We are almost 30 days in on the current I Got the Shot! thread, so it’s time for a new one!
Tell us how it went, and if you have a sticker preference, let me know in the comments.
Even after it’s off the front page, this thread will be in the sidebar.
My vaccination story, by William D
I didn’t expect to get vaccinated this morning, but then…..
First, during breakfast, my wife and I turned on the Roku to a local news channel (we never watch local news). There was a newstory about a vaccination clinic the San Diego school district set up for teachers and workers, and how it was being underutilized – i.e. few teachers were showing up.
I went on the computer looking for information to see if I (a substitute teacher who hasn’t worked for months) would qualify under the arrangement. I was having some difficulty finding out. Then my phone rang. It was a recorded message from the School Superintendent Cindy Marten* telling me that vaccines were available and I should take advantage of this opportunity.
I interpreted all this as a get-off-your-butt message from God and proceeded to maneuver my way to the website to fill out 6-7 pages of registration. The location had dozens of openings for today. It said I qualified for the Pfizer vaccine instead of giving me a choice (don’t know if that was because I take blood thinners, or because Pfizer is all they had – at any rate I figure my civic duty is to not be picky and take what’s on tap). Printed out my registration email and was on my way for my 2:30 appointment.
The location was in a confusing area of hospitals, medical buildings, and parking lots, but I was able to follow direction signs to the site. There I was greeted by two people under a tarp by the parking lot, then more volunteers at the building entranceway, then another one at a bend in the hallway, then another one at another bend, all wearing blue t-shirts, all ushering me further in. No waiting in line. Finally at a table of volunteers I was given my CDC vaccination card. I asked how many people had gotten shots that day; they estimated about 250. Then onto the next table, nurse, roll up sleeve for left arm, close eyes… it felt just like a flu shot. I was asked to wait in the next room for 10-15 minutes in case I reacted badly. But I felt fine.
Overall it was a very pleasant experience. The people seemed very happy to see me, which perhaps was due to that there were not that many customers. They could have handled many more. The staff/volunteers outnumbered vaccine takers by a LOT – five or even ten to one. We have this efficient vaccine distribution and not enough takers. Don’t know how to improve that. Another observation – mostly white faces, some Asian/Hispanic – I don’t recall seeing any black faces there.
So, one shot down, a second to go…
*Marten was recently asked by President Biden to be Deputy Secretary of Education
Stickers!
One and done for Johnson & Johnson:
Now with Dolly, Penelope and ducklings!
cain
Hey no 2 doses with my two black panthers??! :-)
ETA I see I have the hated #1. I deserve #2.
AndoChronic
2 doses done. My 1st shot site still has a little fleeting on/off pain though (from December/ Pfizer). I think the OG nurse jabbed me to the bone on that one? I spin the mystery sticker wheel!
sab
Hopefully getting my second in an hour. I will think about what sticker I want.
Mustang Bobby
I got shot #2 last week. I’ll take the double woof, of course.
One disappointment: no lollipops! Kindly old Doc Fraser’s office gave them out with each shot.
Philbert
2nd dose done last week! Haircut next week! When the vax was ok’d I called my PCP who put me on the hospital waiting list. uh-huh. After days/weeks trying to sign up anywhere, his office called and they had a setup in his office. Feeling lucky!
WaterGirl
@sab: ooh, that’s so great!
Cheryl Rofer
Had my second Moderna shot a week ago Monday. Almost to full immunity, with a massage scheduled for next week!
I’ll take an Uncle Joe sticker. A Kamala sticker, too, if we get one for each shot.
dmsilev
Got my #1 a week ago. Annoyingly, the channel I went through (city-run clinic, restricted to age/occupation eligibility) had to be shut down yesterday because several hundred ineligible people signed up for appointments. They’d have been turned away when they showed up, IDs and paystubs and the like were being checked, but it would have been a huge hassle with the potential for heated confrontations, so the city is rescheduling all upcoming appointments by individually calling people.
(Helping out a few coworkers caught in this mess was a chunk of my yesterday afternoon)
Ken
Envy is a mortal sin, I’ll get my turn, envy is a mortal sin….
Besides, “under 60, no pre-existing conditions, able to work from home” definitely qualifies as “first-world problems”.
Salty Sam
Wife and I got our first shot (Moderna) yesterday! We weren’t expecting it- living here on a tiny island off of Puerto Rico, with poor communications and “life on island-time”, we just expected to get vaccinated whenever we returned to the States.
But Monday there was a vaccination day for anyone who had pre-registered (native residents), and at the end of the day, they had leftovers, and sent out the message that anyone could show up on Tuesday and get the shot until they ran out. We got in line about a half hour early, and got registered, got the shot, and were out in under an hour.
I didn’t expect to be so excited about this, but the feeling that this pandemic nightmare is ending is wonderful!
ETA I’ll take the Kamala sticker, but I really can’t wait to get the “Corvette Joe” sticker in a few weeks.
WaterGirl
@Ken: If you can’t get scheduled for a shot yet, you can take your pick of all the frustration stickers.
Gin & Tonic
It’s two weeks since I got Pfizer #1, and am on schedule to get #2 on St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t think there will be green beer after the shot. All in all it went smoothly and I had no ill effects. Administered by the State DoH, and largely run by National Guard personnel in uniform, in a large now-vacant office building.
I’ll hold off on a sticker until I get the second.
Austin Bailey
The day that California authorized vaccinations for 65 and older, I got a notice from my health care provider, Scripps, with sign-up information. I was given a choice of locations and times for vaccination. There were a few questions to answer and then I printed out an appointment confirmation with a bar code to be scanned at the site. I chose a site in a Scripps clinic parking lot in La Jolla just across the street from the Torrey Pines golf courses. All done in my car drive through style with a 15 minute timer attached to my car after the shot so I could be monitored in a section of the parking lot set aside for post shot observation.
No crowd or line up of cars for my first shot, but a much larger crowd three weeks late when I got my second. The whole process was quick, essentially painless and done in a highly professional manner by the team at Scripps. Obviously, I needed internet access to make the appointment, but it wasn’t a complicated process and it was all on the same health care site that I routinely use for appointments, billing and which contains my, thankfully scant, medical records.
I think I will go with the Harris/Biden sticker set.
Ken
@WaterGirl: Oh, is that why all that stuff showed up below my comment? I just skipped over it, thinking it was one of the ad embeds. Hmm, decisions, decisions… Do you have one saying “Obama has failed me. Again.” ?
Raoul Paste
I had to laugh when I saw the last image
Somehow a duck in a scarf doesn’t remind me of vaccinations, which is what makes it hilarious
zhena gogolia
I got one Pfizer in the parking lot — Samwise!
My husband got J&J Monday in a former Catholic elementary school — Betty’s pup!
Dagaetch
I got the J&J shot on Saturday! Felt slightly guilty, since I lead a very low-risk lifestyle at the moment, but my doctor said “you’re eligible, get it” so I did. Woke up the next morning extremely tired and achy, spent about 24 hours that way. Extremely minor and acceptable trade off for, you know, not risking death or hospitalization. Got the shot from CVS and it went super smooth, credit to them for having a simple and functional system in place.
@WaterGirl re sticker – surprise me!
Kosh III
My local Kroger was giving shots. I signed up for an appt 3 days later.
I arrive and “No, you’re not on the list. You’re the 4th person today to make an appt and not be put on the list. No, we can’t make an new appt-go back to the website and do it again.” I said Frak Kroger.
I went to the city health dept website, signed up, got an appt for 4 days later. The only site is the convention center downtown.
It’s a 30 min drive. The promised people to direct me to free parking were MIA. I finally found it. Go in the lobby, then up to the next level, walk half the length of the building, turn the corner and go to the far end of the building.
Here I signed in and got in line with about 80 other people It took 45 minutes of standing in line before I was given my shot. Then told to go sit down for 15 min and wait. I did, then it was another 30 min to home.
Next appt is on the 25th.
raven
I am a full month out from getting the second covid and my 62 year old bride got lucky on a waiting list and got #1 last Saturday. Our issue now is taking care of the old doggie and making him as comfortable as possible. While he didn’t really enjoy our last beach trip we may go ahead and make a reservation for May and take him down there.
Any old dog tag for me.
WaterGirl
@Ken: Sorry! These are the only vaccine frustration stickers we have at this point. I thought we were doing good to have 4! :-)
Maybe in the next round.
WaterGirl
@Raoul Paste: Well Penelope was all about love, and about the hugs, so she’s a symbol of the hugs we will soon be able to get again. That was my theory anyway.
raven
Any word from Not Max? I think he’s on fairly high ground but Maui is getting hammered.
debbie
I got the first shot on Monday 3/1. Today is the first day I have not felt fluish. I’m still achy. The second one I’m sure will be a real trip.//
realbtl
I got my second Feb 23 and got my first haircut since May 26 yesterday. Relief!
Emma
I got my first Pfizer shot on Sunday at a nearby Fred Meyer, taking advantage of Biden’s push to vaccinate educators. Thankfully, Kroger is not being an asshole (knock on wood) with insurance, because I have an HMO plan that decidedly does not include Fred Meyer pharmacies. I did think it was a bit poorly planned that, after the shot, they told me to wait in the deli section, which has no seating or anything that looks remotely like a waiting area, so I was apparently the only one who bothered. Anyway, the injection site was sore, and I was pretty fatigued the day after, but nothing that wasn’t solved with mild painkillers and sleep. Excited for the last shot!
Can I get the Kamala sticker? :D
FredW
I’m late to the thread. Got my first Moderna shot the end of January at Dodger Stadium in LA.
The setup and organization was just amazing. It was totally drive thru, never left the car.
When it came time for the 2nd shot it was in the middle of the winter storm in the Midwest/Texas and I was getting antsy. They said I’d get a text/email 3-7 days before my 28 day point. That came and went with no info. Finally, on my 29th day I got a text saying I had a reservation for a couple days later, Friday at 5:30pm. Having lived in LA for 35 years there is no way I am driving thru downtown at 5:30pm even to get a vaccine :) Luckily there was a link to reschedule which I clicked and I was able to get an appointment the next afternoon, which I grabbed.
The first time I breezed thru in less than an hour. This time it probably took 2 1/2 hours as the place was packed. I think it was only the 2nd day they had started up after shutdown.
Now I am just waiting for She Who Must Be Obeyed to get Her shot. It will be a race between Her 65th birthday in June and opening up to a younger are group.
Peale
Well, the Moderna Rash is real. A week after I got the poke, my arm started itching and its actually more sore a week later than it was 24 hours after the shot. That said, I’m happy to have some kind of side effect as I was starting to worry my immune system had decided to take PTO.
WaterGirl
@realbtl: When I was adding your sticker, I noticed that you have something totally crazy in the URL field. You will probably want to delete that completely before you post your next comment.
chris
My RN friend slipped me in on a day when they had extra doses because of cancellations. I’m in NC and I’m 55..NOT a teacher so I did get in before my time. She had told me that they had routinely been having a few leftovers at the end of the day and that they would generally just go to the waiting room (this is at a local hospital) and ask for volunteers. It happened a few times and she started keeping a list. The day I got mine they had 54!! cancellations out of about 500. Her and her coworkers called everyone they knew and filled those 54 slots in 30 minutes!
ETA–Had my first shot on 2/25, Moderna..due back on 3/25 for #2
raven
@FredW: My sis got hers there too. The second made her pretty sick which sucked because she’s alone.
MattF
Due for a J&J shot on Friday. Local CVS, within walking distance of my front door. Getting the appointment took a two hour wait, but it worked and I got a confirmation. This is in contrast to my attempt to get an appointment at a state-run mass vaccine site, where I got dozens of errors and time-outs and no confirmation. One might imagine that govt-run sign-ups would have learned by now how to run heavily trafficked sites in a stable fashion, but no.
WaterGirl
@Peale: My arm was really red after the first shot, but holy cow that was nothing compared to the horrifying RED!!! after the second shot. It’s still red 2 weeks later, but a much lighter shade.
GeriUpNorth
I was able to get in on some doses of Moderna vaccine that were made available because they were expiring, so I’ve had my first shot and an appointment for the second. I don’t normally have a reaction to vaccines, but I had a pretty sore arm and was vomiting during the night afterwards, so I’m not looking forward to the second shot. It will be a relief to have it done though.
I’d like the Samwise sticker!
WaterGirl
@debbie: That calls for Henry!
Omnes Omnibus
I am not in any particular risk group, so I will patiently wait until the people whose lives depend on getting the vaccination get theirs. There will be plenty and my time will come.
Dillweed
Got the J&J Monday @ Camp Perry in Ottawa county OH. County health dept. did a great job. Gimme Kamala!
cain
I got nothing – I will wait for the surge.
Almost Retired
I signed up for Dr. B after reading about it in this morning’s New York Times (www.hidrb.com). You provide them with your location, and they will text you if there are leftover vaccines anywhere nearby. You have to respond in 15 minutes, and be realistic about whether you can access the location by the deadline (this is Los Angeles, where distance is measured in time). So, fingers-crossed.
Sure Lurkalot
@Peale: I’ve got that rash going too. 8 days past my first Moderna. It’s not too bothersome, which is good because antihistamines and I don’t mix. They wipe me out for days.
WaterGirl
@MattF: Great news. Don’t forget to come back for your victory lap and a sticker.
Zeecube
We got second Moderna shots yesterday. Rather anticlimactic when compared to first one. Mild side effects. Sore arm, some achyness, tiredness, for about 24 hrs. But as our President says, Got the Shots!
PJ
I got my first shot (Pfizer) last week (thank you, co-morbidities!) This was in Manhattan at NYU Langone. About 5 minutes to fill out a form online, then a ten minute wait to get the shot, and fifteen minutes waiting after that to make sure you were not too woozy to walk (I had no reaction to the vaccine). I’d guess there were about 20 stations around the room delivering shots, and the nurse I had said she thought she averaged about 100 shots per day. If that holds true for the other stations, they were delivering 2000 shots/day there (they were not scheduling night appointments then). Some of the public sites in NYC are now open 24/7, and, with all the J&J vaccine coming on line now, I’d guess by the end of May every adult in NYC who wants to will be vaccinated.
Shakti
1)My mother received her second Pfizer shot on Monday. She reported arm soreness and feeling very tired yesterday.
2)My childhood friend and his mother got their first shots a week ago. She got it because she’s over 65 and very medically fragile. She has extreme vertigo and artery blockage. He got it because the site had leftover shots. He’s not quite that old but he was taking Lipitor in his 20s.
debbie
@WaterGirl:
Sniffle, thanks!
WaterGirl
@Almost Retired: Fingers crossed for you.
WaterGirl
@Shakti: Let me know if you want stickers.
RobertDSC-Mac Mini
Still not eligible, but my city has a medical clinic and outreach program for eligible people that is close by. So I’m heartened by knowing that the basic infrastructure is already up and running near me.
Kropacetic
2nd shot as of about a month ago. I feel a little more secure, but still not planning on visiting a movie theatre any time soon. I honestly wouldn’t mind if this all resulted in people becoming acculturated to wearing a mask at most times in public in general.
Bobby Thomson
#1 yesterday. Monday night I was tearing my hair out trying to snag any cancelled Rite Aid appointments and not being quick enough when the Facebook group I had just joined had a post about Penn State Health having several appointments. Got one easily within a 90 minute drive (which is great for Pennsylvania). Mostly white folks, mostly olds.
We need more public mass vaccination events. A lot of olds don’t have internet or patience.
Almost Retired
@Kropacetic: Totally agree — I would love to see more general mask-wearing after the virus abates, at least for awhile. I generally catch a late Fall cold every November, like clockwork. Not in 2020. Nuttin’ — not even a sniffle. Not to mention that temporary near-extinction of the seasonal flu.
lee
@Ken: After discussing it here, my wife and I are getting our first shot today.
My wife sort of qualifies (there is some debate whether veterinarians qualify or not). I am the same as you (under 60 no pre-existing conditions).
Here is how I went about getting my shot. I’m not sure where you live or your situation, but it might work for you.
I live in Texas which has never had a short supply of idiots. These idiots tend to live in small towns.
I went on the CVS web site that has a easy to navigate vaccine finder. I waited until a small town close to me had openings and waited a few hours (I think it was 12). They still had openings, so I scheduled for my wife & I to get vaccinated.
I’m sure as shit not going to have ‘vaccine guilt’ because some idiots think the pandemic isn’t real or whatever nonsense they have come up with.
Also as a side note, the county I live in has completely and totally dropped the ball on their entire pandemic response. They do not have a single mass vaccination site in the county. Both counties on either side of us have sites set up. It should be obvious that the GOP runs the county here.
Steeplejack (phone)
@WaterGirl:
Looks like a short reply to OzarkHillbilly that went astray.
WaterGirl
@RobertDSC-Mac Mini: @Omnes Omnibus:
I think people who are patiently waiting –or are attempting to do so – deserve Penelope.
dnfree
We got our shots through the local hospital network (Advocate Aurora, in Illinois). Spouse and I have different primary doctors but both are in that network. We were contacted a couple of weeks apart, so my guess is that each medical office was going through patients by age and condition. We’re old and we have conditions.
At first there were no appointments available and the process for checking was appalling (speaking as a retired systems analyst). You answered all the questions, selected locations that could work, then got a calendar to click on days that might work—except that none of the days had appointments. So you had to go through all the steps from the beginning every time you checked. (Do you live in Chicago? Nope, same as yesterday, I still don’t live in Chicago.)
I had gotten discouraged, and then my husband tried and the system had actually changed to show him days with availability. So we got appointments for first shots in early February and second shots last week.
Two daughters are vaccinated, one as a librarian for her city and the other as a teacher. Their families are not vaccinated, nor is the youngest daughter.
Biden sticker?
WaterGirl
@lee: Totally agree with you. Cheating or jumping the line isn’t right, but availing yourself of the opportunity – go for it.
I would feel much better knowing that my vet was vaccinated, and the dog groomer or anyone else who offers a service.
cain
@Almost Retired: Thanks for the link! I signed up for that – hopefully I might get a chance of an early shot here.
Kropacetic
@Watergirl: I just noticed that editing comments resets the editing time window, so one can edit comments indefinitely. Is this known?
Major Major Major Major
Got my first Moderna last week. Sore arm for a couple days, like a flu shot x2. Malaise for a few hours, minor brain fog. Cannabis & Tylenol, er, didn’t clear it up but I stopped caring.
I live in NYC and it was REALLY EASY to get a dose at this website https://vax4nyc.nyc.gov/patient/s/
WaterGirl
@Kropacetic: Yes, I asked for that. It’s a feature, not a bug. :-)
At least I thought so!
WaterGirl
@Major Major Major Major: I know you got a sticker in a previous thread, but I don’t care. :-)
Samwise is a handsome boy.
StringOnAStick
We’re just under 65 so we don’t yet qualify here in OR. However, my husband has his first appointment with his new oncologist today and we’re going to ask about it. He has a chronic leukaemia that is still at Stage zero and has stayed there for 4 years, he feels fine and is more active than ever since he retired. We can stay fairly well locked down while doing outdoor activities away from others so we can wait our turn, though I hope we can get vaccinated soon.
Zelma
First shot, last Tuesday. Moderna. I had no real side effects that I know of. I mean, I have so many aches that I might not notice a few more. Second shot scheduled for 3/30. I had signed up for one of NJ’s mass sites, but the earliest appointment was 3/19. I got the notice that I could sign up for the county site three blocks from my house and jumped on it. A very pleasant experience. I was in and out in 30 minutes and that included catching up with a friend. I feel very fortunate that it was so easy and would accept any sticker.
I’m looking forward to socializing with friends once they are all safe. Looks like the end of April. And seeing my vaccinated son. But I’ll probably skip Easter service at church. Too soon after the second shot.
Kropacetic
@WaterGirl: Oh, good. I actually like it too as someone who has frequently been booted out of editing. It was just odd and surprising to notice for the first time and I haven’t seen it discussed.
Major Major Major Major
@WaterGirl: hehe yay! He’s the best.
Just thought I’d share my experience here too.
Darkrose
Kaiser sent out an email on Sunday announcing that they were adding educators to the eligibility list for Phase 1B. I checked, and since it didn’t seem to be limited to K-12, I decided to see if I could make an appointment. The answer turned out to be yes: the website offered my my choice of times that day, starting in 10 minutes from when I started looking. I decided to wait and schedule an appointment for Monday.
At 12:30 I drove over to the state fairgrounds at Cal Expo. A guy giving directions pointed me to Building 4 where he said there was no line. I walked in, confirmed that I was (way) over 16 and not experiencing any symptoms or currently quarantining, showed my ID and Kaiser card, and got my first dose of the Moderna shot. The entire process took about 20 minutes, including the 15 minutes of waiting afterwards.
I was excited to get what I’ve been calling the Dolly Shot. So far the side effects have been that my left arm is pretty sore. I haven’t had an irresistable urge to sing “Jolene”; maybe that comes with the second dose?
I would, of course, love the “Thanks, Dolly!” sticker. ???
Philbert
@Philbert: ? Where did that pic spontaneously appear..?
Duke of Clay
I am 13 days out from my second Pfizer shot. The process was remarkably easy, in large part because Kentucky has a Democratic governor who knows how to get things done. I got an email from the healthcare system where I get all my care indicating that they were opening up three vaccine clinics and that as a 70+ I was eligible for the vaccine. I made my appointment for the next week online, went to a very well organized site, and was in and out in 30 minutes. At my second shot I was told that the website would go live in no more than three days for 60+ to get appointments. The next day we checked in and found that my wife’s chart had added the option for scheduling the vaccine. We immediately scheduled her for the next day. It took her about 45 minutes but only because she got a little dizzy after the shot, and they made her drink some orange juice. (She always gets dizzy after shots, so this was not a side effect of the vaccine.)
WaterGirl
@Kropacetic: I hated having to race the clock for an edit on the old site! The trick now is that if you decide to edit when you are very close to the end of the 5-minute window, just hit Edit and add an “X” or something – anywhere in the comment. save the edit, and then you can go back in with a leisurely 5-minute window.
Fleeting Expletive
I got Moderna #1 last week through an appointment that my daughter set up for me, from her laptop 1700 miles away. It involved a 100 mile round trip, which I wouldn’t have volunteered for had she not done so. Army people managed the site, at an empty box store in a large mall. .
I sharpie’d my mask with “1st Vaccine 3-2-2021” so the world will know I’m almost safe.
I’m happy I got the Dolly Parton shot.
WaterGirl
@Major Major Major Major: Not to mention the helpful link!
Super Dave
My wife and I both got our second shots on 8 February. Pfizer. Had mild side effects, but more reaction than first shot. We’re in Northern Nevada, and got shots at the high school in a drive through manned largely by National Guard troops. Our local Guard unit is a Logistics command, and the seemed to have a very good handle on the process. Registration was done online, and second dose was scheduled at the same time as registration for the first dose. We can now see our grandkids in nearby Reno. Very happy. Our little town currently has 28% of adult population vaccinated.
rikyrah
Love this thread ☺️☺️☺️
Kropacetic
@WaterGirl: Brilliant, thank you.
WaterGirl
@Philbert: That was me, handing out a sticker. :-)
I can delete it if you like, or give you a different sticker if you prefer.
PAM Dirac
My wife has contact with COVID patients, so she went early. Got her second shot (Pfizer) mid-January. She knew the scheduling system, so I was able to get my first shot (Pfizer) the first day 65s were eligible. Side effects were about like the shingles double shot for me, fairly sore arm for a day or two, but nothing more than just a bit bothersome. Got my second Feb 12, so I am officially vaccinated. Hasn’t made any difference so far. I went to pick up a wine club order from a local winery and the place was crowded, with many maskless people. All were sitting at their own table and masked up when they got up, but still it was surprisingly unsettling. I’ve never liked crowds anyway, so I suspect that I will be running away for any crowds for a good long time. Make that two woofs please.
JustRuss
Got the first Pfizer two weeks ago, at Reser Stadium on the Oregon State Univeristy campus. Friend of a friend got me a volunteer slot, I spent a few hours unpacking syringes. They held a lottery at the end of the day, I got lucky and got one of the leftover doses.
There was a line of people waiting outside in the cold for hours hoping to get a leftover, there was none for them. I felt bad for them. But I’m considered essential and have to interact with college students, who aren’t always the most careful when it comes to Covid, so I have to say the sense of elation and relief overcame the guilt.
To be Frank
For the first time in my life I’m not irritated by the fact that I developed asthma in the Army (too many training sessions being exposed to CS.) I was eligible to get my shot because I’m asthmatic. I expect this lack of irritation to last until my age group in general becomes eligible (which should be next week.)
Omnes Omnibus
@WaterGirl: I don’t need a sticker. What I really need is for Aspirus in central WI to get the lead out and get shots for my parents. My mom doesn’t want to step outside their healthcare network because, if either she or my dad has an adverse reaction, she wants them to be someplace where emergency care is available immediately.
Jager
Got my 2nd Moderna at Kaiser Family practice in Ventura on Monday, 2:20 appointment, back in the car, and on the road by 3. During the 15 minute waiting period, Kaiser had a nurse observe us and answer questions. She was almost doing a stand-up routine. She asked me if I had any reaction to my first shot, I told her I had a headache and took care of it with three Tylenol and a stiff glass of scotch, She said, “I’d skip the Tylenol and just have the scotch.”
I was pretty damn tired on Tuesday, feel great now. I’ll take Old Joe in his old Corvette.
Roger Moore
I was lucky to be able to get my shot through work relatively early; my second shot was at the end of January. I feel a little guilty, because my employer bent the rules a bit to classify me as an essential healthcare worker and thus eligible. OTOH, they bent those same rules to justify me working in person during the shutdowns, so I don’t feel too guilty about it.
Tikka sticker, plz.
Zanamu
Got the 1st Pfizer shot yesterday. I placed myself on the community list & the university one – city of Lincoln, Nebraska got to me first. Went to the Pinnacle Arena downtown. Parking was free. It took a minute to fill out my form, a brief chat with an MD: total time elapsed from door to vaccine was about 7 minutes. Easy peasy. Because the arena was so large & diligent social distancing, also got a mile of walking in.
WaterGirl
@Omnes Omnibus: Removed the sticker, lickety-split. Wish I could do the same for the vaccine for your parents.
Dan B
I got my first jab Saturday two weeks after my partner and friends got their second jabs. Turns out I was trying to sign up on a Kaiser website through a search for ‘Kaiser sign up’. This is a ‘member’ page, not a ‘patient’ page . I gave up and called – seven week wait. After seven weeks I couldn’t find the site, Kaiser Administration campus. The directions did not include the two lane road with no sign. It looked like it went into the Transit Center parking lot. Lots of cars were turning around in the dead end a block away, same as me.
When I found it there was a line and so many people they stopped the line for about fifteen minutes.
Jab was almost unnoticeable but I had jab site pain starting twelve hours later – still achy four days later. I’m glad to know my immune system is annoyed and busy.
Yesterday I finally got the Kaiser website issues worked out. I’ve had several. Their web master(s?) seem like they are averse to testing with normal humans. Links with incorrect instructions, websites that need signing in – but fail to mention that detail. The list goes on.
It’s not surprising my partner and friends had their second jabs two weeks before I got my first. Implementation is challenging.
Ken
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Mousebumples
Got my first Moderna dose last week. I’ll take a Dolly sticker, please!
Pain, headache, and tiredness for about 36 hours afterwards, but mostly better now. Things ran smoothly at Walgreens. ??
Eunicecycle
My husband and I got the first Pfizer shot last Thursday. I used a website called VaccineFinder to locate openings about 90 miles away and we decided to go for it. I think it was the day after I vented on here about not being able to find any appointments!
ETA: the first sticker please
Dan B
@WaterGirl: The Seattle Times reports that the X chromosome regulates the immune system. Men have one, women two so they react more strongly to vaccines and are more prone to autoimmune diseases like MS.
I wonder if the Pharmas have factored in women’s reactions.
Anotherlurker
Got the 2nd Moderna shot on 03?03. Flu-like symptoms followed hours later and abated after 2 days. I’m still dealing with periodic fatigue but all in all, I’m glad that I live in the age where vaccines are a real thing.
W.G., I yield to your wisdom and majesty in the assigning of my sticker
On 2nd thought, give me Dolly, please.
sab
Shot 2 today. They gave us appointments for shot two at shot 1, so it was like old home week. Same people waiting, one month later. We compared notes on reactions.
Can I have Tikka or two ducklings for my sticker
Moderna
Brachiator
I got the first Moderna jab on March 4. It already seems like an eon ago. I got it at a local pharmacy, and it was easy, no waiting. No negative reactions aside from a little soreness in my arm.
I guess I was lucky to get the shot when I did in some ways. I live in a Southern California community where idiots have used various techniques to try to jump the line and hijack the appointment system. This is resulting in delays as health officials try to fix the problems.
I have a relative in Texas, a woman in her 40s, who got the first vaccine, but who later tested positive for the virus and came down with pneumonia. She is doing much better now.
WV Blondie
I have a shot-related question: I started getting texts from something called VSafe, from CDC, asking me to answer a short survey about my health, after I got my first shot. I was worried that it was spam, but it said https:// and cdc.gov, so I went ahead and started filling it out. Now it shows up every day at the exact same time.
Is anyone else getting this? Did I (anonymously, of course) get included in a safety tracking study?
Jackie
I got my 2nd Pfizer shot Friday. Ironically, I had more side effects with the 1st vaccination than the 2nd. I want the Biden sticker – he is the one who made sure I was able to get mine!♥️
MomDoc
I got shot #2 last Monday, and my husband got #2 last Wednesday. I premedicated myself with Tylenol like I do with all of my vaccines so I really only had a sore arm for a couple of days.
We are now trying to get our daughter with Down Syndrome her shots — she turns 16 on Monday.
I will take the green balloon sticker please!
Ghost of Joe Liebling*s Dog
First one down (Pfizer) with no side effects to speak of. The intense feeling of relief took me by surprise though.
Paul W.
My mom and my little sister just got their 1st Pfizer shots, they had to drive 2 hours and 1 hour respectively because the Texas governor is a piece of shit and is withholding doses from Dallas and Austin where they live.
really glad they are started. Next up is my dad, other sister and then someday myself and my fiancé will get ours here in NYC.
Gravenstone
We recently got bumped up to 1B through work (vaccine supply chain) so I am scheduled for Moderna (which we directly support) poke #1 a week from today. Looking forward to it.
WaterGirl
@Dan B: Interesting!
VeniceRiley
There may be parts of CA with volunteer slots available still: 4 hour shift and you get a shot
https://myturnvolunteer.ca.gov/s/landing
WaterGirl
@Paul W.: I swear the Rs are mostly sociopaths. I am so grateful that we have a Dem governor now after the piece of crap R we had before this.
catclub
@Ken:
also asking the phone operator to look up phone number for “/usr/group”
WaterGirl
@WV Blondie: I did not.
WaterGirl
I think I have stickered everyone with a shot, but if I missed you, let me know and I will remedy that post-haste.
way2blue
I got my second Moderna shot Saturday at a rec center near the track & other athletic facilities on the Stanford campus. Very well organized. I ‘checked in’ ahead of time via Stanford’s MyHealth web portal. Just a few obvious questions. Plus I was sent a QR code by email which I showed the nurse administering the shot. (Vaccinations are given on a basketball court—with a large curtain separating two courts.) I arrived maybe 10 minutes early, a few people in line ahead of me, showed my CDC card to the check-in person, skipped the table where cards are handed out to those getting their first dose. Then around the curtain, looking for a nurse waving at me. He added a sticker to my card after my shot. I asked him whether the CDC card would work for international air travel in lieu of a recent CoVID-19 test. He said some states are starting to issue ‘immunization passports’ and figured that might become standard in the future. Checked out at another mobile station, sat for my 15 minutes, then on my way… A sore arm & a few achy muscles. But otherwise simple & smooth…
< WaterGirl please give me the sticker with JGC’s magnificent cat >
The Fat White Duchess
I got my second Pfizer shot last week, and the Duke got his yesterday.
I can’t remember the sticker-critters’ names; may I please have the furry tabby? And my husband can tell you what he wants.
Scout211
@WV Blondie:
We were given a pamphlet from vsafe when we got the first shot. It looked to us like you had to opt-in to the vsafe program and we decided not to, unless we had some weird side effects. So maybe you accidentally opted-in to vsafe.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/faq.html
Chester
Got my second Pfizer shot yesterday! So far so good.
So glad it went quickly this time (1 hour) – this being South Florida, the first shot meant 4 hours in a line of cars slowly winding through a park. We can do better, Broward!
(I’ll take a Dolly, thanks)
Humanities Prof
I got the first shot about 45 minutes ago–Pfizer.
Slight (very slight) headache, just enough to be noticeable, and a tiny tinge of muscle soreness in my left arm. Symptoms are so slight that I can’t really say with certainty that they’re related to the shot at all.
And I’ll take the doggie 1-dose done sticker, plz.
Timurid
Rags to riches story here. Before yesterday it wasn’t clear if I’d be eligible any time soon (college faculty but teaching online this semester). Then with no warning, Louisiana opened eligibility for everyone over 18 with a long list of medical conditions. With high blood pressure, I qualified. I expected it might take weeks to get an actual appointment, but I checked around online because why not? I got a hit on my third attempt (a Walmart pharmacy) and got an appointment for today. There was nearly a snag at the last moment. As they were doing my paperwork, somebody took my temperature with a gun style thermometer. The reading was 99. They told me I could not be vaccinated with a fever. They told me to sit down for 5 minutes, and then they would take another reading. That was five minutes of sheer terror… but on the second try my temp was normal. I’d gotten there very early, allowing myself a lot of time (it was an unfamiliar location) and waited in my car until it was time. 15 minutes in a warm car may have been the problem. After I passed the temperature check, everything went smoothly. My shot was Moderna, and they made an appointment for the second dose on the spot. No side effects so far after 2 hours other than slight tingling and burning around the injection site.
Looking forward to my Freedom Day, April 22 (second shot + 14 days)…
(no idea how to use stickers… I guess one shot cat)
citizen dave
We need a BJ thermometer tracker! I got shot #2 (moderna) at Kroger last Saturday (a young Indian-American (I assume) pharmacist who helpfully told me side effects happen 12 to 24 hours later. Made me again realize the beautiful diversity of our nation). Was quite fatigued Sunday and had to have nap for 3-4 hours. My wife is getting her #2 tomorrow afternoon.
My wife asked me last night how I feel about it all. I said it hasn’t sunk in yet. Perhaps in a few weeks when I can visit my 87 year old dad who lives two hours away.
I will also enjoy the Steve sticker
TheQuietOne
Western Missouri here. 67 with conditions!! Local county let me on the list but I get updated weekly that they have no shots. My better half is watching on line what others are doing for shots in our area and found the pharmacy 4 blocks away had started a list. I got on it but their systems down when I tried to schedule.
Out of the blue my preferred hospital system sent me email offering to schedule me. I go next week.
dlw32
I am also a member of what I like to call the “Two Timer Club”… :)
Had my second shot on Saturday (Pfizer). I didn’t have any kind of reaction at all to the first one. The second one had me feeling icky and achey for two days. But still very much better than ending up on a ventilator…
My wife gets her second shot next week. Hopefully she won’t be hit so hard (she’s getting Moderna)
WaterGirl
@The Fat White Duchess: You’re not good with critter names; I am not good with names of types of cats.
We are quite the pair.
If you did not want John Cole’s cat Steve, let me know who you did want. :-)
WaterGirl
@Humanities Prof: I see a Dose Done (Badger) and there are three “one and done” for Johnson & Johnson. If I didn’t guess right, you can always go with directions that say row x, column y.
WaterGirl
@dlw32: What sticker would you like?
Bob7094
Got my second Pfizer shot two days ago at the Gloucester County / Rowan College mega site. Much better experience than the first time. On arrival got directed to the Senior/Handicap Clinic with no more than two people in line, instead of an hour wait with hundreds of others. One hour drive home completed in daylight and with no freezing rain (like last time).
Tikka please.
JaneE
First dose of Moderna yesterday at Kaiser in Hesperia. My husband got his 2nd dose at the same time. It was a lot smoother and easier than his first dose. For his we filled out about 3 pages if questions, none at all for me. Both of us were in and out in about 25 minutes, including the 15 minute wait. I took longer because they double checked that it was long enough after my round of acylovir – antiviral. No side affects, but hubby bumped against his and reported it really hurt. So far mine is very much like a flu shot, only hurts if I put pressure on it.
Tuxedo kitten one dose sticker, please.
something fabulous
@WaterGirl: I missed altogether that you got yours! BOTH of them! Weeeee! congrats, you must be so relieved. ??
Humanities Prof
@WaterGirl: Nope, you nailed it.
cckids
I feel you. Supposedly, my cohort will be opening up March 22, here in WA. I’ve gotta say, after a year working face to face with customers in a grocery store, I’m numb. I’m shocked I haven’t gotten Covid (unless I have . . . ) It’s been an experience, that’s for sure.
WV Blondie
@Scout211: Thanks! I have no memory of opting in, but it’s not like I mind or anything.
Suzanne
I get shot #2 nine days from now. Mr. Suzanne gets his second shot on Friday. SuzMom felt low-grade crappy for about two days after her second dose, but not too bad.
My FIL came home from the hospital yesterday. He had a seizure on Saturday night and my MIL called an ambulance. Neither of them are vaccinated (they live in Arkansas). They have been really good about distancing but haven’t been able to get a vaccine yet. But I don’t think they’ve been really pushing hard; last we discussed it, my MIL said she was “waiting for a call back” from her doctor or something. I tried to impress on her that getting the appointments will take a bit more tenacity. I am worried that my FIL will contract it while he’s in the hospital. Hospitals are gross. I work in them.
WaterGirl
@something fabulous: Two weeks ago tomorrow.
WaterGirl
@cckids: Here in Illinois, where I live at least, they did essential workers about 6 weeks ago. This checkerboard approach is fucked up. Still amazed that Biden has been able to turn things around this quickly.
WaterGirl
@Suzanne: With all that stress, I thought ducklings would be good. Let me know if you want someone else, too.
Suzanne
@WaterGirl: I love the ducks.
Spawn the Youngest is learning animals and their sounds. She does the cutest “quack quack” ever.
martha
I got jab #1 at a local supermarket on Monday. Our tier in Colorado bumped down to 60 and above last Friday, so I snagged a slot. It was sort of like “whack a mole”, of course LOL. Got my info entered, then the slot disappeared, rinse and repeat. But, I persisted and won!
The pharmacist was really good—I didn’t feel it at all. She laughed and told me to wait a few hours. I got Moderna and yes, my arm ached for a day. Not bad, just knew I’d actually gotten the dose.
Shot 1 sticker, of course!
GeriUpNorth
@WV Blondie: I’m getting those surveys from the CDC, but it was something I signed up for from a handout they gave me when I got my first shot.
Torrey
Got mine on Friday. I’d signed up for the county, the state and a few healthcare organizations, and one of the latter came through. Johnson & Johnson at the local community college’s gymnasium/field house. They could have used more signage for parking, but aside from that and waiting outside in 28 degrees, everything went smoothly. In line at 9:35, headed back to the car at 10:15. Was fine most of the day, but hit sudden exhaustion and wooziness around 8:00 p.m.–the feeling one gets when one’s about to come down with a case of the flu. Next morning, back to normal and no side effects since.
I am surprised at how relieved I feel. I didn’t think this was weighing on me so much.
May I have a balloon with a beige background, please?
debbie
@Omnes Omnibus:
I am sure there will be an emergency vehicle available wherever shots are administered. They monitor people closely for 15 minutes before letting them go. I myself got to smell the vehicle’s exhaust for the whole 15 minutes.
Ann Marie
I’m over 65, but in Philadelphia that does not put me near the front of the line right now, so I was surprised to get a call from my pharmacy last week. Someone had cancelled and they didn’t want to waste the shot, so I was able to get my first shot of the Moderna vaccine. So happy! I’ll get the second on March 30. I did feel lousy the next day and my arm ached for a few days, but totally worth it.
Laura Too
I got J & J today! In typical shitshow fashion…heard my text alert as I was getting out of the shower. Checked it & it was from my niece that my tier opened up & I could schedule on MyChart. No problem, throw a towel around me & sign in. Sign up for first available slot-10:15 Wednesday. Since it is 9:55 Tuesday I have plenty of time. Oh hell, it is Wednesday!!!!! Threw on clothes, got directions and sped off. Made it to the site with 2 minutes to spare. Line out the door, everyone was early but it didn’t matter. It was raining hard and rather chilly. I was very under dressed, clearly didn’t think this through. Don’t care, I’m in line for freedom!!!! Made it inside in 25 minutes, 35 minutes in line, 2 minutes for the questions & shot, and 15 minutes to wait. Very diverse crowd, BIPOC, young, old, all groups represented well, This is Minneapolis. I would like Badger Dose Done please.
Mary G
The thread is probably dead and I’ve already gotten my stickers, but I’m chuffed because the day after tomorrow is two weeks past my second shot where I can feel relatively safe. I had not realized what a huge amount of dread I had been carrying around until it started to go away.
WaterGirl
@Suzanne: Laughing because I can sort of imagine the quack quack.
WaterGirl
@Mary G: This thread will be up for 30 days in the sidebar, so it is far from dead!
Enjoy your congratulatory ducklings. :-)
mle
We got our first shots last week. I do not know if I am more relieved to have gotten them, or to not have to further deal with the Hunger Games/Black Friday/Feeding Frenzy that is trying to get an appointment in Massachusetts. I will never forget being 131,158th in line in the “online waiting room”, or “your waiting time is over a day” just waiting to get on the booking site, where, if you ever got there, there were no appointments left. A friend snuck me a phone number or we would still be trying. I see today that the state has decided to set up pre-registration at long last.
Van Buren
Getting shot #2 on Sunday around noon. It’s about 40 minutes from home, & a colleague says there is an awesome pizza place just a few blocks away. Of course, that’s probably true about any address in NYC.
kirbster
I got my first Pfizer shot on March 7th at an abandoned Circuit City store hidden in a warren of strip malls and big box stores in Dartmouth, MA. It really did look like the sort of place a kidnapper might have you drop off a duffel bag full of ransom money or where you would buy stolen goods off the back of a truck near the old loading dock. Still, once I found the place, the shot was dispensed efficiently. The second shot is scheduled for March 28th. I could do without the second 150-mile round trip, but it’s doubtful that I’ll find any place on Cape Cod that is offering 2nd dose Pfizer. (A few places now have the J&J vaccine.)
WaterGirl
@kirbster: Glad that you got the shot, and you were safe. That’s a long drive!
WaterGirl
@Van Buren: Come back after your second shot!
lahke
I just got the first Pfizer shot, in Boston. A tiny holdup while they found a non-alcohol swab (I’m allergic), but very smooth. I’m waiting out my 15 minutes, leaving me time to scan the sticker options. I vote for the tiny black kitten, One Dose Done. Thank you, Watergirl!
jame
I got the first round thanks to my socially-well -connected friend, who called to tell me that people weren’t showing up due to the bit o’ blizzard we had three weeks ago. I hopped in the only operative vehicle and had to call to get driving directions from her. It was a Mardi Gras miracle; I was told that “it’s your lucky day” — there was one dose left and I got it! And I didn’t even feel it, thanks to Captain Chavez, who is the best!
Yesterday I got the second round of Pfizer. It took longer, and hurt more, but I’m very glad to be done. I hate injections, but desperately miss seeing my grown children, and my old friends in Louisiana. I see this as hope for the Fall.
Sticker me with a two-dose Steve Cat, please.
ps. God bless Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham!
TEL
I got the first Pfizer shot last Friday! Total surprise for me – I didn’t think I’d be getting one for another month at the earliest. My mom lives in a seniors only building and the county health department scheduled a clinic at her building. She filled out paperwork for me as her caretaker because I’ve been doing all her shopping, laundry, etc for a year. Even though I don’t live with her, I still qualified, which was a surprise to me. They want the regular visitors and not just the residents vaccinated to minimize risk for everyone. Tuxedo kitten for me please!
grandmaBear
Second dose of Moderna done. A little digestive system issues plus sore joints, but I’m good! My autoharp teacher wants to resume lessons at the end of the month (still masked & we’ve both had both shots). My knitting circle that’s been meeting on zoom may try meeting outdoors if the weather is good – probably next month. Masked, definitely. Beginning to look like resuming some semblance of the before times. I’d like the Tikka picture. We’re both cool with it.
mle
@kirbster: I am also on fairly far out on Cape Cod, and would have gone to Dartmouth had there been any appointments I could find there, and we needed two at the same time to avoid two long treks. 4-Cs in Barnstable, where we went on March 5, is fast, efficient and easy to get to. They are doing all 3 kinds of shots, depending on what week it is, and whether the county or Cape Cod Healthcare is sponsoring that day’s clinic.
Thanks for the sticker!
Lexiltucky
Got my 1st dose (Pfizer) last Saturday at the stadium at UK. My dear wife, being a teacher, has already completed her Pfizer series and yesterday marked her waiting period expiration. We’ve been getting grocery curbside pickup so, today, she celebrated with a trip to the store for the 1st time in nearly a year.
She says she missed being able to select her own fruits & vegetable the most.
J R in WV
@WaterGirl:
I always add three periods — elipses — when I’m running out of time, and then just do whatever I wanted to do. Over and over if I’m having trouble with what I wanted to say. 5 minutes is never leisurely, however.
ETA: We’re Friday next week for our second shot of Moderna. Hope it’s not much more than the first one, which was ache in the arm.
I have so much achy all over that it would have to be really bad for me to tell from normal. Currently spending all my spare time on a heating pad with achy back.
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
One and done for me today. I got a text at the beginning of the month letting me know that Maryland was opening a new mass vax site in Southern MD and had a limited number of appointments available. I immediately logged on and signed up for one, for 11:45 today. The site is about 1 1/2 hour drive, but I’m retired so I could take the time. I got there an hour and a half early, and I’m glad I did. I didn’t get my shot until 1: even though the site was very efficiently run, and they kept us moving the whole time. There were just a LOT of people there! It was like spring break Disney World for cars! Anyway, I’m glad I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. I wouldn’t want to spend another 5 1/2 hours driving down, sitting in the car at the site for 2 1/2 hours, and driving back.
Looking forward to seeing my son in Boston for the first time in 2 years! YAY!
REinAZ
Got on the call list for leftover shots at a nearby Walgreens.
First dose of Moderna last Friday with second scheduled on April 2.
Whoo Hoo!
REinAZ
Got on the call list for leftovers at a nearby Walgreens. First dose of Moderna last Friday and second one scheduled on April 2.
Whoo Hoo!
WaterGirl
@KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager)): That’s very exciting about being able to see your son!
artem1s
getting my first shot tomorrow!
rjnerd
Got my first on the 28th of Feb. The hard part was getting the appointment. The state run (Mass) web site was flakey on its best day. When they opened up the injections to my cohort, I jumped on it.
Most sites are not doctors offices, but there was my wife’s gp showing availability. I went to their site, took the first available slot, and went thru the steps. It gave me a date in mid March, and said it would send me a confirmation email. I clicked ok, and it took me back to the beginning? No confirm arrived, so I called them on Monday when they opened. Turns out the system had given me an appointment on a day they were closed, and they were fully committed.
So back to the state site, After about a week of checking it pretty much hourly, I somehow snagged one at about the closest I could get to my house, a local CVS, 3 days later.
It went fine, I got there, and they had an assembly line going. The only real constraint they had was available space for the 15 minute wait after injection. More space, and they could have run even more thru.
Got Moderna, was tired the next day, and the injection site was sore to pressure for the next few days. Otherwise no problem (tho they warned me that shot 2 would hit harder).
artem1s
Got my first shot today. The U is working with the city of CLE and have opened a vaccine center next to their testing center in the auditorium. They are desperate to get back to normal and have prematurely, IMO, announced a full return to campus by July 1. I have my doubts about that and think they will be lucky to be able to hold in person classes by August/September. Summer is going to be a horror fest of superspreader events in Red and Blue parts of the state/US. And unless the U mandates vaccines for all staff and students, I’m boycotting working on campus with who knows who. I’m not taking a chance on becoming COVID Mary and unknowingly end up spreading around the next, more deadly variant brought onto campus by some MAGAt kid from west bumfuck Pennsyltucky WestbyGodVirginio.
Could be the only peeps left on the planet come Xmas will be the octogenarians+ and retirement facility staff who are getting their vaccines and who are forbidding non-vaxxers from coming on the premises. Gonna be an interesting next sequel in the 28 Days franchise.
SteverinoCT
First Moderna for my wife and I. After CT opened up to going just by age to cut through all the chaff (with teachers also in the first cut) I made two over-55 appointments for my wife and I for March 28. Unfortunately, she is not in the Yale-NewHaven system, so the time I wasted setting her up meant I had a shot nearby and hers was an hour away (and three hours’ difference). But it was a Sunday: her schedule isn’t as flexible as mine.
I kept plugging, though, and this Tuesday scored two appointments 25 min away for today, half an hour apart at a Walgreen’s (wife has off this week). They did us both together, so we didn’t even have to wait that half hour for her time. Dose two same location, April 8th! I’d like a kitten, please (a real one!).
WaterGirl
@artem1s: Congratulations! Which sticker would you like?
WaterGirl
@SteverinoCT: Sorry, no real kittens available. :-(
Perhaps something here will be acceptable.
rikyrah
I just took my second Fauci Ouchie ?
Got ??while typing this.
Same old White guy accompanied by his granddaughter was in front of me in line just like last time.☺️
I feel….
Hope ?
May I have 46 in his shades?
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: So glad for you, rikyrah!
trnc
I got my first Pfizer today. I’ve been waiting for the next group because I thought that’s when I was eligible, but I was reminded a couple of days ago that I was classified as an essential worker because I have to go into the office every once in a while. Given how rare that is, I was going to wait, but was encouraged to go.
My wife got the appt for me at a temporary drive through clinic about an hour away. I showed up about 45 minutes early, but they took me right in. It was very organized, so I didn’t have to wait long before the shot and then about 20 minutes after just to make sure I didn’t have any side effects. It was one of two shots I’ve gotten in my life where I wouldn’t have known I’d been jabbed if I hadn’t been looking at it.
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
Just got my first dose of Moderna this afternoon and my wife got the J&J on Tuesday. It seems like there should be fireworks or something after a year of pandemic.
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
@WaterGirl: I would like a lily sticker and a max sticker please!
Mandarama
I got my first shot today, Pfizer, at a mass event set up at our Music City Center. It was amazing! So well organized, full of cheerful volunteers, quick and easy process. The young medics at my table had chosen to come from OR to spend 30 days in Nashville doing inoculations–I thanked them over and over for doing so. Lots of FEMA personnel directing traffic around the place. 5-star-Yelp-review, even for my sore arm! 100% will return (on April Fools’ Day).
Baby Champ kitten, please and thank you!
frosty
I got the shot on the road – Walmart in Hattiesburg Mississippi. They’re “a little more lax”* about the in-state requirement.
We’ll be due for the second in California where lax isn’t part if their vocabulary.
Kamala Harris sticker pls!
* quote from the pharmacy tech.
prostratedragon
Shot, got!
My 2nd Pfizer early this morning, no issues so far; since it was early I had little sleep and should probably blame that for the next day, if any appear. Got it at Northwestern Memorial, where I’m a regular patient. They send out e-tickets through MyChart as risk groups become eligible. When I had the first shot last month I felt that, at 69 but with comorbidities, I was below the median age of those I saw, but less sure of that today, so things may be moving down the chain. The operation was well-organized and despite a computer glitch related to getting my second shot order recognized, I still was in and out under 30 minutes including observation time.
I live at an affordable housing highrise campus with a substantial proportion of seniors. The development, with the help of our alderwoman, had a vax-o-rama this past weekend, featuring Moderna shots. They made them available to people’s household and care assistants as well. I think this thing is really beginning to roll.
(Pats Henry on the head) May I have Tikka-doing-a-slow-burn-and-about-to-launch-a-spinning-reverse-swing-kick-into-the-little-fellow-on-his-tail?
batguano
Great experience! A rep from the local VA called to schedule my shot the day after I filled out a form online. My BIL saw on the news that I was eligible and let me know. I applied immediately from my local VA website, link front and center on the page. The doc that gave me the shot said she was starting to see a trickle of younger people (30s-40s). I received my first dose of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine and am scheduled for my second in a few weeks.
WaterGirl
@batguano: Yay! What sticker(s) would you like?
Steeplejack
Give me that Samwise shot. As a former owner of Russian blues, I know that “I’m looking at you but also 2,000 yards behind you” look.
batguano
@WaterGirl: 1 dose done kitten!
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Samwise is quite popular. He is so dapper!
divF
I got my second shot this morning (Moderna), through work. I had to stand outside in 45 degree weather for almost an hour, and I was wearing a short-sleeved t-shirt. But it was worth it.
So far, no side effects other than an achey arm.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
Russian blues are always dapper!
WaterGirl
@divF: Yikes, you must have been cold. Sticker?
IdahoGoatGirl
I got my first Pfizer dose yesterday. Since most of Idaho has no interest in being vaccinated they have opened up the 55 years and up category. I just called the health department and had an appointment for two hours later. The set up was great. Can I have a kitten one dose sticker?
divF
@WaterGirl:I missed the sticker thing – I guess I have been a little out of it from the vaccine (and still am). Can you insert the two ducklings ?
feloniousferb
Got my first shot (Moderna) yesterday! 2nd Scheduled for 9 April. If anyone has been to the Loudoun County, Va vaccination site, it’s amazing. It’s the entire first floor of the old Nordstrom store in Dulles Town Center mall. Amy, the nurse who gave me my shot, said they were giving 1500-1800 shots per day! There were dozens of volunteers and the place was humming. They are scheduling in ten minute blocks and there are upwards of 30-35 available slots every 10 minutes.
Be safe everyone!
opiejeanne
We got the first vaccine yesterday!!!
mr opiejeanne had a checkup with his doctor on Wednesday and asked about getting a n appointment. The doc had his nurse find a couple of numbers to try, and yesterday morning he was on hold for an hour before someone picked up the phone. They had appointments for this afternoon and we took them.
it was a slick assembly line system at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, and we were out in 30 minutes. They trained for two weeks before opening up, and today might have been their second day. Lots of volunteers from Microsoft getting everyone organized.
it was Pfizer so our second vaccinations are on April Fools Day.
so happy I could cry.
I’d like the Kamala sticker, please. I love her.
leeleeFL
Got Moderna number 2 this morning! Glad to have that done. We have had a couple outbreaks at my job that I miraculously have evaded at 70! I am a bit concerned about tomorrow, but if I feel crummy I will stay home from work. My boss already knows.
I’d like the ducklings 2 dose sticker, if you wouldn’t mind
hedgehog mobile
Firsts Moderna dose this morning. I signed up on every list I could think of, then got a text from CovidCheck Colorado that they were doing a drive through clinic today at a campus parking garage. My appt was at 8:45; finally got up to the nurse at 9:30. I think everyone decided to show up early. 15 minutes in the parking lot for observation, back home in an hour. Arm is a bit sore but not more than after a flu shot. Second dose already scheduled for April 9.
I would like the Kamala sticker, please…and thanks for doing this!!
SWMBO
I follow the South Florida Vaccine Information group on Facebook. Yesterday someone posted that they had to get their shot in Broward (they were in Palm Beach County) gave the number that they got their appointment. I called around 3 in the afternoon and was talking with a very nice lady. She set me up with an appointment, waited on the phone until we were sure I had the email, answered my questions, and was nice about the barking dogs announcing that Amazon was delivering something.
The appointment was for 12:15. Less than 24 hours. After weeks of trying to get an appointment, this felt like a miracle. The email said not to get there more than 15 minutes early. I pulled into the parking lot at 12:04. Went from station to station (it was a drive through site). Got to the verification of my pre-registration. They couldn’t find it. DAMN. The very nice kid (Diego) was talking to me while he re-entered the info on his tablet.
I was talking to him about getting an appointment for William and was there something special I needed to do to get him registered. He’s 40, has a letter stating that he’s diabetic, and I had his meds list with me. The state of Florida says they will take folks with medical conditions but they won’t let you sign up. Diego (I love that kid) took his letter and asked his supervisor what to do. He came back and said, “you want me to register him now?” So he did all the paperwork for William as well.
And today William and I both got our Fauci Ouchie. We go back for the second shot on April 2. I would like the dog sticker please.
WaterGirl
@SWMBO: You didn’t say which dog! :-)
Catherine D.
I did not throw away my shot! And have an appointment for the second dose on April 13.
I would like the tiny tuxedo kitty, please.
df
Second Pfizer jab done!
WaterGirl
@Catherine D.: One Baby Champ, delivered! :-)
WaterGirl
@df: Yay! Sticker?
SWMBO
@WaterGirl: any dog. That is a first shot.
WaterGirl
@SWMBO: Henry it is, then! :-)
arrieve
I got my first Moderna shot this afternoon! Since NY only added 60-65 year olds on Wednesday, I didn’t expect to get lucky right away. And navigating the system(s) is a pain — the NY State site only allows you to register for the state-run vaccine sites, the NYC site has different options, and then there are pharmacies offering shots but you have to deal with them directly. As someone who spent decades working in IT the bad design made me want to scream.
I got a shot scheduled for the Javits Center for April 19th, and I was thrilled, but I thought maybe I should just give Walgreen’s a try. (Duane Reade, the ubiquitous pharmacy chain in NYC is owned by Walgreen’s.) On the third try I got an appointment for Sunday, with the second shot automatically scheduled for April 11th. Then this afternoon I got a phone call. “We’re really crowded on Sundays — any chance you can come in now?” I was out the door ten minutes later.
At the beginning of this week I thought I might have to wait until my birthday in June to qualify, and now I’ve got the first shot. It makes me a little teary, and I don’t think that’s a side effect.
May I have Kamala, please?
counterfactual
First Pfizer shot today. Ohio opened up for 50+ yesterday. At noon, got on the new state website and got an appointment for today. It was held at the local community college gym, in and out in under an hour.
Ascap_scab
I got my first Pfizer shot yesterday.
I had to drive 90 miles to get it, but all is good. Arm was a bit sore later in the day, but no other side effects.
Tag me with a Penelope.
WaterGirl
@df: Let me know which sticker you want. In the meantime, you can have the ducklings.
rekoob
Thanks to Elizabelle’s timely information, I signed up with the CDC on this past Thursday for a shot at Richmond Raceway. After filling out the forms, I was under the impression that I’d be getting my first Pfizer on St. Patrick’s Day. This morning, I went to check on my status and saw no appointment scheduled, and I therefore resigned myself to a longer wait. I nevertheless persisted and discovered that VCU Health was doling out the J&J at the racetrack today (13 March) and I got a slot for late morning! Arrived, filled out duplicate paperwork (the QR reader was not working), waited a few minutes, isolated in my car for 15 minutes, and then done! Roughly 45 minutes start to finish. Steady stream of people, and the Richmond Philharmonic had a trio playing softly in the background of the Old Dominion Building, a W.L. Bottomley-designed building on what was then the State Fairgrounds and has been used for livestock exhibitions and (now) COVID relief (it’s been gussied up quite a bit from its earlier days).
In honor of the many AKA sisters I know as colleagues and friends, a Vice President sticker for me, please.
UncleEbeneezer
Got my J&J yesterday at Dodger stadium. Had to wait 2 hours, which sucked, but oh well, I waited a year so what’s a couple more hours. Arm is fine. Have slight headaches and body aches, sinuses are kinda tight, but that could also be allergies which have been bad. I would love a sticker of VP Harris please!
Keithly
Got dose 1 of the Pfizer vax. One down, one to go.
Phylllis
First Moderna jab earlier today. My arm is a bit sore & I zonked out for about an hour this afternoon. I can haz Kamala, pleez?
Lyrebird
Wasn’t sure I would get to this day…
Got dose 1 at a regional airport several hours from where I live. they made it super easy. Soldiers kept asking things like, “how are you feeling?” and I am like, “GRATEFUL!”
Arm hurts off and on, feel a little cruddy, but functioning, and so so so glad!
Is the sticker thing still going on? Could I have the kitty in the bowtie? Not sure if it’s Samwise or not.
lashonharangue
Got my second dose of Pfizer two days ago along with my spouse. The county had a limited supply for some reason this week so they were only vaccinating those needing the 2nd dose. Much fewer people in line compared to the first time. It was in our arms within 10 minutes of getting in line.
I had no reaction to either. The second put her in bed for the next day. She started to feel better after 36 hours but still is a little achy today.
Uncle Joe please
gwangung
Got my first, the Pfizer.
Aunti Kamala, please!
Karen H
My husband and I got our second Moderna shots last week. He had a sore arm and some fatigue the next day, about what he had after the first one. My reaction was much stronger than after the first shot, mostly flu-like, chills, aches, headache, fatigue for a couple of days, then gradual return to normal. Well worth it for the relief I feel now.
Dolly sticker for me and Corvette Joe for the Mister, please.
Thanks
TriassicSands
Second dose of Pfizer today. The only response to the first dose was minimal tenderness at the injection site for a day or two. My arm is already much sorer eleven hours post-injection than it ever was after the first dose. Still, even a few days of feeling poorly is better than the alternative.
My neighbor thanked me for getting vaccinated so she “will be a little bit safer.” She doesn’t plan to get vaccinated herself. My being a little bit safer is, apparently, not a priority for her.
Ducklings: Doses Done, please, Watergirl. Thank you.
NeenerNeener
Got my first Moderna shot. Can I have a kitten Champ please?
kitfoxer
Got the first dose of Moderna this morning here in good ol’ B-CS TX. The Brazos Hub is a really slick operation and I was so grateful to get the vaccine. I plan on volunteering as soon as my second shot kicks in.
Can I have the Samwise sticker please? That is the prettiest cat I have ever seen.
DCrefugee
Apologies in advance for the long post…
I got my first Pfizer dose yesterday, which also happens to have been the first day I was eligible by age in Florida. No real after-effects: my arm feels like it should after someone stuck a piece of metal into it and injected some liquid. <shrug>
Last week, after #GovernorTrump decreed that people 60 and over could obtain the vaccination, I set about to get mine. Note that all local, private vaccination sites (Walgreen’s, CVS, etc.) showed no available appointments. Of course, it took local news media a day to figure out and report that the new eligibility wouldn’t go into effect until the following Monday, the 15th. Nevertheless, I tried repeatedly at the state’s web site and my county’s to register/preregister/make an appointment. None of the sites worked as they rejected my age in the application (I suspect; sometimes the sites just froze, as if the coders never contemplated that there’d be a lag between an *announced* eligibility and an *actual* eligibility). Sigh.
Finally on Friday, the county site seemed to accept my registration. The next day (March 13), however, I received an email stating:
In other words, not only is my county’s health department not set up to preregister for those becoming eligible, they kicked out my registration — on the Saturday before I was to become eligible — because I wasn’t eligible. The county also is transitioning to a new web-based application process, which would not be available until noon on the 15th, wasting more time. This is (more or less) a family blog, so I won’t type my feelings on this.
As one who’s been monitoring Florida’s vaccine roll-out and eligibility, I knew there were four main FEMA vaccination sites in the state, one of them relatively close (as opposed to driving halfway across the state). Local media also reported on temporary satellite sites and how they would be in one location for a week then change to another the next week. It so happened that one of the satellites would be in a very familiar location for a few more days, slightly more than an hour’s drive away. The media stories noted they were open 9-5 and no one needed an appointment — just show up.
Which I did, at about 845 yesterday. I was literally the last car in line able to enter the site’s access road and get off the street. I’d guess 70 or so cars were in front of me, many with more than one occupant. At some point before 0900, the line started moving. Soon, I made it to a masked woman who scanned my driver’s license bar code with a portable terminal, asked 6-8 medical questions and used a portable printer to give me a label to put on the shirt sleeve where I wanted the injection.
The line kept moving and I had been vaccinated by 925 or so. An emotional moment. By 945, I had been cleared by the people monitoring after-injection effects and was on my way home. Never had to get out of the car.
Floriduh’s system, along with my county’s, are majorly screwed up. As it turned out, by going to the FEMA site, I obtained the vaccination well before the county would even let me register and make an appointment.
Elections matter.
mali muso
Got dose 1 of the Pfizer today! I have been volunteering off and on at the local mass vaccination clinic and got a message at lunchtime that they had leftovers from today’s clinic that needed to be used up. Hoofed it over there, called my husband who also raced across town and both of us were in and out in the amount of time it takes to fill out paperwork, get a shot and sit for the mandatory 15 minutes. Feeling teary-eyed and grateful. Today is one year exactly since my first work from home day at the start of this pandemic.
Can I have a Kamala sticker?
Buckeye
First Pfizer shot today. My sort-of vaccine hesitant friend decided last week to not hesitate now that he was eligible and so also got vaccinated.
It took a little longer than expected: it’s a larger vaccine site (soon to become a truly mass vaccination site), and you sit down and they fully register you and then a there’s supposed to a pair for each aisle to data enter some more and then stab you. But our team had computer problems so they had to find a new cart. Then wait 1/2 hour because of allergies.
Next one in three weeks.
Gravenstone
Moderna dose 1. 10 minutes into the waiting period…
ljt
Moderna #1 today! #2 scheduled for 4/13. I’m feeling Kamala’s smile :-)
TriassicSands
I may have been premature in asking for a “Doses Done” badge. Now, I’m patiently awaiting my 6-month Pfizer variant booster.
Then, maybe an annual COVID-19 shot if it becomes endemic as some scientists have suggested.
And, of course, there will be the COVID-??¹ shot(s). So much trampling of my “human rights”² — it’s just too much to bear.
¹ Or whatever pandemic (or epidemic) is next.
² To quote poor, victimized Terry White who provided me with the best feel good video in this pandemic era.
Side effects update: With dose #1 my arm (left) was only tender if I pressed on it (which I did exactly once). However, after the second dose, my arm (right) got quite sore several hours after the injection and hurt if I raised it. The next day (today) it is vaguely tender and my range of motion is unaffected. No fever, aches, nausea, etc.
WaterGirl
@DCrefugee: After that long ordeal, I think you might need several stickers. :-) Which sticker(s) would you like?
WaterGirl
@Buckeye: Congratulations! Sticker?
WaterGirl
@Gravenstone: Yay! Sticker?
WaterGirl
@TriassicSands:
A chicken in every pot.A sticker for every shot. :-)
WindyCityCat
Got the first shot today, Pfizer. Lucked out thanks to the Chicago Vaccine Hunter Facebook group that I just found out about yesterday, which led me to a Chrome extension which automatically refreshed the Zocdoc page of all the places that have appointments and dings when one shows up. That’s how I ended up driving to a hospital 20 miles away on the south side and getting the jab.
At the site, everything went smoothly. Got my card, did the paperwork, didn’t even feel the jab, and was out the door 45 minutes after arrival. Minor arm soreness and a bit of a foggy head for a few hours, otherwise no issues. #2 in 3 weeks!
I’ll take one of the 1st dose kitties for a sticker, thanks WaterGirl!
Beautifulplumage
I GOT PFIZER DOSE 1 TODAY!
I took my > 65 yr old sister to a county-run site this morning because she was eligible & I had made an appt. They asked if I wanted it, checked with their supervisoe, and processed me in.
It was well staffed, calm, and relaxed. They were using part of an event/sports center with good parking. After our wait time following the shot they signed us up for dose 2 in April. Wonderful experience from web to leaving the site. My sis uses a cane so they kept us together, as they did with other pairs. We noticed one staff using someone on her phone to translate for another attendee.
The stress is much lower, I’m more relaxed, and the only downside was saying “I didn’t qualify for an appt, I’m only 60.”
????????????
How about the dapper duck in a scarf for my sticker?
DCrefugee
@WaterGirl:
Thanks for asking — you’re very kind — but I’ll let you decide…
R-Jud
It is 10:15 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day and I have already done a shot. Kitty sticker please.
Percysowner
I got my second dose Monday. I was among the last appointments and there was no problem getting the shot. I walked in, showed them my ID and my record from the first shot and they walked me over to the table and gave me my shot. I was in and out in 20 minutes, including the 15 minute wait time. They mus have had some leftover doses, because I saw people coming in who were well under age 50 and one of the nurses talked to them about being scheduled at the last minute. I wish I had dragged my daughter along so she could have gotten her first dose.
No big side effects. My arm hurt and I felt tired and achy yesterday, but I’m fine today.
Could I have my girl Kamala and two cute ducklings too?
Bruuuuce
Now a member of Club Pfizer (1st dose via the Javits Center in NYC). Better Half and Elder Offspring got it last week, so I will be seven days behind in developing immunity.
Next project: Getting MiL an appointment (it’s complicated, because she has apparently lost all her ID), and then one for Younger Offspring, who’s off at school.
Tux kitty sticker, plzkthz
TerryTime
Moderna #1, Baby!
I sat in the chair and was shocked how emotional I became just thinking of the implications of a single shot of vaccine on my life. On our lives.
It’s been a really long fucking year.
WaterGirl
@TerryTime:
That should be a rotating tag.
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
My husband and I got our 2nd Pfizer shots today (automatically scheduled when we got the first shots in February). Inland Mendocino County, California. What a sense of relief! Stress and worry I didn’t even realize I felt have disappeared. With the first shot, my arm was a little achy for a day; tonight my arm is already achier than it ever was with the first shot, but not too bad, considering what it is saving me from. The shots were given at the same Community Center both times, run by the local Adventist hospital, with other miscellaneous medical personnel to help (a retired pharmacist checked us for our 15-minute wait afterward, and I think the nurse who gave me the shot was also retired). It went very smoothly both times. Interesting to see the location tweaks they made between the first and second shots. They had changed where you entered the second time so they could control the spacing better, with yellow crime scene tape put up to make the winding line area like you see at Disneyland, etc, although it was almost empty. The nurse told me they would do 1,000 shots today because they were short on vaccine and concentrating on getting the second scheduled shots done. Apparently, when they are going full out they have done 1,600 shots. The clinics are being done every Wednesday.
I got a Champ sticker for the first shot, so a Tikka for the second, please. Also, ducklings for my husband :-). Thanks, WaterGirl! P.S. I would love a Penelope too, if possible (I’m greedy).
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@WaterGirl: I agree!
Blue Galangal
Our state opened up my age group and I was able to use MyChart to schedule an appointment 4 days later. Monday I got my first round of the Pfizer vaccine. My kids are eligible at the end of the month. Happy days!
NeutronFlux
Second Moderna done.
piratedan
shot 1 pfizer, tucson march 16th
WaterGirl
@Blue Galangal: @NeutronFlux: @piratedan:
Triple yay! What stickers do you guys want?
Leslie
Got my first dose of Pfizer yesterday. Very minimal side effects so far. Could I have the b&w kitten, please?
kmax
Wife and I got ouchie number 2 today (moderna).
Walmart.. they were pretty good. Actually was a steady line today and it moved pretty quickly. They have been getting a lot of no shows. They called us and told us to come in early.
Woof Woof please.
JeanneT
I got my 2nd shot this morning. LOTS MORE PEOPLE at the vaccination center downtown, but still room for more cars in the underground parking. Some of the volunteers are starting to lose their sparkle, but hanging in there, bless them!
May I have a Joe Biden sticker, please!
EmanG
I’m late 50’s and live in NE Georgia. Kemp just lowered the eligible age to 55 and I signed up 3-4 days ago. Just got my call today and am going in tomorrow. The missus (teacher) got her first last week, so we’re getting closer. I echo those above about how the magnitude of anxiety isn’t recognized until it’s starting to drain away. Thanks Uncle Joe!
RaflW
After several tries at the various pharmacy web signups, two days ago I got dose 1 scheduled for today. 136 miles one way to get it, but sure, that’s fine! My partner came along since we know zero people in the area, and while I’ve not had reactions to other vaccines, who can really know? He also wanted to see a historic 1900 road bridge that he’d reported on a dozen years ago what was down that way, so we had a little fun planned in.
HyVee was pretty well set up, but it took a little longer than I expected. Not weirdly long, and the waiting/’recovery’ area was decently set up for distancing. Nurse was very nice and she thought maybe we’d be able to squeeze the partner in w/o appt, for a ‘spare’ shot, but the pharmacist, while very courteous, said no. It was worth a polite ask, anyway. I have seen a couple people get a shot that way.
We stopped at the Dodd Ford bridge and, though it’s well off the beaten path, there was another car parked there! A friendly chatty couple were having a little car picnic, mentioned where their food was from, and the partner said “oh, we should go there, it’s so cute” so we did. And cute it was! The owner was a mover and shaker in saving the old bridge, and she remembered the (former) reporter from his time on the story back then.
To-go pie secured (and a bonus thank you treat they snuck in the bag), we made the rest of the drive home.
Shot 2 will be in 22 days, 155 miles basically 180 deg the opposite direction! What a ‘system’, huh. Still, I’m happy! I just wish the other half could be getting his vax now, but he’s 3 years younger and no complicating medical factors, and we’re not line-jumpers (unless there really had been a ‘spare’ dose in a vial today. Ah, well). His turn will arrive. And we’ll remain vigilant!
(the little back and white boxer sticker is perfect for me)
KSinMA
Got my Johnson & Johnson shot this past Saturday through my local hospital network (affiliated w/ Mass General-Brigham). Basically slept for the next 2 days, but am fine now.
Soprano2
Got my first dose, Pfizer, this morning at a local clinic. I’m eligible since I work for the city. I signed up within 30 minutes of getting the e-mail saying I could, and I’ve been bugging everyone I work with to hurry up and get signed up already! They’ve got a well-oiled operation there – it’s in an old supermarket they bought in February because they’re getting ready for the MO Medicaid expansion, it was just a lucky break that it also works well for vaccinations.
You get in line about 5-10 minutes before your scheduled time. They’ve got 4 stations – check-in, paperwork, standing in line, and vaccinations. Then you self-monitor while you wait for 15 minutes. I almost started crying when I was standing in line, I was so happy to be there. Already got my 2nd dose scheduled for Monday, April 12th. My husband is getting his 2nd one next Tuesday – he got Moderna, same as my mother. He had a fever and chills for about a day, so I’m prepared to have the same since I had COVID too. I want the kitten! (Edited for several stupid typing mistakes LOL)
Miss Bianca
Yahoo, I just got my first jab – Moderna shot – second one scheduled for April 16.
Let me now praise my Public Health Agency in my rural Colorado county – for all that the Public Health Director has done *wrong* in addressing COVID, the one thing he’s done *right* is leaving the vaccination clinics in the hands of our dedicated public health nurses, who have done an undoubtedly heroic and efficient job.
I registered with Public Health about two months ago, well ahead of my actually being eligible for the shot. When Governor Polis opened up the vaccination schedule to 50 and up, as of March 19 (today!), I got a call on Monday March 15 to schedule my appointment!
The clinics are being held at a large church hall. Paperwork on arrival was minimal, but included plenty of info about the shot and what side effects to look for, also info from Sol Vista, the mental health clinic chain that has a branch in my town, about mental health counseling available for anyone dealing with COVID-related issues, which I thought was cool.
I was in and out within a half hour. Lots of volunteers, lots of cheer, good conversations with volunteers and staff. I will probably do a follow-up story for the paper. In the meantime…all the stickers are adorable, but little Champ is the Most Adorable of All for “first sticker shot”, so…HIT ME, WaterGirl! : )