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Leigh Anne Laxton
If the COVID-19 vaccines are like the big, bad scary wolf in “Little Red Riding Hood,” members of a Cordell law firm will tell you there’s nothing to fear.
The government continues to roll out the vaccines among the skepticism, fear and mistrust from members of the general public, and the vaccines continue to be given out in Washita County.
Hospital staff members, emergency responders, nursing home staff and residents and those associated with the courthouse all have had opportunity to receive vaccines.
When members of the Cordell law firm Wesner, Rainbolt and Regier got the call last week, they didn’t hesitate.
“I had no trepidation about getting the shot,” Bruce Wesner said.
Shane Regier is an attorney, but he loves reading and learning about science.
That includes consuming as much information about the COVID-19 vaccine as possible, learning about its characteristics and how and why it works.
With that in mind, all went according to plan when the office members received the Moderna version of the vaccine, Regier said.
They will receive a second dose in about three weeks.
“I think we all had a sore arm,” he said. Most side effects, if any, were mild, he said.
Leigh Anne Laxton logged her reaction to the vaccine on social media to share her experiences.
“My arm was really sore. A few hours in, it was sore,” she said.
Laxton battles autoimmune diseases, so she’s learned to question things.
The night she received the vaccine, her joints and muscles in her legs were hurting more than normal. Since she has autoimmune diseases, she always has pain in muscles and joints.
“It was a little more sore that night, but was it the vaccine or the weather we were having?” she said.
Since the side effects didn’t last, she thinks it was probably the weather or something else unrelated.
The office employees have simple advice for those wondering about the vaccine when it’s their turn to receive it.
“Why not take it,” Wesner said.
“That’s the way I look at it.
I’m old enough now to know what’s right or wrong. You break a bone, you get it fixed.”
Think about your grandparents, or people with autoimmune diseases, cautions Regier.
“Even if you don’t want it, it would be better if you would take it so we can get rid of this virus and return to some normalcy and increase the life expectancy for the elderly or the those compromised,” he said. “I think if everyone buckles down and gets this shot, we can have it knocked out this year.”