The Bachelorette’s Joe Park gets the COVID-19 vaccine as he documents the four step process on social media
Joe Park – who appeared on Tayshia Adams’ season of The Bachelorette – got the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.
The 36-year-old New York City based Anesthesiologist is one of the first to do so after the vaccine was rolled out to the US on Monday.
Documenting the process step by step on his social media, Park tried to provide reassurance to his followers while saying he would be give updates as to how he was feeling.
Vaccinated: The Bachelorette’s Joe Park, 36, from Tayshia Adams’ season got the COVID-19 vaccine as the NYC based Anesthesiologist documented the four step process on social media
Filming himself in a mask and scrubs he broke down the four step process.
‘Step 1: Sign up (when you are allowed).’
‘Step 2: Sign consent.’
‘Step 3: Get the vaccine.’
‘Step 4: Be monitored for 15-20 minutes.’
Step 2: Sharing all steps of the process on his Instagram he walked his followers through the process saying they needed to ‘sign consent’
Ready to go: Park filmed himself getting the vaccine in NYC after it was rolled out nationwide on Monday
Getting the vaccine: Park shared videos of him with the vaccine technician before saying he would provide updates
As a healthcare personnel Park was one of the first classes of people to be offered the dose alongside residents of long-term care facilities.
After getting the test administered he shared that you have to be monitored by professionals before getting released.
Park added that people should take Tylenol for any ‘injection site pain,’ before holding up a bag of gummy fruit snacks which he joked were ‘treats for being so vewy bwave,’ in baby speak.
Monitoring process: Park shared that upon receiving the vaccination you need to be monitored for 15-20 minutes
Tylenol: He held up a pack of Tylenol to ease any pain he may have had as he waited to be released
He posted a sticker afterwards that said ‘I got my Covid-19 vaccine,’ while writing that he would be posting an ‘honest assessment’ of any symptoms or feelings on days ‘1-3’, as well as markers of one week, one month and two months.
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine as well as the Moderna vaccine – whose emergency use authorization is currently being determined – have side effects that can range from pain, headache, and fatigue.
In clinical trials only 16% of people experienced ‘severe’ adverse reaction which required medical attention or prevented them from going about their daily lives.
Updates: Joe shared that he would be giving updates on social media as to how he felt at key markers including a few days, a week, a month, and two months
In studies done, side effects were more common after a second dosage of the vaccine but were less common amongst people 55 and younger.
Despite the seeming ease of the process, a quarter of Americans reported that they would ‘probably’ or ‘definitely’ refuse to get it in a survey taken in the late summer.
The vaccine comes at a time when an astonishing 17M cases have been reported in the United States and 308K deaths.
As promised Park vows to provide updates on his journey as he tries to normalize the vaccination so the world can slowly rebuild.
Park was eliminated during the seventh week of The Bachelorette, as Tayshia’s journey to find love on the hit dating show will culminate in two episodes next week.
Bachelorette swap: Park was cast for the current season of the hit ABC show which saw Bachelorette Clare Crawley calling it quits halfway through the season on account of finding love with Dale Moss, before Tayshia was ushered in