That's great. My parents are having a terrible time getting appointments, I can sense their frustration.
My dad logs on a couple of times a day and has, on multiple occasions, found an open appointment within 15 minutes, unfortunately he lives about 25 minutes from the nearest place he can get one.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 1 March 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
My parents are also in PA and just got their first shots. Of course they had to drive to a Wegman's 2 hours away in Wilkes-Barre to get it but ok
― rob, Monday, 1 March 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
loving the shot updates folks, keep it comin'
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 March 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
Dad, partner and her kid got first shots yday
― e-skate to the chapeau (darraghmac), Monday, 1 March 2021 22:00 (three years ago) link
dad got his first two weeks ago; mom getting hers tomorrow; my wiiiiiiiife is now able to get one thanks to self-reporting her (real) asthma on the 'do u qualify?' form
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 1 March 2021 22:04 (three years ago) link
I had mixed feelings about trying to get a boost on the waitlist for being primary caregiver to a disabled person. Ultimately I went ahead and checked the box.
Of course I would rather "my" dose goes to someone in greater need. But in all honesty I won't say no if I get an invitation.
― chillin' like Emperor Maximilian (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 1 March 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
I have a good friend, now vaccinated, that went so far as to speak to a literal medical ethicist, who encouraged her to get the vaccine when she had the opportunity. Remember, the goal is for everybody to be vaccinated, and the more people who are vaccinated the fewer people get sick, and the fewer people get sick, the fewer people spread to others.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 March 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link
I'm scheduled to get Pfizered or Moderna'd (the MDHS site is no help on which I'm getting) on the 18th but if the J&J vax becomes widely available in the next 2 weeks and I'm not taking anybody's spot, I'll jump at the chance to get it.
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Monday, 1 March 2021 22:57 (three years ago) link
And just like that, my mom told me that her and my stepdad are set for their first jabs Saturday morning. Glad to see things moving better already this month!
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 1 March 2021 23:17 (three years ago) link
Austin, TX now has a system in place where they'll release 4000 appointments for vaccines in the evening and anyone who qualifies can sign in and queue up for one. They are attempting to ramp this up to 4 days a week so long as there's enough vaccine supply available. So if you qualify for one and keep an eye on the Austin Public Health twitter feed between around 5 and 6 in the evening, you should be able to login when the appointments get released and you will have a very good chance of getting your vaccine the next day.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 05:15 (three years ago) link
It was announced today that teachers in Seattle can now get vaccines. The decision is so new that none of the scheduling websites have been updated and I can't even start to look for an appointment yet, but yay! I can get vaccinated, hopefully this month!
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 06:49 (three years ago) link
COVID creating lols
Somehow the Hand Sanitizer Cam at NBA games is hornier than the Kiss Cam pic.twitter.com/KmmBtKCOfF— Chaotic Neutral Pillow (@IJamEcono) March 3, 2021
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
is that real or made up?
― kinder, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
It’s real!
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/milwaukee-bucks-debut-hand-sanitizer-cam-and-in-arena-entertainment-will-never-be-the-same/ar-BB1eckev?li=BB15ms5qYes
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
My dad is getting his first jab today and my father-in-law finally got scheduled for his first jab March 12th, so feeling very relieved that all the parents are now at least scheduled.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 4 March 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
Turns out my daughter was *not* able to get the vaccine, since although she is eligible and got an appointment, being 16 she can only get the Pfizer vaccine, yet there is as no way right now to direct people her age to a place with a specific vaccine. Kind of a bummer, but at least my mom got her first shot. Me, I had my first shift volunteering at a drive-through vaccine clinic today, which was really rewarding. It was heartwarming to see so many old people driving (or being driven) to get their second shot, though it was also kind of funny and scary watching them navigate and maneuver around the path. They should find a way to combine covid vaccine distribution and driving tests.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 March 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
New cough bad, negative covid test good!
I got the result in under 24 hours as well.
― Punk's Daft (onimo), Friday, 5 March 2021 12:25 (three years ago) link
That’s great onimo. Hope you’re doing well otherwise.
― Scamp Granada (gyac), Friday, 5 March 2021 12:27 (three years ago) link
Did I mention that I brought in my younger kid for a covid test, and she tested positive for huge boogers? That thing was like the size of a pencil eraser.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 March 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
Facemask bestows ability to mouth/lipsync lyrics to beloved earphoned popular songs walking down the street while only looking slightly, not entirely, idiotic.
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 5 March 2021 21:46 (three years ago) link
Good post imo, this is def a thing
― beware the ídes of mairt (darraghmac), Friday, 5 March 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
Got my first shot yesterday, so I'm letting myself think about the end of the pandemic for the first time. One thing I'm really looking forward to is being able to go places to write. I don't know about y'all, but I have had a really hard time writing at all during the pandemic because I don't generally write at home.
― Lily Dale, Monday, 8 March 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
CNN is reporting that more people in US have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 than people who have had the disease since the pandemic began, according to CDC data.— Will Cadigan (@WJCadigan) March 8, 2021
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 March 2021 19:02 (three years ago) link
my mom just got the J&J shot
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 8 March 2021 19:34 (three years ago) link
0 deaths reported in ireland today
― beware the ídes of mairt (darraghmac), Monday, 8 March 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
First shot done!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
My wife and I were just notified that we may make now firm appointments for our 'initial vaccine' shots, so I guess we'll be getting Pfizer. Until we follow the links to the appointment website we won't know how far out the appointments will be.
Right now we are packing for a short beach vacation that we booked before we got our notifications, so that's where our heads are at for now.
― Judge Roi Behan (Aimless), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
xpost nice!!!
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
https://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20181019/rs_1024x559-181119154143-beach.gif?fit=around%7C1024:559&output-quality=90&crop=1024:559;center,top
― map ca. 1890 (map), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
me and the bf booked a quick palm springs vacay in late april because holy shit airline prices were so low - bet they are going up right now though.
― map ca. 1890 (map), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
In other KIP news, the flu is/was virtually non existent this year (so far). Not just low, as I understand it next to nothing. I just saw that in Canada, for example, "Influenza activity remains below the threshold required to declare the start of the 2020-21 influenza season." In the US, "Public health labs across the U.S. reported a grand total of 3 cases of flu in the U.S. last week, out of nearly 16,000 samples tested. Clinical laboratories, which tested nearly 25,000 samples, found just 14 flu cases. So far this season, labs reporting to the CDC had just 1,585 samples test positive for flu of any kind. Compare that to last year over the same period, when there were more than 183,000 positive samples."
That's hundreds of thousands of people not sick, not in the hospital, and not dead. That's good news. Granted, it took some terrible news to get us there, but ... KIP!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 23:58 (three years ago) link
More than anything it illustrates how contagious covid-19 is by comparison. The social upheaval of nonclinical interventions against covid, that still resulted in half a million dead in the USA, virtually eliminated flu transmission.
― Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:25 (three years ago) link
yeah it’s crazy.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:52 (three years ago) link
ooo good point
― lukas, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:52 (three years ago) link
Weekly COVID cases at skilled nursing facilities have decreased by 96% since vaccinations began. From from 34,000 to 1,474 per week.We keep going.— Andy Slavitt (@aslavitt46) March 10, 2021
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 04:35 (three years ago) link
My wife and I went together for our first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine today. We just returned, so it's probably too soon to know if we get some low-level aches, sore arms, or mild fatigue from it. Our second doses are already scheduled for 3 weeks from now.
Looking forward to browsing for used books again and feeling less anxiety when grocery shopping.
― Judge Roi Behan (Aimless), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:34 (three years ago) link
Congrats! Very happy to hear it.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:37 (three years ago) link
We got our first Pfizer doses today too.
― Brad C., Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:46 (three years ago) link
Dope!
ILX gonna have board immunity soom
― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 23:06 (three years ago) link
I am looking forward to the day when I don't have to clean the screen with a Clorox wipe after visiting ilx
― imagine flagons (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 23:26 (three years ago) link
honestly, with all the filth posted here, it'll never end
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 23:43 (three years ago) link
Congrats, y'all! Aimless, sincerely hoping that this, combined with her own shots last month, points towards more normalcy with your daughter's group home.... in addition to the book stores and all the other good things of life.Still waiting for some category expansion in NYC but down in Knoxville my stepmom has had both shots and my brother has his first appointment Monday. My partner (who is a city employee) has her first appointment on the 7th! Bit by bit. It's getting a little frustrating as I see more and more people I know starting to get it, but they are in public-facing jobs and it's the right sequence. Keepin' it positive!!! I feel like there's a good chance of some expansion in the next week or two, and maybe me getting my first shot in April? Tryin to think so.
― this honking's on a bobo (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 18 March 2021 00:56 (three years ago) link
points towards more normalcy with your daughter's group home....
My wife and I are slated to attain full potency/immunity on the day before our daughter's 35th birthday and you can be sure we will be pushing for an end to the distancing requirement, even if we still are required to wear masks.
― Judge Roi Behan (Aimless), Thursday, 18 March 2021 02:47 (three years ago) link
Fingers crossed, man. Good luck.
― this honking's on a bobo (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 18 March 2021 11:46 (three years ago) link
Got my first shot, and my second one scheduled!
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 21 March 2021 13:25 (three years ago) link
First shot yesterdey
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 21 March 2021 13:35 (three years ago) link
just back from mine. she stuck me before she'd even finished saying she was about to. no fuss. did have to ask for a sticker though.
― koogs, Sunday, 21 March 2021 14:39 (three years ago) link
(even the logistics of getting 55 million stickers printed is pretty o_0)
― koogs, Sunday, 21 March 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
i was expecting the needle to be bigger ngl
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 21 March 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link