Have You Gotten Your Covid Vaccine? Thread.

[fleshconsumed]

Glad you guys are getting your vaccines.

My wife teaches Special Education, none of her kids are wearing masks (they just aren't capable of doing so), her school district never went remote so she's been teaching maskless kids for half a year in a mask and a faceshield on herself while half the country is bitching that it is too burdensome to put on a mask to protect their fellow neighbors. The good news is that supposedly my wife is first in line to be vaccinated by the district, the bad news is that they still haven't gotten a single dose secured. Who knows when that is going to happen, I hope it's soon.

As for me, I'm <40 so I'm way way down the priority line. I don't mind because I work from home and only go out to do grocery shopping. It makes sense for other people who are more vulnerable/cannot work remotely to be vaccinated first. However, I am pissed that my wife, an essential worker with high risk exposure still cannot get her vaccine.

 

[IronWing]

Glad you guys are getting your vaccines.

My wife teaches Special Education, none of her kids are wearing masks (they just aren't capable of doing so), her school district never went remote so she's been teaching maskless kids for half a year in a mask and a faceshield on herself while half the country is bitching that it is too burdensome to put on a mask to protect their fellow neighbors. The good news is that supposedly my wife is first in line to be vaccinated by the district, the bad news is that they still haven't gotten a single dose secured. Who knows when that is going to happen, I hope it's soon.

As for me, I'm <40 so I'm way way down the priority line. I don't mind because I work from home and only go out to do grocery shopping. It makes sense for other people who are more vulnerable/cannot work remotely to be vaccinated first. However, I am pissed that my wife, an essential worker with high risk exposure still cannot get her vaccine.

IMHO, the priorities are screwed up a bit. I can see vaccinating medical workers first, nursing home residents and prisoners next. I don't see why people 75 and older who live at home are next in line. Yes, they are more at risk if they get COVID but they are also in control of their exposures. If it were me, the folks in professions with the most contacts with other folks would be next in line; try to break the linkages for spread. Your wife is a poster child for this approach. Retail clerks, teachers, flight attendants, and others who contact lots of people every day should be at the top of the list.

 

[Pohemi]

IMHO, the priorities are screwed up a bit. I can see vaccinating medical workers first, nursing home residents and prisoners next. I don't see why people 75 and older who live at home are next in line. Yes, they are more at risk if they get COVID but they are also in control of their exposures. If it were me, the folks in professions with the most contacts with other folks would be next in line; try to break the linkages for spread. Your wife is a poster child for this approach. Retail clerks, teachers, flight attendants, and others who contact lots of people every day should be at the top of the list.

Agreed, and part of the reason I'm hesitating. I just do not feel the need for prioritization when there are people forced to exposure by their profession who still need to be taken care of first.

 

[K1052]

The age distribution of COVID deaths really tells the story about why it should probably be the determining factor instead of work prioritization. Also the more rules the slower vaccinations go. In theory more granular prioritization is more ideal but in practice a lot of America has trouble pulling it off.

I now qualify in Texas at 39 due to a medical condition. Should I? Maybe not. That said the state has areas where vaccine demand is not super high and doses are just sitting there.

 

[Pohemi]

Yeah, I think the areas that are 'short-handed', or conversely have 'plenty doses to go around' can vary greatly not just by state but by county or city/community. There obviously isn't equal distribution, since people aren't uniformly spread around the country.

If I see news or medical reports locally, stating that there are surplus or extra vaccine doses going unused, I'll take the initiative to schedule it. But until then, I'm just being patient, and honestly don't mind waiting to be one of the last phases.

My health issues make me high risk but I can limit and control my exposure, and am at home most of the time anyway. I don't feel endangered by waiting.

 

[Fenixgoon]

i put my request for appointment in today. between being immune compromised and working in an essential manufacturing business, i think that will make me eligible (if not, i'll feel bad for wasting people's time on the request but c'est la vie)

 

[MtnMan]

Pfizer dose #1 + 15 days and I finally got a call regarding dose #2. I got my vaccine through the county health department, who has done a horrible job, of managing appointments with phone lines overwhelmed, and online issues, in addition to apparently having no plan for dose #2 appointments.
Dose #2 location is a high school parking lot, that much I knew. One friend did get a call with a specific time, which was the same time as her first dose. If I never heard, I was going to be there at the same time as my first dose and would leave only with dose #2 in my arm, or under arrest in the back of a deputies car.

Well it turns out my plan "B" is their plan. Told to be there on 2/1. I asked for a time, and told anytime between 8:30 and 4:30, but around the same time as the first dose if that is convenient.

Got another call regarding an email I sent yesterday, and both people have been very nice. I explained my frustrations, and how much better it has been for my wife's process in a neighboring county, and they both seemed surprised she received her first and second appointment from the get go.

 

[Ajay]

Yeah, I was surprised that I was only able to schedule the 1st dose and not the second (NH). On the plus side, the vaccination center I'm going to schedules patients into 10 minute slots - so no mob scene early in the morning.

 

[K1052]

Yeah, I think the areas that are 'short-handed', or conversely have 'plenty doses to go around' can vary greatly not just by state but by county or city/community. There obviously isn't equal distribution, since people aren't uniformly spread around the country.

If I see news or medical reports locally, stating that there are surplus or extra vaccine doses going unused, I'll take the initiative to schedule it. But until then, I'm just being patient, and honestly don't mind waiting to be one of the last phases.

My health issues make me high risk but I can limit and control my exposure, and am at home most of the time anyway. I don't feel endangered by waiting.

People are driving several hours around here for doses as local demand is very high but not so much out in the sticks, appointments can be had.

 

[K1052]

Yeah, I was surprised that I was only able to schedule the 1st dose and not the second (NH). On the plus side, the vaccination center I'm going to schedules patients into 10 minute slots - so no mob scene early in the morning.

You might be given your 2nd appointment date on site.

 

[TeeJay1952]

I am on deck for tomorrow. Don't know which one.
We used to be a 1000 points of light and now we are seeing light at end of tunnel.

 

[Ajay]

You might be given your 2nd appointment date on site.

That is what I am hoping! The state seem to be doing a good job so far.

 

[IronWing]

You might be given your 2nd appointment date on site.

Here, they don't allow one to schedule the second appointment until the first shot is administered. This is to avoid scheduling second appointments for no-shows from the first appointments. While the primary method of getting the vaccine is through appointments on a patient portal, the county is accepting eligible walk-in traffic at the vaccination site to avoid wasting vaccine doses. Walk-in folks are signed up for the portal on the spot and schedule their second doses through the portal. The line for folks with appointments moves much faster than for the walk-in traffic.

 

[K1052]

Here, they don't allow one to schedule the second appointment until the first shot is administered. This is to avoid scheduling second appointments for no-shows from the first appointments. While the primary method of getting the vaccine is through appointments on a patient portal, the county is accepting eligible walk-in traffic at the vaccination site to avoid wasting vaccine doses. Walk-in folks are signed up for the portal on the spot and schedule their second doses through the portal. The line for folks with appointments moves much faster than for the walk-in traffic.

Probably a good way to go about it. My dad and stepmom are driving up to PHX in a couple days to get theirs and email links to schedule the 2nd dose are supposedly sent out after you've shown for the first appointment.

 

[fskimospy]

IMHO, the priorities are screwed up a bit. I can see vaccinating medical workers first, nursing home residents and prisoners next. I don't see why people 75 and older who live at home are next in line. Yes, they are more at risk if they get COVID but they are also in control of their exposures. If it were me, the folks in professions with the most contacts with other folks would be next in line; try to break the linkages for spread. Your wife is a poster child for this approach. Retail clerks, teachers, flight attendants, and others who contact lots of people every day should be at the top of the list.

The main reason is that the elderly comprise the overwhelming majority of people who die from this.

Personally I think we have way too many restrictions on who can get it already. We should go:

1) Health care workers/emergency responders
2) Teachers
3) Everyone else, by age bracket. (75+, then 65+, etc.)

 

[MtnMan]

You might be given your 2nd appointment date on site.

That far too much common sense. Your second dose is due in 21 or 28 days depending on which vaccine you receive. The overhead for scheduling and notifications for the second dose is very time consuming. Scheduling it out 21 or 28 days is simple, and it's done. No fretting on the patient side about being notified, and nothing to do for the administration side, it's already done.

I spent 15 days chasing down my second dose appointment, when they simply could have told me when to come back in 10 seconds during the first appointment. Now they have a staff trying to contact people to tell them when/where to come for #2. During this time I didn't want to leave home to run necessary errands (gave home phone info) for fear of missing call, or even taking a shower during the day or walking the dog. I now have my appointment which is basically show up between 8:30 and 4:30 at the high school they are doing the drive by dosing at.

In my county the people that are planning this have dropped the fucking ball, big time. It's not rocket surgery, it's just common sense.

 

[MtnMan]

Watched coverage from the county health department this afternoon. The population of the county is just under 250,000. They have started a "wait list" for those 65+. At this point the county is receiving 975 doses a week, which is controlled by the state. 30,000+ people are on the wait list!

 

[dmcowen674]

My wife got her first dose yesterday. My state won't get to my age for a couple of months.

 

[uallas5]

Just back from getting my 1st dose of Moderna (thought I was going to have to wait a month but, for some reason, when I checked for an available time slot Monday I was able to book for this morning). Got it at the mass vaccination site at Gillette stadium. REALLY fast and efficient. Was there 5 minutes early but they were taking people up to 20 minutes early. Showed my ID and proof of healthcare employment then went upstairs. There were about 25-30 injection desks, one was empty so I walked right up, no wait. Got my injection from a woman who I'm guessing was a nurse for years cause I never even felt the shot. They gave everyone a CDC vaccination card and another with a QR code and then you went to wait either 15 or 30 minutes for adverse reactions depending on your risk factors. While you waited you scanned the QR and it brought you to the website where you booked for your 2nd dose. Total time was under 25 minutes and my second dose is exactly 28 days from today.

The site is in the corp suites area and they had the balcony open so you could go out and take pictures/selfies of the stadium while you waited to leave. I don't watch football but still, it's a cool view (literally because we had 4 inches of snow last night). I even got a button so Ha Ha sticker people.

 

[hal2kilo]

Glad you guys are getting your vaccines.

My wife teaches Special Education, none of her kids are wearing masks (they just aren't capable of doing so), her school district never went remote so she's been teaching maskless kids for half a year in a mask and a faceshield on herself while half the country is bitching that it is too burdensome to put on a mask to protect their fellow neighbors. The good news is that supposedly my wife is first in line to be vaccinated by the district, the bad news is that they still haven't gotten a single dose secured. Who knows when that is going to happen, I hope it's soon.

As for me, I'm <40 so I'm way way down the priority line. I don't mind because I work from home and only go out to do grocery shopping. It makes sense for other people who are more vulnerable/cannot work remotely to be vaccinated first. However, I am pissed that my wife, an essential worker with high risk exposure still cannot get her vaccine.

I think teachers should have been put in line in front of me. I'm over 65, retired and am quite capable of keeping tight protocols. Still, I am crossing my fingers for my appointment on Feb 6 for my first shot. One, that I won't make it without getting COVID until then, two that my appointment might magically disappear.

 

[vi edit]

Got Dose 2 of Pfizer yesterday. Went home slept for an hour. Felt fine the rest of the day. I do sleep tracking on my watch and it says I had one of my deepest sleeps in days. But also my pulse Ox tanked lower than it ever has. Was pretty damn sore when I woke up. Arm, back, my legs. But after I've been up for a couple hours I feel pretty good.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Scheduled my second dose (pfizer) for week from tomorrow. Doing it on a Fri in case I get hit by the proverbial bus.

 

[MtnMan]

Scheduled my second dose (pfizer) for week from tomorrow. Doing it on a Fri in case I get hit by the proverbial bus.

How many days from dose #1?

 

[Muadib]

I go for my second shot next week. I hope so at least, as there is now a shortage here, I don't know for sure.

 

[uclaLabrat]

How many days from dose #1?

20