A week ago Friday, I checked an item off my health care to-do list when I got my pneumonia vaccination. For older adults, mine was Pfizer’s Prevnar 20, which stands for Pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine, in case you’re wondering. Basically, it covers a slew of bacterial strains, and as of current practice standards, I won’t […]

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Just in time for 2025, last week Al came down with Covid. He was feeling off Tuesday afternoon and worse by Wednesday evening. What began as a winter head cold deepened into a rough cough, so on Friday he went to urgent care to rule out pneumonia. His lung X-ray was clear, but a Covid […]

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I got my Covid bivalent booster vaccination last Thursday—Pfizer this time, as opposed to Moderna up until now. I scheduled the shot for mid-afternoon, knowing I could set aside Thursday evening and Friday for down time if I got sick, as expected from past experience. While I did get draggy and had some achy joints, […]

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