Today was my vaccine trial visit #6 - I'm now officially fully vaccinated with Novavax. Over the past 6 months in the trial, I've also had two PCR covid tests, a couple of medical checkups, lots of blood pressure, temperature and pulse O2 checks and they've got 4 batches of blood for antibody testing.
I either received both doses of vaccine in November, and two doses of placebo this month - or I got the placebo in November and the real thing now. I think I had the vaccines in November, and that a bit of tenderness near the injection point was the only symptom I experienced - but that's a guess, I won't know until I get unblinded.
So where does that leave me on the vaccine passport game? Well, I've got an A4 certificate that lists all 4 jab dates and says that I've had a complete course of the vaccine. But it's a certificate for a vaccine that so far has no regulatory approval (not anywhere in the world) and it doesn't specify the real vaccination dates or give batch numbers (both of which are needed for my NHS record).
Assuming the vaccine gets MHRA approval, I'm told they're looking for a way to give us what we need for any sort of official app. That might mean them unblinding all of the trialists, or unblinding us as we request it, or something else - they haven't worked that bit out yet. They have asked us to stay blinded for "a couple more weeks at least" - so they can get the safety/reactions data while we're still in the blinded trial.
Vamos a ver.