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You are here: Home / Open Threads / I Got the Shot! – #28

I Got the Shot! – #28

by WaterGirl|  July 31, 202110:00 am| 35 Comments

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It’s been more than 10 days since we have had one of these, so we may have to play catch-up on some recent shots.

Let me know what stickers you would like!

Oh, and 3 new stickers for you:

Odoroki and Himesama, and Ric:

Nancy Smash and Dr. Fauci:


Henry, Samwise, and Baby Champ:

Open Thread: 1

Lily, Tikka, and Rosie & Thurston:

Open Thread: 4

Steve, Daisy, and Badger

Green balloons!

Joe and Kamala!

Max and Mr. Bear

Now with Dolly, Penelope and ducklings!

I Got the Shot! (Month 2) 5

Badass Women: Katalin Kariko, Kizzmekia Corbett, and Dolly:

I Got the Shot! (Month 2) 3

 

Hamilton, Zooey, and Zevon

Stickers by MazeDancer!

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  1. 1.

    otmar

    July 31, 2021 at 10:22 am

    Tomorrow evening I will accompany my kids to the Vienna conference center where they will get their second shots.

    Then my family will be completely vaccinated.

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    July 31, 2021 at 10:26 am

    @otmar: That’s great news, otmar!

  3. 3.

    Baud

    July 31, 2021 at 10:32 am

    @WaterGirl: 

    How are you feeling today?

  4. 4.

    MomSense

    July 31, 2021 at 10:33 am

    @otmar:

    YAY!!

  5. 5.

    NicaKnit

    July 31, 2021 at 10:36 am

    I’m a long-time lurker, happy to report that I now have both shots (Pfizer)!

    I live in Central America (Guatemala and Nicaragua), where it’s been difficult to get access to the vaccines–and where there was access, it was mostly to Sputnik V. I ended up getting my first shot in Houston, and just this week got my second shot in Toronto.

    I had originally planned to get my second shot in Houston on my way back to Nicaragua at the end of August, but decided to try to get it sooner so full immunization would kick in before traveling again. Checking pharmacies here in Toronto led me to the Toronto Public Health office and ultimately a once-a-week pop-up clinic linked to a needle exchange program seeking to help folks on the street get access to vaccination–they needed extra people to get jabbed so no doses would go to waste. It was pure luck, since we happened to stop by on the day of the clinic, and it turns out it was the clinic’s last day, as it seems everyone they serve who wants to get a shot has already come in.

    I would like a Katalin Kariko sticker, please!

    I Got the Shot! #12 1

  6. 6.

    Dalai Rasta

    July 31, 2021 at 10:37 am

    Ric’s face looks so much like my Bella’s, with the exception of her missing eye.

  7. 7.

    debbie

    July 31, 2021 at 10:37 am

    All very cute stickers, but “Camp” for Champ?

  8. 8.

    frosty

    July 31, 2021 at 10:42 am

    California has a site where you can retrieve your vaccination info digitally. Since we got our second in Twentynine Palms, I checked it out, They had Dose#1 listed; they didn’t have Dose #2, but they had a procedure to ask them to update it. I went through it, not too difficult and I’ll hear from them in 2 or 3 weeks. It could be useful for traveling etc.
    https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/

    Here’s the WaPo article. There’s some other useful stuff there too.https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/31/covid-vaccine-card-phone/

  9. 9.

    Benw

    July 31, 2021 at 10:42 am

    @otmar: Awesome!

    I await impatiently approval for younger kids so that my youngest can get it.

  10. 10.

    WaterGirl

    July 31, 2021 at 10:45 am

    @Baud: Same.  I had my best friend over on Tuesday evening – on the porch, at a distance except for when we were both getting our pizza from the table.

    She texted me the locations and times to be tested at the University this weekend, so I took that as an indication that she would like me to get tested to know for sure.  So I took the test this morning.

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    July 31, 2021 at 10:47 am

    @NicaKnit: So pleased at your good fortune on the timing of the second shot!

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    July 31, 2021 at 10:48 am

    @debbie: Kids 12 and over were just getting vaccinated, so we did a few especially for them and the young at heart.  Perhaps MazeDancer thought Champ looked campy in that photo!

  13. 13.

    debbie

    July 31, 2021 at 10:49 am

    @WaterGirl:

    I missed this, but hope your test shows nothing.

  14. 14.

    debbie

    July 31, 2021 at 10:50 am

    @WaterGirl:

    ?

  15. 15.

    Baud

    July 31, 2021 at 10:52 am

    @WaterGirl: Ok, good.  It’ll be nice to know

    ETA: I hope HIPAA allows you to tell us the results.

  16. 16.

    zhena gogolia

    July 31, 2021 at 11:15 am

    @WaterGirl:

    Fingers crossed.
    Reposting this from below because it has made my morning.

    As I've said before, the Trump presidency and its media apologists were just one protracted riff on the Austin Powers Swedish penis enlarger sketch, "Yes this is my bag, baby." https://t.co/8I09V7FDnB— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 30, 2021

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    July 31, 2021 at 11:21 am

    @Baud: Your crack about HIPAA made me laugh.

  18. 18.

    germy

    July 31, 2021 at 11:21 am

    I had both pfizers back in March/April, and now I’m wondering if I’ll be requiring a booster.

  19. 19.

    raven

    July 31, 2021 at 11:37 am

    @germy: I’m hoping I will!

  20. 20.

    Betty

    July 31, 2021 at 11:52 am

    I had high hopes that I would have had my second dose of Astra Zeneca by now, but, sorry to say, when I went to get it, I was informed that they don’t have any more. Hope to get a batch sometime,maybe in a month. So for all those in the US spurning the vaccine, I am sending a big wet raspberry!!?

  21. 21.

    zhena gogolia

    July 31, 2021 at 11:59 am

    @Betty:

    Yeah, I wish my goddaughter in Madrid could get one of those yahoos’ shots. I hate these people.

  22. 22.

    StringOnAStick

    July 31, 2021 at 12:28 pm

    Sad to say but I’m growing increasingly nervous about being around kids that I know aren’t vaccinated, so anyone under age 12 basically.  Once school starts this fall its going to roar through these kids and their families.  Of course the surrounding wing nut counties around here have banned mask mandates in the schools. That should go well.

  23. 23.

    MazeDancer

    July 31, 2021 at 1:04 pm

    @WaterGirl: @debbie

    Since, for many kids, the best thing about getting vaccinated was going to camp, used Champ as a play on words. A joke kids might like.

    Interestingly, immediate family members being able to go to sleep-away camp turns out not to be a significant demographic among the  BJ readership. Or they liked another sticker better.

  24. 24.

    debbie

    July 31, 2021 at 1:13 pm

    @MazeDancer:

    Sorry for misunderstanding. My sticker was baby Champ, so I do love yours, even if I missed the point!

  25. 25.

    sab

    July 31, 2021 at 1:46 pm

    @StringOnAStick: Ohio legislature was considering banning masks. Akron and Cleveland public schools basically announced that they don’t care, so masks will be required. Thank God.

  26. 26.

    Nutmeg again

    July 31, 2021 at 3:15 pm

    I don’t even know anyone in the USA who is unvaccinated, thank goodness!  My kid in Germany and her partner just got their second doses of BioNtek-Pfizer about a week ago, however. Hooray!!

  27. 27.

    Mary G

    July 31, 2021 at 4:04 pm

    Still waiting to hear about the teen. His mom was going to go with him to make sure that the needle got into his arm but would have to bring her dementia patient along with her so who knows if it worked.

  28. 28.

    WaterGirl

    July 31, 2021 at 4:09 pm

    @Mary G: There is an I Got the Shot! thread waiting for you when you get the news.

    If the teen snaked out of it, there are also consolation stickers:

    ° WTF?

    ° WHY?

    ° Why so hard?

    ° Make it happen

    But I hope you don’t need them!

  29. 29.

    debbie

    July 31, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    @Mary G:

    Make him show you his vaccination card.

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    July 31, 2021 at 8:21 pm

    @debbie: Trust but verify. :-)

  31. 31.

    Skepticat

    August 1, 2021 at 12:07 am

    Finally—veni, vedi, vacci. Got my second shot Wednesday, setting my Pfizer to stun, and this time I had almost no reaction, not even a sore arm. Naturally, this made me worry that perhaps it wasn’t kicking in properly, as it seemed too easy. In any case, I shall be be wearing a mask for quite a while, as delta seems to be ready whether or not we are. Any sticker is an honor.

    Open Thread: 1 Open Thread: 6 I Got the Shot!  (latest)

  32. 32.

    Mary G

    August 1, 2021 at 12:08 am

    Better late than never, the teen got the shot, mom took a picture, I saw the card, he is sulking despite her buying him lunch and new shoes, now he has an appointment for 8/21 to get the second shot.

    I know the “my house, my rules” is specially for me, but I would also like Nancy Smash putting on her glasses, because that is how I feel.

    I Got the Shot! – #8 4 Something to Celebrate! 8 I Got the Shot! – #28 1

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    August 1, 2021 at 9:55 am

    @Mary G: Steve has marked 8/21 on his calendar, so the teen had better not even think about backing out.  Because if he does, Steve will want to have a word with him out back.

  34. 34.

    Betty

    August 11, 2021 at 8:54 pm

    Doses done. How about some ducklings?

    I Got the Shot!  (latest) Open Thread: 1

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    August 11, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    @Betty: I know you just asked for ducklings, but Henry insisted!

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