KIP covid thread

Good luck with that, seems like such a scary scenario.

After weeks of frustrations (in Pennsylvania) my mom is finally getting her first shot on Wednesday (in Delaware). Coincidentally, my eligible daughter is getting her first shot on Wednesday, too, though for some reason they scheduled her second dose several hours before her first dose on the same day; we spent a couple of hours trying to clear things up, to no avail, which is I assume one reason places sometimes end up with extra doses. And as part of my local emergency medical corps training I'm now on some list, too, so things are looking up in my family.

both my parents now have had both their shots! BOOM

My dad got his second shot today, and my mom is getting her second one tomorrow. Thinking back to a year ago and how scared I was for my parents (and particularly my dad, who's in a lot of high-risk groups), this is such a huge relief, and despite all my frustration with the way the vaccine rollout is going, it's so amazing that this is even happening.

Also, Alaska (where I used to live and where I have a lot of extended family) is doing brilliantly with the vaccine and virtually everyone I know there has gotten it, which is very cool.

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.

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

loving the shot updates folks, keep it comin'

Dad, partner and her kid got first shots yday

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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

is that real or made up?

It’s real!

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

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.

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.

New cough bad, negative covid test good!

I got the result in under 24 hours as well.

That’s great onimo. Hope you’re doing well otherwise.

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.

Facemask bestows ability to mouth/lipsync lyrics to beloved earphoned popular songs walking down the street while only looking slightly, not entirely, idiotic.

Good post imo, this is def a thing

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.

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

my mom just got the J&J shot

0 deaths reported in ireland today

First shot done!

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.

xpost nice!!!

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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.

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!

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.

yeah it’s crazy.

ooo good point

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

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.

Congrats! Very happy to hear it.

We got our first Pfizer doses today too.

Dope!

ILX gonna have board immunity soom

I am looking forward to the day when I don't have to clean the screen with a Clorox wipe after visiting ilx

honestly, with all the filth posted here, it'll never end

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.

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.

Fingers crossed, man. Good luck.

Got my first shot, and my second one scheduled!

First shot yesterdey