I manage a facility where we train a lot of high profile professional athletes. We technically fall under the category of ''medical facility'' since we also have a orthopedic/physical therapy/sports recovery office, so at no point during the covid shutdowns did we close. We have been open at full capacity since early January.
My wife runs a hospital. Back in January, in an effort not to have vaccine doses go to waste, My wife called asking us if any of our staff wanted vaccinations. 3 of us 5 employees were able to drop what we were doing and get our first Pfizer shot an hour later as well as get scheduled for our second shots. 1 person declined, and my boss, who was unable to join us that day, got scheduled for the 1 shot J and J vaccine a week later.
For the next 2 weeks my boss went around the gym clowning on us because we got 2 shots, and calling himself the ''J&J One Shot Wonder'', and ''Captain One and Done''. This went on for a couple weeks.
Then, we get the call that one of the athletes that we had been training (mind you there was minimal mask wearing and zero social distancing going on in the gym/office) had tested positive for the 'Rona. At his time, we as a staff had been getting tested twice a week by a production crew as we were part of a documentary series being filmed at our facility. Out of the 5 of us employees, the unvaccinated one and 3 of us who got the Pfizer shots tested negative, and ''Captain One and Done'', in all of his J&J glory tested positive, 19 days after his shot.
He was forced to quarantine until he had 3 negative tests in a row. It took 2 and a half weeks to get 3 negatives. The rest of us were tested every day for the next 3 weeks.
I have had over 40 nasal swab tests in the past 6 months, all negative.
I guess what I am trying to say is that all vaccinations are not created equal. If you decide to get the shots, and I truly hope that you all do, try to get the shots with the most proven rate of efficacy.
Lastly, my boss has now been labeled ''Captain Covid'', and the NFL athlete who he caught it from, a running back for a certain AFC team, has now earned the name ''Super Spreader''.