Covid19 Shot

[CT_Shooter]

I initially had an appointment that I booked through the CDC VMS website; but at the same time, I also registered with two local pharmacies that were coming online. I was eventually contacted by one of the pharmacies that offered me a local appointment a week earlier than my original VMS appointment. I took it and cancelled the VMS appointment. Glad I did.

The allotted vaccines are very carefully managed. When I received my Moderna vaccine at the pharmacy, it earmarked the available inventory to provide my second vaccine four weeks later. That dose stays in inventory and couldn't be offered to anyone else.

FYI. I had an insignificant "sore" arm after my first dose. No different than a flu vaccine shot. I wouldn't call it a side effect. A needle pierced a muscle. It's to be expected.

[dave77]

Yeah I jump thru all the selection hoops and when you get to register for a time slot the ol' "Techincal glitch" box pops up. I bet if you are sitting in a jail you get one !

Actually, I saw on the news in Nasville, prisoners in the state prison are getting shots. One screwed up deal.

Maybe better than having the state (us taxpayers) required to pay for their treatment if they get Co-vid or just as bad, to decide to release them early.

[GunnyGene]

Variants and frequent booster shots. Looks like that's the future.

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https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/pe ... 20675.html

Dr. Kavita Patel: I think people should be worried. There’s a large number, a majority of the population that has not been vaccinated. They should be very worried, because they are prime targets for these viruses with the variants to reproduce.

Remember, the goal of a virus is not to kill people, it’s actually just to continue to stay alive, and the only way it does that is by infecting people. People who are not vaccinated should be incredibly worried, which is why I, in turn, am very worried about the variants as I watch now 12 states and counting, very big states including Texas and Florida, lifting any sort of mask requirements or leaving it to individuals or businesses. That’s a group that should be very worried.

Even people who are vaccinated should have some concern because all these [vaccine] trials that went on, the majority of them did not happen when we had experience with these variants. So, we are all happy that the vaccines work to some degree against the variants, but we’re not quite sure how long it will last, whether we need a booster. All the manufacturers are already talking about booster vaccines, so getting a vaccine, like I did, is a ton of relief mentally, but, I’ll be honest with you, I’m still worried when I leave my house, mostly because of these variants.

If our strategy primarily relies on vaccines, I take it we can look forward to a future of regular booster shots.

By the time that they [boosters] get authorized through the process to make sure they are safe, will there be a whole other set of variants that we have to deal with? Those are all the questions that come up when talking about boosters, vaccines, and whether the vaccine you take today is going to be a vaccine you take three months from now again, six months from now, or every year for the rest of your life.

[Headhog]

Got my second Moderna shot Tuesday at 8 am. Only reaction is some minor soreness at the injection site. So things are looking good.

Paul

[RudyN]

I go for my second Pfizer shot this coming Saturday. I don't want the vaccine, but now my wife will stop bugging me.