Covid vaccination status?

[NWI_Irish96]

I'm not taking experimental mRNA gene therapy from corporations that care more about profit than health

Do you consider everything that's been through a full set of clinical trials and received FDA approval to be "experimental" or only things that Newsmax told you not to get?

[Max Rockatansky]

I'm not taking experimental mRNA gene therapy from corporations that care more about profit than health

Do you consider everything that's been through a full set of clinical trials and received FDA approval to be "experimental" or only things that Newsmax told you not to get?

Probably thinks that it has stuff in it that will turn us into Lizard People.  Speaking for myself, I welcome the opportunity to become of the ruling class of alien-hybrid overlords.  I have my apartment picked out already in the underground lair at Denver International Airport.  At least I'll be able to act as my own 5G hot spot by the time I get my second shot.  Speaking of that, I guess I'm schedule for that second shot on the 8th of April. 

[ilpt4u]

Speaking of that, I guess I'm schedule for that second shot on the 8th of April.

My second shot is set for (normal) Tax Day, April 15. I am supposed to get an email from the county health department to formally schedule it between now and then

[Max Rockatansky]

Speaking of that, I guess I'm schedule for that second shot on the 8th of April.

My second shot is set for (normal) Tax Day, April 15. I am supposed to get an email from the county health department to formally schedule it between now and then

I got my first shot on a military base.  Basically they just gave me an appointment card that said to show back up on the 8th when they are doing shots again.  I'm assuming this will include the two hour line I dealt with last time.

[oscar]

Speaking of that, I guess I'm schedule for that second shot on the 8th of April.

My second shot is set for (normal) Tax Day, April 15. I am supposed to get an email from the county health department to formally schedule it between now and then

I got my first shot on a military base.  Basically they just gave me an appointment card that said to show back up on the 8th when they are doing shots again.  I'm assuming this will include the two hour line I dealt with last time.

When I got my first dose, I got a card saying that the earliest I could get my second shot was 3/29, but no promise of available vaccine or appointment slots on that day. My county didn't send me the e-mail inviting me to set my second-shot appointment until yesterday morning, after a new Pfizer vaccine supply had come in. By then, appointment slots on 3/29 were starting to fill up, but I managed to get one. In the meantime, the county shifted its second-dose appointments to a center previously reserved for J&J shots, this one within walking distance of my apartment.

I've heard that other people in my county were also unhappy about the delayed invitation, worried that they had been forgotten, and also concerned about the very short lead time to schedule an appointment.

[Scott5114]

I'm not taking experimental mRNA gene therapy from corporations that care more about profit than health

You do realize there is an insane amount of profit involved in mass vaccination of world populations?

I understand cynicism towards pharmaceuticals - I have a fair amount myself. But in this case, the circumstances present enables profit maximization - a novel virus that has disrupted world commerce with billions of people and trillions of dollars affected. Large masses of people will ultimately be vaccinated - kinda works for the business model, for both profits and health (often times it does not - see chronic condidtions and focusing on treatments versus cures, but that is a whole different discussion, not for this thread)

Pfizer can't sell Viagra (or any other long term medication) to anyone who dies from covid. So really, it's in their best interest to sell something that keeps people alive.

[Max Rockatansky]

Speaking of that, I guess I'm schedule for that second shot on the 8th of April.

My second shot is set for (normal) Tax Day, April 15. I am supposed to get an email from the county health department to formally schedule it between now and then

I got my first shot on a military base.  Basically they just gave me an appointment card that said to show back up on the 8th when they are doing shots again.  I'm assuming this will include the two hour line I dealt with last time.

When I got my first dose, I got a card saying that the earliest I could get my second shot was 3/29, but no promise of available vaccine or appointment slots on that day. My county didn't send me the e-mail inviting me to set my second-shot appointment until yesterday morning, after a new Pfizer vaccine supply had come in. By then, appointment slots on 3/29 were starting to fill up, but I managed to get one. In the meantime, the county shifted its second-dose appointments to a center previously reserved for J&J shots, this one within walking distance of my apartment.

I've heard that other people in my county were also unhappy about the delayed invitation, worried that they had been forgotten, and also concerned about the very short lead time to schedule an appointment.

To that end this is why I signed up for the shots on the base I work on as opposed to Fresno County.  There are a lot of stories about people being delayed from their second shot for one reason or another, but mostly supply.  Usually the base is pretty through about letting people know where they stand before the actual day in question.  It certainly is way more convenient for me since I can do it on my shift and have it go way faster than the real world.

[interstatefan990]

The biggest mitigating factor for me safety-wise was that when I got my shot,  close to 100 million had already been vaccinated with no serious safety concerns reported.

[1995hoo]

I'm not taking experimental mRNA gene therapy from corporations that care more about profit than health

[dlsterner]

Well, if I were just 2½ years older, I would be eligible right now.  As it stands, I will easily be in the next phase (Phase 2) that Maryland opens up (hopefully soon), and I plan to get the vaccine as soon as practical.

Update - was able to reposition from Phase 2 to Phase 1C; will be getting the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine this coming Saturday and the second dose three weeks later.

Got my first jab today.  Nearest place I was able to get an appointment was a one hour drive away.  In and out in 30 minutes, never left the car.  Shot given through the car window.  No issues except a wee bit of soreness at the injection site.

And now to do the same thing all over again in three weeks.

[Ketchup99]

How about needle size? The photos I've seen seem to show really long needles. But I've heard people say the needles with which they were injected were very small.

Does it really matter how long the needle is? That certainly doesn't seem like a reason to not be vaccinated.

[Scott5114]

How about needle size? The photos I've seen seem to show really long needles. But I've heard people say the needles with which they were injected were very small.

Does it really matter how long the needle is? That certainly doesn't seem like a reason to not be vaccinated.

Rationally, no. But some people have a fear of needles that may prevent them from wanting to take the shot.

[Jim]

I don't know how standard the needles are for these, but I would also say that for both of my Pfizer doses I really didn't feel it.  Compare to last fall's flu shot, which was not painful by any means but definitely much more noticeable.

[jakeroot]

I'm not taking experimental mRNA gene therapy from corporations that care more about profit than health

Do you consider everything that's been through a full set of clinical trials and received FDA approval to be "experimental" or only things that Newsmax told you not to get?

Probably thinks that it has stuff in it that will turn us into Lizard People.  Speaking for myself, I welcome the opportunity to become of the ruling class of alien-hybrid overlords.  I have my apartment picked out already in the underground lair at Denver International Airport.  At least I'll be able to act as my own 5G hot spot by the time I get my second shot.  Speaking of that, I guess I'm schedule for that second shot on the 8th of April.

[Bruce]

Finally got my first dose and am feeling the side effects kick in right as I was trying to get some sleep. The headache is the most annoying part at the moment.

[1995hoo]

Finally got my first dose and am feeling the side effects kick in right as I was trying to get some sleep. The headache is the most annoying part at the moment.

Which one did you get?

[Bruce]

Finally got my first dose and am feeling the side effects kick in right as I was trying to get some sleep. The headache is the most annoying part at the moment.

Which one did you get?

I got the Moderna one. J&J is exclusively for rural areas and homeless populations here, while Pfeizer is hard to find.

[jakeroot]

Finally got my first dose and am feeling the side effects kick in right as I was trying to get some sleep. The headache is the most annoying part at the moment.

Which one did you get?

I got the Moderna one. J&J is exclusively for rural areas and homeless populations here, while Pfeizer is hard to find.

I'm not sure I realized how hard it was to find the Pfizer vaccine. But you're right: of my whole family (who is almost all entirely vaccinated), my sister is the only one who got Pfizer. Coincidentally, she's the only one who works in medicine (Overlake).

[ilpt4u]

Locally, the J&J and Pfizer are typically offered by the county Health Dept, depending on the day and/or vaccination site - granted, a fairly rural area, in Southern Illinois

[cl94]

Finally got my first dose and am feeling the side effects kick in right as I was trying to get some sleep. The headache is the most annoying part at the moment.

Which one did you get?

I got the Moderna one. J&J is exclusively for rural areas and homeless populations here, while Pfeizer is hard to find.

I'm not sure I realized how hard it was to find the Pfizer vaccine. But you're right: of my whole family (who is almost all entirely vaccinated), my sister is the only one who got Pfizer. Coincidentally, she's the only one who works in medicine (Overlake).

It's the opposite out here (New York). Very few people who have gotten a first dose in the past month-month and a half have gotten Moderna and most of the government sites are passing out Pfizer. J&J is very limited and, aside from a few batches that have been given at overnight sites, has mostly been reserved for rural areas and homebound seniors. Almost everybody I know of in New York who has gotten Moderna is either healthcare or was able to get in through an early priority group.

Re: eligibility, I'm in a weird situation where I would fall inside a priority group in several states...just not in my own. If I were to temporarily move to New Jersey, for example, I could probably get in for dose 1 this week. But since New York has weird criteria and requires proof to get jabbed...

[ilpt4u]

Some local businesses in Southern Illinios have mentioned "Vaccine Tourism"  - fair amount of Chicagolanders coming to Southern Illinois to get vaccinated, as some of the suburban health departments are booked solid for vaccines, and the Southern Illinois health departments have opened up vaccination appointments to any state of IL resident that currently fits current qualifications (basically, 16 and up now)

[MikeTheActuary]

When I got my first dose, I got a card saying that the earliest I could get my second shot was 3/29, but no promise of available vaccine or appointment slots on that day. My county didn't send me the e-mail inviting me to set my second-shot appointment until yesterday morning, after a new Pfizer vaccine supply had come in. By then, appointment slots on 3/29 were starting to fill up, but I managed to get one. In the meantime, the county shifted its second-dose appointments to a center previously reserved for J&J shots, this one within walking distance of my apartment.

I've heard that other people in my county were also unhappy about the delayed invitation, worried that they had been forgotten, and also concerned about the very short lead time to schedule an appointment.

When I got my first shot, the 15 minute observation period was spent shuffling through a socially-distanced queue to get to a station to schedule our second dose.

[Duke87]

I'm not taking experimental mRNA gene therapy from corporations that care more about profit than health

Then get the Johnson and Johnson shot. It's a more traditional vaccine that doesn't use the experimental mRNA method.

[Bruce]

Washington isn't opening full eligibility until just before the presidential deadline of May 1, and we aren't expecting local herd immunity in my county until late August. It took me 2 weeks to find an appointment slot after I became eligible, so demand is sky-high here...and it does irk a lot of us to see states that didn't follow pandemic-thwarting measures as well as we did get to jump ahead in the race to normalcy.

[Scott5114]

Don't get too irked just yet–those states are likely to "hit the wall" beyond which people are reluctant or refuse to get vaccinated way sooner than the other states. In fact, I imagine that's why eligibility is so wide in Oklahoma at the moment–they simply ran out of people in the higher-priority groups that were willing to get vaccinated.