KIP covid thread

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)

it was kind of a rocky process, but I finally got first Moderna dose this afternoon. I live in New Hampshire but was able to register for the vaccine in Massachusetts on March 22 due to the fact that I've been an essential worker in that state throughout the pandemic. so far all I've gotten from Mass are a couple of emails saying that "we don’t have an appointment available for you yet" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I registered for the vaccine in New Hampshire on March 31 (the day all residents over the age of 30 became eligible) and booked an appointment for April 9, but after refreshing the vaccine website obsessively, I managed to book one for later in the day on March 31. I drove an hour and twenty minutes to the pharmacy only to learn that my appointment had been double booked. I'd gotten a cancellation email during my drive, but I didn't see it until I began speaking to the pharmacy workers, who told me that they had enough vaccines to accommodate me but couldn't give me one because my name wasn't in the system. I guess I should blame the faulty registration system and myself for not second-guessing a too-good-to-be-true scenario. to KIP, my appointment today was only 15 minutes away, and at least I only had to wait an extra week

Just got a text to confirm my second Pfizer shot on Saturday. Crossing my fingers that my mother and sister will be able to make appointments ASAP.

got my second on Tuesday, no side effects whatsoever. just a bit of a sore arm the next day both times, though even that hasn't been too bad...the flu shot usually makes me feel like I got punched in the arm pretty hard. I'm kind of suspicious of the lack of response actually

Pfizer #2 in arm today.

got my 2nd pfizer today, all stocked up with soups & fruits for the probable flu-like side effects, hyped to exorcise a year's worth of pent-up silliness!! (in 2 weeks)

Slight pain at the injection site today. Frankly, my teeth are bothering me much more right now (c'mon April 23).

oh aye, sore arm here as well, same as last time. but in the interest of kip at least there haven't (yet) been any other noticable side effects!

should i knock on wood? i feel like i oughtta. okay, yes, definitely going to knock on wood but still k-ing it p

The four months of severe-ish lockdown here starts to ease tomorrow in very limited ways, which feels like light in the distance without in too many ways actually impacting us positively otherwise.

"oh aye, sore arm here" sounds like an awesome anagram.

hahaha

Second AZ is flowing through my veins.

I am now invincible (apart from all the cancer and stuff...)

I thought I was invincible after the first AZ jab, and so it's proven to be.

first dose is up in me!

team az 4evr

Headed over to get Jab #2 now for Team Pfizer. Given that I already had the Rona not expecting too many side effects but we will see.