6 minute read
Home & Garden
Locally owned and operated since 1965 Crystal Springs Bottled Water
Artesian Water Bottled On Site Delivered to Home or O ce A ordable Free Delivery 3 & 5 Gallon Bottles Wide Selection of Dispensers & Cups
707-443-7171 CrystalSpringsHumboldt.com
phobia presents is Jerry Emanuelson’s The Needle Phobia Page, https://www. needlephobia.com.
I worked with my doctor, the fabulous Connie Basch, for strategies to be successful, and am VERY grateful to the the clinic held at the Pacific Union School gym, staffed by Mad River Hospital — a big shout-out to Mad River’s Chief Nursing Officer David Neal and those staffing the clinic; they worked with me in advance to understand my situation, met my primary need to lay down and have a friend accompany me, took me seriously, were so very kind, attentive and made me feel safe throughout the process. Yay, I did it!!!
Barbara Keating
Five Reasons I’m Vaccinated
1. I didn’t want to get sick and/or die. 2. I didn’t my family to get sick and/ or die. 3. I didn’t want my neighbors to get sick and/or die. 4. I have a responsibility to all of humanity. 5. The science is good, the vaccine is safe, and we need to look out for each other.
James Floss
Well, the reason is that I have lupus, and many other autoimmune syndromes. I got the Pfizer shot, and I immediately had a bad reaction: chills, body aches, etc. However, I now feel like I am covered. Lisa Louise Townsend-Schmitt
I had my vaccine a few months ago. No problemas at all. I feel so blessed to have done that. I hope everyone will have the vaccine so life will be easier. Mary Murphy
Hesitant, Then Grateful
At first I was a little hesitant to get an unapproved vaccine, but I really wanted to get our community moving forward to a new normal. I decided to get the Pfizer shot. After the vaccination, I felt very tired and had a sore arm. But that didn’t last long. About a week after, I felt a huge sense of relief and newfound courage to go out to eat, and hug other people! I also could start going to classes again. I’m so grateful and am glad I got my COVID-19 vaccine!
“JulHay”
A Caretaker’s Responsibility
I care for elderly folks within the family, and a few of my younger-generation family are immunocompromised, so knowing that we’d like to return to family dinners and hangout times, I refused to be the selfish jerk who would spread something to them that would most likely kill them. It’s part of the responsibility I took on by caring for my family, both immediate and extended.
Emily Reinhart
I got the vaccine because I didn’t want to keep mentally writing my own obituary. My cousin runs a company that staffs hospitals with doctors and nurses on the east coast, and I saw the pain she went through during the initial surge of the pandemic in the New York area. I saw her pain as she lost several co-workers who were toiling to treat sick patients. After the second vaccination, I felt icky
AND AWAY GO TROUBLES DOWN THE DRAIN ®
24 - Hr EMERGENCY SERVICE *N o t A vailable in Garberville
Sewer Line Replacement • Backflow Testing Video Pipe Inspections • Water Heaters Gas & Water Re-Pipes • Faucet Repair & Replacement TrenchlessTechnology • Septic Tank Service Fully Licensed & Insured
Servicing all of Humboldt County 1-800-GET-ROTO
for one day (fever, muscle and arm pain, headache) but then it went away. Kicking my immune system up a notch cleared a sinus infection I’d been struggling with for weeks. It did cause my eczema to flair for a few days, but it quickly cleared up. Michelle Hasiuk
I ended up getting the Moderna shots. First was fine and second I was achy and had chills for a day. Much better than the actual virus. I did it because I typically will catch anything going around and I wanted to protect myself, my family and friends. Not to mention getting it for all those who have compromised immune systems in Humboldt. I get people’s hesitation but I’m community minded. I’m out for the “we” and not “me.” The fact that people are still calling this a scam is ridiculous. Our government can barely pass simple laws let alone pull off a conspiracy job that involves the entire world. LOL. You give them far too much credit. Keaton Robison
Vaccinated, and it feels so good... Vaccinated, like you know you should...
We live in the best place to go through something crazy like a global pandemic: on a rural, off-grid homestead. We have plenty of food and water and work to keep us occupied. Books to read, phone and internet for communication, pets to entertain us, vegetables and flowers to tend to, responsibilities to keep us focused. Only having to go to town to shop every other month is easy.
When the August Complex fire took off and we found ourselves in an Evacuation Warning Zone for two months, we realized leaving here for safety was not really going to be that safe due to the Build to edge of the document Margins are just a safe area
pandemic, which added more of an urgency to seeing the danger of contagion come to an end.
We’re not spring chickens, but we are healthy and resilient. Still, the more we read, as new understanding came to light about the disease and its potential longterm consequences, we were very interested in getting the vaccine as soon as it was available, hoping to enjoy relaxed time with our family and friends again in the future. We had been watching the information on the vaccine process and impressed by the groundwork that had been done well ahead due to SARS and MERS in preparation for a future pandemic.
As soon as we were able, we got our first jab (Moderna). My husband had a sore arm, I had a sore arm which became a sore neck, back and body, disrupting my sleep that night. Both of us were a bit tired the next day. The shot itself was painless. Upon receiving our second shot our roles reversed, I only having a sore arm and he feeling like death warmed over that night, but all well the next day with the addition of ibuoprophen.
And what a wonderful feeling it is to be able to see vaccinated friends and family and be totally relaxed. We still mask in public close quarters and when I volunteer at vaccination clinics. We have adult relatives who are not vaccinated and we mask around them or visit outside. The relief and lessening of stress that came with being vaccinated is incredible. In fact, we recently had a solstice vaccination celebration and you have never seen so many relaxed and happy reunited old friends. Dottie Simmons, Dinsmore
Get listed today for FREE
Place a free classified ad in the North Coast Trader
With vaccine uptake diminishing, Humboldt County Public Health has switched from a strategy of holding mass vaccination clinics to smaller, mobile clinics that can meet residents where they are. Photo by Mark McKenna
l
Editor’s note: Some submissions were edited for length and clarity, and not all were chosen for publication, especially those decrying COVID-19 as the “plandemic” or a “hoax.” There are unfortunately hosts of forums in the world for conspiracy theories. This is not one of them.
