COVID-19 vaccination experience, day 1 - Moderna

Today I went to get my COVID-19 vaccine.

The Finnish system divides people to following groups for vaccination:

1. Health care personnel treating COVID-19 -patients, health care personnel handling 24/7 care and those under 24/7 care.
2. The elderly, those with illness causing a risk of severe COVID-19 and social-/healthcare personnel
   2.1.1. People at age 80 or older and the people living with them
   2.1.2. People at age 75-79 and the people living with them
   2.1.3. People at age 70-74 and the people living with them
   2.1.4. People at age 16-69 who have an illness which causes a serious risk of severe COVID-19
   2.1.5. People at age 16-69 who have an illness which causes a risk of severe COVID-19
   2.2 Social- and healthcare personnel
3. The rest

I belong to the group 2.1.5 and the vaccinations for this group started this week. We're not allowed to choose the vaccine we get, so I didn't know in advance which one I would get.

The waiting room was as full of people as possible, allowing people to keep safe distance to each other. Everyone was called at their turn and we were given the vaccination. When it was my turn, I got in and out from the vaccination room in less than a minute.

I got an injection of the Moderna vaccine and instructions on how to react to possible side effects.

Before leaving we were told to wait 15 minutes in case of a severe allergic reaction. I did not get a such allergic reaction and neither did anyone in the room get one.

Now as it's been 12 hours since I got my vaccination and I have not had any side effects from the vaccination. I'm tired and I have sore muscles but that's because our toddler woke up at 5am and muscles are sore because I went to the gym yesterday. No fever, no headaches, nothing.

I will keep you all updated on the following days.