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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 13, 2021 20:15:58 GMT
fullmahina, We have three sites in town but they are fully booked right now. Don't know when they update their appointment lists.
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Post by surfgirl on Feb 17, 2021 22:57:46 GMT
I saw an interview this morning on CNBC with Dr. Scott Gottlieb (on the board of Pfizer, former FDA Commish). He is of the opinion that the cuurent vaccine demand is "deep but narrow". Meaning once everyone who is desperate to get vaccinated (like us) has gotten it, demand will drop off suddenly and sharply, leaving a vaccine glut. He thinks this will happen by April. Can't remember if it was mid or late April, or what. At that point the supply should be opened to everyone. He believes a substantial portion of the populace will never seek vaccination. Also in his op/ed in the WSJ today. If there is a glut they can surely send the unused vaccines to the developing country world because according to an article I read today, only about 3% of the developing countries population will be vaccinated as it stand right now, which is ridiculous and doesn't bode well for stopping this.
My husband has had both shots as of last week. I had my first only because I'm volunteering at our city's vaccination site and all volunteers are offered the vaccine.
lani, ha, we're on the same exact schedule for Moderna! My second is on the 9th too, vac twin!
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Post by lani on Feb 17, 2021 23:15:46 GMT
If there is a glut they can surely send the unused vaccines to the developing country world You would hope. But it seems to be a challenge to distribute vaccines even within the "first world" countries.
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Post by fullmahina on Feb 18, 2021 16:08:13 GMT
Both DH and I have now gotten our first round of the vaccine. The injection site was fine at first for both of us, then mild discomfort that progressed to feeling like we had been smacked in the upper arm with a sledge hammer. Brief episodes of mild chills the next day, no fever. That was it---well worth it.
There is the beginning of a feeling of hope now, a sense that this might be the start of seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Not just for us, but for all. Hoping....
Got an email from my county supervisor that was full of "sorry, unfortunately, no we can't tell you when, we know people are frustrated" crap. Sounded like a pre-emptive strike, letting people know that they will not get any help from the county agencies. Yeah, well, we went around them---Walgreen's and the VA came through for us.
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Post by lani on Feb 18, 2021 18:06:58 GMT
I got an email from my brother in Minn. yesterday. He is 78 and has gotten both doses. His wife hasn't gotten any yet. Not sure what the story is with her. She is a little younger and also has to use a wheel chair a lot of the time. I'm thinking maybe it was just logistical with her. My bro said she is getting her first shot "soon."
My 72 year old friend in Sonora CA (she is sort of in the back of beyond) is getting her first dose today. Her husband who is over 75 has received first dose.
All friends and relations who live in Santa Clara County, CA and are over 65 are mostly fully vaccinated, or are getting second dose in early March.
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Post by luanne on Feb 19, 2021 21:30:14 GMT
Dh and I got our second shot (Pfizer) today. We had it at the hospital where we had our first one. No wait at all. Now we just wait to see if we have any side effects. We didn't from the first shot.
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Post by luanne on Feb 21, 2021 19:28:08 GMT
My reaction to the second shot hit the day after. It's very similar to the reaction I had to the flu shot. Just basically wiped out. Slept all day yesterday. Better today but still kind of listless.
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Post by lani on Feb 21, 2021 19:39:33 GMT
luanne, good to know it's not horribly debilitating. When I got my first shot I mentioned to the nurse that the shot itself was much less painful than my Shingrex vax. She said I could anticipate similar side effects to the Shingrex with the Moderna. I had nothing with the first dose of either vax other than the sore arm. With the second Shingrex I was a bit tired and spacey but nothing that prevented any activities. I hope the nurse's prediction proves to be correct as far as the second dose of Moderna. Which I get March 9 BTW.
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Post by luanne on Feb 21, 2021 19:44:20 GMT
lani,I had no side effects with the Shingrex shots. But whatever the side effects, so much better than Covid.
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Post by lani on Feb 21, 2021 21:22:03 GMT
lani ,I had no side effects with the Shingrex shots. But whatever the side effects, so much better than Covid. So true!
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Post by surfgirl on Feb 24, 2021 19:47:13 GMT
lani ,I had no side effects with the Shingrex shots. But whatever the side effects, so much better than Covid. So true! Oh yeah, I remember the Shingrix vaccination, that was like someone shoved a shish kebab skewer into my arm, hurt like hell! My Moderna shot was barely felt but the nurse giving it had a great technique and grabbed some fat on my upper arm and did the injection, then held her finger over the site for a minute before putting a bandaid on. She said it's here 'special technique' and it worked great. I massaged the injection site a lot the rest of that day and evening, running a nubby rubber ball massager over it while watching TV that night. It was sore only on the actual little injection site area and went away about Day 3. My husband didn't massage his injection site at all and his arm hurt a lot more than mine did.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Feb 24, 2021 20:32:28 GMT
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Post by lani on Feb 24, 2021 22:28:50 GMT
a shish kebab skewer into my arm, hurt like hell! Oh, yeah. Only on my second Shingrex shot. The first one burned a bit, but just for a second. The second one, the pain was intense and seemed to go on and on. The contents are the same for first and second shot, so I guess it was poor technique on the pharm tech's part. Also, I don't have any fat to speak of on the outside of my shoulder. They should give it into my bat wing underarms!
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Post by lani on Feb 24, 2021 23:11:37 GMT
Just saw an interview on CNBC with the president of Moderna. They are testing a booster type shot for the new variants that have appeared. It would be a single shot that folks would get at some point after the initial two doses of the original vaccine. It sounds very promising.
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Post by surfgirl on Feb 25, 2021 0:24:54 GMT
a shish kebab skewer into my arm, hurt like hell! Oh, yeah. Only on my second Shingrex shot. The first one burned a bit, but just for a second. The second one, the pain was intense and seemed to go on and on. The contents are the same for first and second shot, so I guess it was poor technique on the pharm tech's part. Also, I don't have any fat to speak of on the outside of my shoulder. They should give it into my bat wing underarms! If the vaccine has to be kept very cold then it loses its viscosity, and that makes it more painful to inject because it's like injecting jelly vs. liquid. Back when I was living overseas and before Hep A vaccine was created, we had to get Gamma Globulin shots every 4 months. That was refrigerated but you could warm it up before injection so we'd go in early to the nurses office and get our vial and put it under our armpit for a bit to warm it up so it wasn't so thick. If you didn't to that it hurt more, ditto Shingrix. Ironically, Moderna is ultra refrigeration and yet I felt virtually nothing so I chalk it up to the excellent technique of my vaccinator!
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