Covid-19 diary: the day after the booster vaccination

Thankfully I’ve got only mild side effects from my booster jab: some soreness and redness around the injection site.  Oh, and a very visible, but not painful, mark at the flu injection site.

My other half, unfortunately, has the chills, tiredness, and “feeling unwell”, in addition to the sore arm.  Still better than the alternative, though.

Covid-19 diary: boosted!

I got my booster jab today, along with a flu jab.  It was again an efficient conveyor belt approach, with stations providing stickers and checking names, socially distanced queueing, and medical history questioning.

I had the Pfizer jab this time, in my left arm, and the flu jab in my right arm.  I was delighted to learn I was getting a “young person’s flu jab” – because I'm under 65.  I don’t know if this means it was a different jab, or just recorded differently; I suspect the latter.

The Pfizer leaflet had some interesting information about side effects.  Apparently very common side effects of the Pfizer jab (may affect more than 1 in 10) include headache, joint pain, and diarrhoea, common side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10) include nausea and vomiting, whereas uncommon side effects (may affect up to 1 in 100) include “feeling unwell”.  I am pleased to discover that if I get headache, joint pain, diarrhoea, nausea or vomiting, at least I won’t “feel unwell”.

glass!

It has been nearly two months since the conservatory frame was erected.  Today, finally, the glass was installed!

sequestering carbon, several books at a time CXX

 The latest batch:

• The Sandman boxed set is still in its clingwrap, so a bit fuzzy
• The two Natural Computing series Springer volumes are complimentary copies: I have just joined the series editor team.  If you want to write or edit a book for this series, in the field of Unconventional Computing or Artificial Life, please contact me!