Joe: After a rigorous scientific review process, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for

[soothsayer]

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President Biden
@POTUS
United States government official

After a rigorous scientific review process, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for a third safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. It’s exciting news for all Americans, and an encouraging development in our efforts to bring an end to the crisis.

Statement by President Joe Biden on Emergency Use Authorization of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19...
https://t.co/jVRjdRie9V?amp=1

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. I'd prefer the J&J vaccine.

Mainly cuz 1 shot is better than 2. I'm into needle avoidance, though, truth be known, shot technology is way better than the 60's shots.

[USALiberal]

2. Better how? Nt

[JI7]

4. Better in terms of personal preference for those who don't like needles . I don't think they mean

it's better in terms of effectiveness of the vaccine.

[USALiberal]

5. Ok, makes sense. Nt

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. In terms of needle trauma.....

Needle tech was waaaaay different in the 60's wrt how large the needle was. Perhaps it was the size of the injection apparatus as compared today, but the needle diameters have shrunk and that has less tissue impact. Kind of like giving blood samples....it really is a painless procedure, except for the anticipation anxiety,

[misanthrope]

8. The one I received today

was with a 25-gauge needle and I didn't even feel it.

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. 25 gauge wire is finer than anything I have dealt with....in regardes to mag wire for electronic

coils. A 25 gauge wire with an ID? Mind blowing.

[misanthrope]

10. They actually come smaller

I'm due for an ear procedure (intratympanic injection) in a couple weeks that will use a 26 gauge.

[OAITW r.2.0]

11. Coming from a manufacturing perspective, micr0-machining is a whole nother world.

I understand commercial aluminum extrusion processes and even micro-hole drilling on lathes...but to produce a continuous, stainless steel alloy tube at the 25 gauge level that don't deform on injection is a whole different level of tech that I have not been exposed to.

[regnaD kciN]

12. I know where you're coming from...

I had to undergo a whole lot of injections and tests as a child (mainly because my family moved to Europe in the days when dozens of inoculations were required) back in the '60s, and developed a full-on case of needle phobia which has remained with me to this day. Coming up to this vaccine, I'm still planning to use numbing cream beforehand, but it's helpful to consider the fact that the technology may have made injections much less painful, and that much of my phobia may be more due to projecting those bad experiences forward than to any real-world physical sensations nowadays.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. As Joe famously once said to Barack Obama: This is a big fucking deal

[SheltieLover]

6. K&R!