Psst... get your COVID booster everyone, it's based on Nobel Prize-winning technology!
@luckytran My appointment is this Friday (as is my husband’s and son’s). It’s very cool to think I’ll be getting a dose of Nobel-winning vaccine tech!

@luckytran I would, but I live in the Netherlands. Our government has downplayed COVID from the beginning and is now only allowing over 60s and people at particular risk to be vaccinated.

Everyone else is apparently supposed to increase their immunity to the disease by catching it...

No Nobel winners in our government.

@hembrow @luckytran That seems to be the impression they want to give, but luckily you can just ignore all that and make an appointment anyway: https://mijnvraagovercorona.nl/en/vaccinating/autumn-round-corona-vaccination/i-do-not-belong-to-one-of-these-target-groups
I do not belong to one of these target groups | MijnVraagOverCorona.nl | Rijksoverheid.nl

I do not belong to one of these target groups

@Jiriki @hembrow @luckytran As I said, you can ignore all that and click the ‘Make an appointment’ button
@hembrow @luckytran
Indeed, and the vulnerable folks who do get vaccinated get the vaccine from unmasked people.

@luckytran I'm seeing my kardiologist tomorrow. Might as well ask them if they can book me one.

#VaccinesWork #ScienceFYeah #Nobel #WelcomeToStockholm

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Also:
Now I'm wondering how many Nobel-winning discoveries/inventions I use every day.
@Gurre @luckytran everything that contains a transistor.
@_dawid @luckytran
I've got billions of those right here!
And probably some billions more in my pocket.
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I'll be delighted to have a bit (more) of the Nobel Prize in my arm.
@luckytran Then again, so is the atomic bomb.
@luckytran (this is a tongue-in-cheek comment, not a disagreement; big +1 to COVID vaccination)
@luckytran got mine last week 💉🖤
@luckytran I just wish more people were eligible here (got mine on Saturday because of the type 2 diabetes).
@luckytran Just got over a bout of #COVID so I get it in December. But now wearing upgraded N95's in all public areas.
@luckytran @parsingphase I wish I could've gotten it already. Unfortunately, in The Netherlands, it's starting in 2 weeks. And I just got infected with COVID again 😥
@Skoop I saw that, was sorry to hear it. Had my booster Saturday and my immune system is now furious with me. Get well soon! @luckytran
@luckytran when I got my second dose, I had a choice of Pfizer vs. Moderna and I went with Moderna only bc I'm a BSc student and I found the Moderna tech... cooler!
@luckytran Awaiting my invitation! 😕.
@luckytran Unfortunately, I live in Denmark, where the govt decided only the elderly and "high-risk" groups need to be boosted, so no vaccine for me. I had to travel rather far and pay to get one in.
@luckytran in a healthy person I do not see the benefits of this vaccin.
@luckytran Just got mine and my flu shot less than an hour ago.
@luckytran
I've already got mine, as does my 92 year old father. Does this mean we're up for a Nobel as well?
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Wish I could afford the Nobel prize winning technology, but c'est la vie or not I suppose.
@luckytran Got that done yesterday, along with the flu shot. No problems whatsoever. If any student, faculty, or staff at #UKY sees this, the Apothecary at the Student Center takes walk-ins. In and out in 10 minutes.