the threshold for protection from the original strain, Delta protection at 5X. Pfizer would seem to give 25x and Moderna 50x. After a while the antibodies will reduce, 6-9 months to go to half, probably. So you'll see Pfizer at 12.5x and Moderna at 25x. Both are still waaay over the protective threshold, and they will be too after another halving period. By then there will probably be a growing desire to get booster shots, anyway, heck I'm double-shot and definitely want a booster next summer or so.

But you're absolutely right that this article is basically just advertising for Moderna with no real context behind it. Fr starters, I don't think there's very many actual studies on antibody halving times for these vaccines. Please correct me if I'm wrong, anyone.

[–]Media_OfflineI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 122 points123 points  (42 children)

Could this explain why I got so much more sick from my second dose of Moderna than my friends who got Pfizer?

[–][deleted] 76 points77 points  (19 children)

Yes. If higher dosage and possibly longer wait between shots results in more antibodies a larger immune response having caused more antibodies would make sense.

[–]Huskies971 14 points15 points  (15 children)

I'm curious to compare the symptoms of the people that got Covid after being vaccinated, to the reaction their body had from the vaccine.

[–]islander1Boosted! ✨💉✅ 203 points204 points  (39 children)

Go team SpikeVax!

[–]solitarybikegallery 255 points256 points  (31 children)

Such a fucking terrible name. I cannot believe these idiots landed on "Comirnaty" and "SpikeVax."

"Spikevax - COVID-19 protection...for men.

cuts to a man swinging a pickaxe

wipes his brow

"When it comes to reducing community transmission of Sars-COV-2, I need a vaccine that works as hard as I do."

swings pickaxe

cut to firefighter chopping down a burning door

"When you need to protect your loved ones..."

cut to a football player running sprints

"... or make the game winning catch..."

cut to an Instagram-guy at a restaurant, you know what I mean, he's got the haircut and his button-down shirt's way too tight and he's drinking some kind of fucking idiot whiskey that tastes like a tire fire or whatever

" ...or just have a little fun with my friends..."

cut to a marine doing push-ups

"...you need a vaccine you can count on - a vaccine that's got your back.""

"SPIKEVAX - Now available in sandalwood and Sriracha mayo"

Edit - typo and made a joke funnier

[–]HonorableJudgeIto 41 points42 points  (0 children)

he's drinking some kind of fucking whiskey that tastes like a tire fire or whatever

This made me spit out my tea. Bravo.

[–]nerdpox 110 points111 points  (14 children)

Spikevax 100x better than Comirnaty

[–]solitarybikegallery 70 points71 points  (5 children)

Okay, I'll do Comirnaty.

"Hi, I'm Dermot Mulroney. I want to do you the courtesy of telling you - earnestly and personally - about Comirnaty."

"We're all sick of the absurdity, waiting determinedly for an end to all this uncertainty, existing in dormancy and pining wordlessly for normalcy."

"Comirnaty was created by scientists working fervently to respond to this emergency urgently."

"I say this without hyperbole:"

"Whether you're in Germany, or just a fraternity, why wait an eternity or risk infirmity? For a return to modernity, try...Comirnaty."

"And tell them Dermot sent you, for a complimentary Comirnaty Fraternity Community Harmony pin."

[–]dailycyberiad 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I kinda like "spikevax" and was mildly disappointed when it didn't show on my vaccine passport. It only says "Moderna", which doesn't sound half as cool.

[–]Sportfreunde 26 points27 points  (6 children)

What's Belgium's dosage interval on Pfizer?

I'd be interested to know antibody status in Canada where the interval was mostly 8-16 weeks for Pfizer and where there was also mixing between Pfizer and Moderna for some.

[–]TauCabalanderBoosted! ✨💉✅ 112 points113 points  (27 children)

It is all in the names.

SpikeVax vs. Comirnaty.

The winner is obvious /s

[–]RannashaBoosted! ✨💉✅ 62 points63 points  (10 children)

Indeed. "SpikeVax" is the best product name so far, I think.

"Comirnaty" is just a weird name. Apparently they even got a marketing company to come up with it and they gave this reasoning for it:

“The name is coined from Covid-19 immunity, and then embeds the mRNA in the middle, which is the platform technology, and as a whole the name is meant to evoke the word community,” Scott Piergrossi, Brand Institute president of operations and communications, said.

The Oxford/AZ vaccine isn't really much better, as they have picked "Vaxzevria" as their product name. At least it has " vax" in the name so you at least have a bit of a clue as to what it is. On the other hand, the Serum Institute of India also produces this vaccine, but markets it under the name "Covishield", which is much better.

At J&J they haven't bothered with a catchy name and their vaccine is still called "Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine" after Janssen Vaccines, the Dutch J&J subsidiary that developed the vaccine.

The Gamaleya Institute has called their vaccine "Sputnik V", which is weird given that "sputnik" means "satellite". I get the national pride angle they're trying to go for, but viral vector vaccines are not satellites, last time I checked.

Sinovac has called their vaccine "CoronaVac", which is incredibly to the point, but also very unimaginative.

And this concludes a brief roundup of covid-19 vaccine names. It's clear that most of these aren't exactly success stories when it comes to branding. But then again, does it matter?

[–]Evadrepus 50 points51 points  (13 children)

I understand that Pfizer was desperately trying to be clever by getting mrna in there, but what a horrible name.

SpikeVax on the other hand sounds like a joke. Maybe it will appeal to antivaxxers with a macho complex. "Guys, get your SpikeVax!"

[–]BrendaHelveticaI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 50 points51 points  (4 children)

Instead of Comirnaty, Pfizer should have named it ModeRNA....wait a minute...

[–]Free-Layer-706 97 points98 points  (16 children)

cries in J&J

[–]marshlands 47 points48 points  (7 children)

I bet results come out before long that the J&J is the heavy weight champ. Stay tuned…

[–]Talkimas 26 points27 points  (4 children)

Wasn't there some news last week that trials with J&J booster were showing something like 27x higher antibodies than what was found after the original vaccine?

[–]marshlands 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yep indeed, I saw something like that too. I don’t have a chance to look it up, but there is something out there that’s promising.

[–]Newtoatxxxx 20 points21 points  (3 children)

So I’m at 1012 total AB 5 full months after my last Pfizer shot. I’m wondering what the AB decline is over time? and how I will time my booster. I’m not going to try and game it too much, just move it up or back a few weeks. (I get tested once a month for the next three months as part of a program)

[–]PM_ME_UR_SKILLS 35 points36 points  (11 children)

When hearing the buzz about the side effects from the moderna vaccine I figured there's no way this thing is the "inferior" vaccine. Totally anecdotal, I know, but that vaccine will hit you like a freaking truck.

[–]1columbia 236 points237 points  (28 children)

moderna master race

[–]Still_too_soon 112 points113 points  (12 children)

Pshhh. You guys can barely control magnets.

[–]ChyvalriBoosted! ✨💉✅ 62 points63 points  (8 children)

Their 5G reception, though!

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points  (5 children)

The 5G i got from my moderna shots is so good I could download a car.

[–]RannashaBoosted! ✨💉✅ 25 points26 points  (2 children)

I got my two Moderna shots in different arms, so I now have dual-channel 5G. Can't beat those download speeds!

[–]NotYou007 15 points16 points  (7 children)

I'm in the 3 shot Moderna master race crew.

[–]UT07 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nice to see Moderna get some love. It's been all Pfizer all the time for a while.

[–]dumpsterdiver2000 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Moderna gang represent!

[–]Zerodtl 30 points31 points  (4 children)

I guess I'm happy I got my 2 pfizer doses 8 weeks apart.

[–]DungPuncher 16 points17 points  (1 child)

I had the Moderna. Second shot a few days ago. It’s absolutely destroyed me, but beats the hell out of getting Covid!

[–]Justinhub2003 74 points75 points  (30 children)

In my own subjective experience, I have found this to be true. On my Birthday back on July 25th, I hung out with a unvaccinated and unknowingly covid positive friend.

He was symptomatic the very next day and I contracted it from him and 4 days later I was showing sinus infection like symptoms. I had the Pfizer Vaccine... I then gave it to my wife who also have Pfizer (and my 7 year old and 9 month old)..

but the friend I got it from, his wife has the Moderna Vaccine. They kissed, slept in the same bed together and att that stuff the entire time he was sick and symptomatic.

She never got sick nor tested positive after taking tests 6 days in a row.

[–]roberts585 29 points30 points  (8 children)

And I still had a breakthrough infection, delta is NO JOKE

[–]roberts585 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For those asking it wasn't pleasant, out of work for 18 days, no hospital but my lungs still suck and I have a cough, but it is getting better daily

[–]Martine_VI'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I got a mixed shot of AstraZeneca and Moderna. I have no idea what my level of antibodies is, but small studies indicated that this particular cocktail produced good levels. I hope I don't get to find out.

[–]LavaSquid 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Where are all my Moderna brothas and sistas at?

[–]NotYou007 30 points31 points  (6 children)

I've had 3 shots of Moderna so if I catch it I will have to self report my ass to the CDC but I'm really hoping that I don't even have to deal with a mild case but I do work with some anti-mask/anti-vaccince idiots that I have to be in close contact with as times but so far, so good.

[–]Klubeht 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Get fucking rekt Pfizer gang (just a joke) in my country everyone rushed to get Pfizer 1st instead of Moderna, even though both available at the same time, with many opting to wait over a month to get their Pfizer shot instead of taking Moderna which was sometimes available same day booking, simply because Pfizer was more prominently featured in the news lmao