KIP covid thread

xpost Yeah, first dose, but I don't think you can get a first dose without booking a second, so it's kind of baked in.

The local place where I volunteer has been jabbing about 1000 a week!

I know this is not very KIP of me but I can already tell the time from the first shot -> 14 days after the second is gonna feel like an eternity

Lol def did for me. Every minor malady worried me. And then I got a bacterial sinus infection on day 10.

3 million vaccinations cleared both on 3/20 and 3/21 in the US.

In Florida, the age statewide was lowered to 50, but the Convention Center in Orlando moved it down to 40 (our mayor hates DeSantis). So I expect this to stay high as there's a lot of pent up demand.

Also Walgreens around here is starting to allow essential workers of all kinds and ages, so my bro is going to try and get his today.

I get my second on Thursday, and of course, one of the clients we're working with pushed up a launch...so I might be working from bed on Friday.

i fucking hate capitalism.

tho i guess that's not in the spirit of this thread....which is SECOND SHOT! THURSDAY! Made plans with my parents already, for two weeks later. :-)

awesome. got my first one tomorrow.

work sucks

i know

TIL Stakhanov was a capitalist.

Kidding aside, my parents got their first doses on Friday, sooner than I expected.

that's good to hear pom! I don't actually know anyone here yet who's had one, but my circle of QC acquaintances is quite small and skews young

Yeah, it's a huge relief. Looks like the vaccination campaign is finally picking up steam.

I know this is not very KIP of me but I can already tell the time from the first shot -> 14 days after the second is gonna feel like an eternity

have a 1st shot booked 6 weeks from now and i feel like a kid who starts torturing themselves by counting the days til xmas after halloween. still feels like KIP tho bc at the start of the year i was mentally preparing myself for a wayyy longer wait to get a shot. just having the appt on the books is surreal, i'm over the moon at the feeling of knowing the exact date time and place that a vax will go into my arm.

its just a total shift in mentality

like the idea of a 4th wave with one of these weird variants does scare me because my brain is already starting to process a post-covid world. mentally idk if I can go back to "you're gonna be in your house for the foreseeable future". I guess a lot of people were already there in May 2020.

It is less than a week since my first dose. I have been making a special effort to remind myself that even though this does confer some benefit and I am in a bit less danger, I need to stay vigilant and not suddenly go crazy in discarding my hard won habits. Still a month to go before the second dose has its best chance to achieve full effect.

As my compensation for being 'good', I've been thinking a lot about the camping and hiking I'll be able to do safely come summertime. I bought a new down-filled sleeping bag to replace my 12 year old one!

ooh new sleeping bag, heavenly

i accidentally 'resecheduled' my appointment for a day before the governor's order for 16+ goes into effect. so i had to reschedule again. refreshing that website like it's ticketmaster ca. 2005 lmao. appointments being available then not being available. rush to the last screen. haha. i got one for 4 pm on a saturday, thought about it, like - i really wanted to use sick hours for this, fuck getting vaccinated on the weekend - and then scored one for next wednesday afternoon.

My dad, his partner and her very vulnerable son have had their second shots and their home help (he requires round the clock care) is soon going to be able to attend again and thats going to be the end of a long year for them

Texas opening up to all adults on Monday

Got my first dose Sunday morning, started feeling pretty bad and barely slept Sunday night, basically fine now. 2nd dose in 4 weeks.

deems, that's most excellent news for your dad, his partner and her son. I'm not alone among ilxors to be able to feel how hard a year this past one must have been for them.

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got my first Pfizer vaccine yesterday! first day of lowered age threshold in NYS. got really frustrated with the appointment website for the state-run sites (a looping maze of Captchas and appointment times that evaporate by the time you click on them). my partner pushed me to just try walking by the walgreens pharmacy counter a little before their closing hour. got lucky and was back out of there an hour later with shot in arm.

I’ve made tentative plans to meet up with a friend in May after we’ll both have been full vaxxed. I haven’t seen him since the end of January 2020. Considering we had both figured maybe we’d get to meet up in the fall, we are both delighted.

if anyone is eligible and struggling to get an appointment it might be worth trying https://vaccinefairy.org/

if anyone is bored it might be worth volunteering there too.

no personal experience, apologies in advance if they still your ID.

(steal)

Walgreens suddenly had a whole bunch of appointments so I'm now signed up for first vax on Monday

Team Pfizer 💉💪

Yeah, I got part one of that last Wednesday.

Pfizer part 1 today - elated!

Reviewing my initial posts itt and id rescind the one about the wife at this stage but the rest hold up by and large

got an appt at walgreens for one of them tomorrow - not sure if i'm in the same area as moodles but they do seem to be getting a ton of openings near me (maryland)

don't know which one it's for though

i kept this on the DL for, idk, personal reasons i guess, but mr veg & i got our 2nd moderna jabs two weeks ago & we’re basically fully vaxxed

:D

no side effects for me except the next afternoon i had fever/chills for couple of hours, but it passed quickly & then i was fine (confused shrug)

Hooray!

Very cool!

Yeah pretty much the floodgates have opened among my wider circle at this point, saw a huge slew of posts about people get their first shot. Which is hands down great.

My mum and dad will be Pfizer'd x2 this month, so they can hug our 1-year-old daughter again without causing me to sweat and look away :)

Pfizer dose #1 complete

And right on schedule, the deluge. I got my second Moderna shot today, my wife and older daughter got their first shots last week, two good friends got their first shots today, another good friend and her daughter got shots last week, their husband/dad gets his first shot Thursday, two of my best buds have gotten their first shots already, my mom's had both her shots. Pretty much the only person close to me that hasn't had at least one shot (kids under 16 aside) is my sister, who is in the UK but preggers and therefore apparently not slated for a jab, at least not yet.

got my child scheduled for Friday. Both of our appointments were through Walgreens. Obviously it's different state by state, but I've been stalking all the various vaccine options available to us, and Walgreens system has been the most straightforward to navigate.

Pretty much the only person close to me that hasn't had at least one shot (kids under 16 aside) is my sister, who is in the UK but preggers and therefore apparently not slated for a jab, at least not yet.

I would imagine your sister will have to wait till the UK has more stocks of Pfizer/Moderna.

Sorry to all the non-Americans itt, genuinely sorry that our country is an asshole who hoards things.

xpost As I understand it, it's actually explicitly recommended pregnant women *don't* get vaccinated, regardless of the vaccine.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-women-of-childbearing-age-currently-pregnant-planning-a-pregnancy-or-breastfeeding/covid-19-vaccination-a-guide-for-women-of-childbearing-age-pregnant-planning-a-pregnancy-or-breastfeeding

The vaccines have not yet been tested in pregnancy, so until more information is available, those who are pregnant should not routinely have this vaccine. Non-clinical evidence is required before any clinical studies in pregnancy can start, and before that, it is usual to not recommend routine vaccination during pregnancy.

Today they're saying pregnant women should speak to their GP about it.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/04/02/983666339/study-covid-19-vaccine-is-safe-during-pregnancy-and-may-protect-baby-too

Now, researchers are beginning to provide some answers. A study published recently in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology shows the vaccines are not only safe and effective for pregnant and breastfeeding women, they may also offer some protection for their babies.

"It's a very important study," says Dr. Judette Louis, an obstetrician who until recently served as president of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine. "People have been trying to piece together as much information as they can and this study says, OK there is a benefit."

It doesn't surprise me that vaccines are safe for pregnant women. They certainly give them here. But they are (for now) still handing it with caution there. That link I posted says if you're in a particularly higher risk group you should definitely consider the vaccine, which I assume is what you would speak to your GP about.

Got Moderna #1 a week ago today, had a few days of feeling light-headed and fatigued afterwards, but that's about it.

My wife stumbled into her first shot too, had to drive to Michigan to get her father to his shot (J&J), since he doesn't travel, and they had a cancellation for a shot, so she got her Moderna #1 as well.

Very thankful, but now we have to see what we can do to swing her second shot closer by so she doesn't have to drive 6 hours each way for that one.

Just call the Cook County hotline (iirc) and speak to a person, it's what we did for our daughter. First shot in Marion, IL, at a Walmart, second shot scheduled in Forest Park at a mass vax clinic. Which reminds me, I need to call Marion to cancel the second one they scheduled there.

Thanks Josh, will definitely try that!

So it seems they've got Moderna in Scotland and Wales now, so that's something.

Another new recruit to team Pfizer here (Wales)