When it is ready, will you get the vaccine?

[cityboy-stl]

I got the second Moderna shot on March 30. I assume, but am not sure, that Moderna is similarly effective as Pfizer in preventing disease as well as preventing spread. I will still of course, be following the masking and distancing rules until we are told by reliable science that it is safe to stop.

 

[voltronforce]

I got my first Moderna Shot March 18th. So far so good

 

[Ontariobear]

Finally booked for my first on the 27th. Ford and Ontario are doing a piss poor job with this process.

 

[Arkhaminside]

Happy Vaccination day for me. 2nd Pfizer shot done, and know there might be some side effects and couldn't care less. The dead side effect for me or those I love around me would be much worse that comes from not getting a vaccine.

 

[belamyi]

In the summer, they say.

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I'm too old to be young, too young to be old, and too [STRIKE]useless[/STRIKE] disposable to be indispensable

 

[KaraBulut]

This did make me chuckle:

 

[Dominus]

Just got my first shot today. I am now 50% invincible.

 

[frankfrank]

I got my vaccine today (AstraZeneca) because Im on disability. My second dose is in 4 months.

Four months??? Is that a normal waiting period for AstraZeneca? I also didn't know they had that in Canada. I got mine on the 10th of February and March (Moderna).

I got the second Moderna shot on March 30. I assume, but am not sure, that Moderna is similarly effective as Pfizer in preventing disease as well as preventing spread. I will still of course, be following the masking and distancing rules until we are told by reliable science that it is safe to stop.

Agreed 100%!! Though things like colds NEVER "flatten" me, there is certainly some value in not getting those, and other possible things as well.

 

[KaraBulut]

I got my vaccine today (AstraZeneca) because Im on disability. My second dose is in 4 months.

Four months??? Is that a normal waiting period for AstraZeneca? I also didn't know they had that in Canada. I got mine on the 10th of February and March (Moderna).

It's a new recommendation. Oxford/AstraZeneca gets a booster dose after 12 weeks. This vaccine isn't approved yet in the US.

Moderna is 28 days. Pfizer is 21 days.

 

[jaysizzles]

I got the J&J shot yesterday...opted for the one and done approach rather than the 2x vaccine I'd originally scheduled, which would've been at the end of May.

 

[ClubLevelVegan]

I got the J&J shot yesterday...opted for the one and done approach rather than the 2x vaccine I'd originally scheduled, which would've been at the end of May.

This is what I am getting today. Can't wait till it is over with, hate needles.

 

[jaysizzles]

This is what I am getting today. Can't wait till it is over with, hate needles.

It was just a little sting, hardly worth mentioning. I got it in the morning and then wasted my entire afternoon...just got so tired and a bit dizzy. Today I'm fine.

 

[Vannie]

Cold damp chilly rainy day.

 

[belamyi]

^ Good for the babes

 

[ClubLevelVegan]

It was just a little sting, hardly worth mentioning. I got it in the morning and then wasted my entire afternoon...just got so tired and a bit dizzy. Today I'm fine.

My partner and I ended getting our asses handed to us by side effects. Both ending up getting fevers and massive chills, I ended up having to throw up and now I can't sleep. Sucks but obviously much better than COVID and why I was afraid of COVID in the first place, haven't been this in years.

 

[jaysizzles]

^ Hope you feel better soon. It's crazy how people react differently to the same thing.

 

[belamyi]

^ Exactly: just take agent orange, for example.

Life can be so crazy.

 

[Alistair]

Cold damp chilly rainy day.

Hey old man, did you forget what thread you were posting in?

I’m still on the wait list for an appointment. It’s been 6 weeks now.

 

[jaysizzles]

I’m still on the wait list for an appointment. It’s been 6 weeks now.

Not sure what's available in your area, but I went to vaccinefinder.org just over a week ago and could get my choice of appointments within a few days. Pharmacies in my area had just gotten the J&J vaccine and I lucked in on being one of the first to schedule. The appointments filled up quickly because Friday I checked with a friend for one, and I just checked again now, and there was/are no appointments available within 25 miles of my place. Findyourvaccine.org may also an option to try.

 

[KaraBulut]

...I’m still on the wait list for an appointment. It’s been 6 weeks now.

Your State opened the vaccines to everyone on 29-Mar, so there should not be a wait. Most of the major retail pharmacies - RiteAid, CVS, Walgreens, etc are administering vaccines.

What I've been recommending to people is that if they can't get an appointment within a week, look in "red" areas in the suburbs and outside cities. There's a lot more available appointments in areas where vaccine skeptics live.