Cocaine Princess here.
I wrote in one of my entries awhile back how much I love to write. I love writing even more than fashion, as hard as that is to believe. I know I need to continue with writing the next segment of the last post but its been a little hard putting my feelings into words. I must have edited and deleted the draft at least 20x. It'll be posted shortly.
In the meantime I'm happy to say the Cocaine Princess is fully vaccinated-- finally life can start going back to normal! It's been a mess for us up here, since March 2020 we had 3 lockdowns, 2 stay at a home order and our idiot Premier almost put our province into a police state. Thankfully every police division refused to comply on account of it going against our constitution. The handling of the pandemic and the vaccine rollout has been one big cluster-f*ck. I won't get into because honestly it just makes my blood boil about how stupid our government has been. Anyways, the light at the end of the tunnel is finally glowing. The economy has started to open up. I'm hoping by September that all restrictions will be lifted.
Getting back to the vaccine- I received my first dose on April 21st. Because I didn't live in a hotspot and wasn't an essential worker or a person at risk, I couldn't get Pfizer, I really wanted that one. I got stuck with Astrazeneca. It got to the point where Pfizer was and still is the preferred shot. I compare these vaccines to almost like a designer bag. With Pfizer being the Chanel bag of vaccines whereas Astrazeneca is the Michael Kors of vaccines.
The government launched a massive vaccine campaign and lowered the ages. As I stated, I got AZ. After thousands upon thousands of people received their AZ jab, a statement was released by Health Canada where they said AZ would no longer be administrated due to the side effects. Upon hearing that I felt like damaged goods. This did not go over well with the general population. Within 24 hours of releasing their statement, Health Canada released another statement where this time they said "Everything is fine. Those who received AZ have nothing to worry about. Truth be told I didn't even want the vaccine nor did I believe anything the government was saying. Long story short, the data wasn't supporting the science and lockdowns were proven to be in-effective but yet our government insisted lockdowns were needed. The only reason I got the jab is because I knew if I wanted to travel I would have to be vaccinated. 7 hours after my vaccine my body began to ache, I had the chills and my temperature hit 101F. By the grace of God thankfully it only lasted 12hours. Right after I received my shot I was told my next appointment would be at the 12 week mark, August.
Two weeks ago Health Canada made another announcement that the 12 week mark was no longer necessary, 8 weeks was okay and because AZ was no longer available Pfzier or Moderna would be given out, which of course raised an interesting question- is mixing doses okay? According to Health Canada, yes. Seeing how they keep flip-flopping on things I'm sure next week they will release another statement where they will say mixing doses wasn't a good idea and those who got a different vaccine will explode within six months. And you wonder why the majority of Ontarians (including myself) have lost faith in not just our government but Health Canada too.
Yesterday I went for my 2nd jab, I asked the lovely nurse what her thoughts were about mixing vaccines. She just shrugged her shoulders and replied, "Health Canada is saying its okay, so you should be fine." Her answer didn't inspire a lot of confidence in me. Honestly I don't think any health professional has a clue as to what they are doing anymore.
As of yesterday at 11:07am I am now fully vaccinated! It's been 24hours since my jab and other than feeling tired with an extremely sore arm, I'm thankfully for not having any of the symptoms I experienced with AZ.
Counting the days til I'm able to travel again.
XOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess
