I got my first shot today. 3 weeks until the 2nd shot. Took about 40 minutes in and out, which is a bit long for my taste, but it's done. I think it is good timing too, I should be well protected for the first few months and in 2022, there should be a booster shot for any stronger variants.
I was thinking something crazy the other day. That with the first wave of coronavirus, Asia was largely unaffected. Why? I have no idea. But a thought I had was that in February 2020, I was severely sick and wearing no mask, as were many other people. I went to work as usual and 100s of people were sick at my workplace. This country is very close to China in proximity. Economically, trade is booming between the 2 countries and so many people would be flying between the countries with business deals. So if Covid spreads as fast as we think it did, I don't think it would be too wild to have already spread throughout Japan by then. I think a lot of people were sick before many cases were known. So when the "first wave" came, a lot of people here already had the first wave before. Or maybe it was a severe flu, which can be dangerous too.
Now Delta variant is spreading, and antibodies/immunity to the first strain does not protect against the more dangerous Delta variant.