Vaccinated

[moon/Laura]

I got boosted today. For some reason, if had it in my head that I had Moderna for the first two, but when I checked my card, I'd had Pfizer. I did Moderna this time. Also did my 1st Shingrix.

[raeoflyte]

Dec 22, 2021 23:24:51 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Dec 22, 2021 20:39:24 GMT -5 countrygirl2 said:

I'm not sure the vaccination rate in Indiana, overall I think 45%. I know our health department has the signs back up and there were several cars there today getting shots.

But the nursing home where MIL is doesn't require the help to be vaccinated, so 2 with covid and now a resident dead from covid. That is crazy people like that around the most vulnerable.

57% have received at least one shot. 51% have received two shots as of December 21st. Still not enough.

usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/state/indiana

We're at 66% fully vaccinated and I'm appalled. I know it's easier said than done, but I can't imagine living in an area with even lower vaccine compliance.

[tractor]

Dec 27, 2021 18:58:10 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

I got boosted today. For some reason, if had it in my head that I had Moderna for the first two, but when I checked my card, I'd had Pfizer. I did Moderna this time. Also did my 1st Shingrix.

My wife did the exact same thing yesterday, are you sure we're not married? 😊

[moon/Laura]

Lol tractor. That's too funny! Is she feeling ok today? My side effects have been minimal, luckily. Might even go out with the camera later. 🙂

[Opti]

Dec 28, 2021 10:29:43 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

Lol tractor . That's too funny! Is she feeling ok today? My side effects have been minimal, luckily. Might even go out with the camera later. 🙂

How was your Shingrix? I want to get that when I have health insurance again.

[minnesotapaintlady]

Dec 28, 2021 11:28:31 GMT -5 Opti said:

Dec 28, 2021 10:29:43 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

Lol tractor . That's too funny! Is she feeling ok today? My side effects have been minimal, luckily. Might even go out with the camera later. 🙂

How was your Shingrix? I want to get that when I have health insurance again.

Be warned that lots of insurance plans don't cover Shingrix.

[Opti]

Dec 28, 2021 11:29:58 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

Dec 28, 2021 11:28:31 GMT -5 Opti said:

How was your Shingrix? I want to get that when I have health insurance again.

Be warned that lots of insurance plans don't cover Shingrix.

Yikes. I looked up the prices without insurance recently. Around $400 per shot. Some worse, some perhaps just around $300. There's the shot cost and the administering cost. Do these insurance plans reject the entire amount?

(I'm just over 60, and I think Medicaid would cover it, possibly ACA.)

[moon/Laura]

Dec 28, 2021 11:28:31 GMT -5 Opti said:

Dec 28, 2021 10:29:43 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

Lol tractor . That's too funny! Is she feeling ok today? My side effects have been minimal, luckily. Might even go out with the camera later. 🙂

How was your Shingrix? I want to get that when I have health insurance again.

The shingrix arm was more sore than the covid, but both of them feel okay now.

I didn't realize that not all insurance covers it, so I hope mine does. I guess I'll find out. they didn't charge me anything though.

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

I got my shingrix last year at Walgreens. Our company insurance covers all preventive vaccines 100%. I felt quite sick after mine and the same after my booster 60 days later.

I felt sick for about 24 hours after my flu shot this year. This is the first time I have had a flu shot.

I was also sick for about 24 hours after each of my Moderna vaccines and after the Moderna booster.

All of the shots resulted in a severely sore arm that lasted 3-4 days.

[TheOtherMe]

Medicare does not cover a Shingrix vaccine.  Thankfully my federal BCBS does.  That is what I had to explain to the Billing Department where I received my shot.

Hopefully they figured it out but dose #2 is scheduled for Thursday.  

I also was to the point where I didn't care if I had to pay for it.  I've had shingles.  I do not want to go through that again.

[Opti]

Dec 27, 2021 18:47:11 GMT -5 Spellbound454 said:

Looks like your CDC rules have suggested isolation time for the fully vaccinated, asymptomatic, is being reduced from 10 days to 5

edition.cnn.com/2021/12/27/health/cdc-covid-quarantine-isolation-shortened-recommendation/index.html


We have reduced ours to 7 days but are experiencing up to 25% of healthcare workers in some areas absent due to Covid related reasons.

Oddly, we haven't put new restrictions in before New Year, despite having very high levels of Omicron ... as the data isn't showing the huge amount of hospitalisation as before ....... yet.
(Kind of going it alone on that one and we'll have to see how it pans out)

and Delta is still around, of course.

I think local businesses near me are adding mask requirements, because of the surge. 

[Opti]

Dec 28, 2021 15:51:07 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

Medicare does not cover a Shingrix vaccine.  Thankfully my federal BCBS does.  That is what I had to explain to the Billing Department where I received my shot.

Hopefully they figured it out but dose #2 is scheduled for Thursday.  

I also was to the point where I didn't care if I had to pay for it.  I've had shingles.  I do not want to go through that again.

I've had shingles and it went into one of my eyes. I agree with you. 

[Opti]

Dec 28, 2021 13:32:00 GMT -5 Cheesy FL-Vol said:

I got my shingrix last year at Walgreens. Our company insurance covers all preventive vaccines 100%. I felt quite sick after mine and the same after my booster 60 days later.

I felt sick for about 24 hours after my flu shot this year. This is the first time I have had a flu shot.

I was also sick for about 24 hours after each of my Moderna vaccines and after the Moderna booster.

All of the shots resulted in a severely sore arm that lasted 3-4 days.

Ouch on the flu shot, but the flu is different every year. TY for the info. 

[Deleted]

Dec 28, 2021 17:05:57 GMT -5 Opti said:

Ouch on the flu shot, but the flu is different every year. TY for the info. 

YMMV- I had a sore arm for all of them, may have had fatigue from the COVID booster (grandchildren were visiting that week and that's always wild and crazy ) and had a bruise from the flu shot that lasted a few days. Maybe the pharmacist had bad aim.

My Shingrix shots cost me $47 OOP so Medicare must have paid some. I thought the commercials for the vaccine were fear-mongering and then a young woman in a class I was taking said she'd had shingles so bad the weekend before that the pain made her cry.

I went out and got the shot- that was the old Zostavax but I got Shingrix this year.

[TheOtherMe]

My claims statement from Medicare for the Shringrix vaccine clearly states denied.  I had called both Medicare and BCBS to see if either covered it even though my doctor advised me Medicare does not cover Shringrix.  She was correct and I was very pleased BCBS paid for it 100%.

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

Dec 28, 2021 17:22:48 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

Dec 28, 2021 17:05:57 GMT -5 Opti said:

Ouch on the flu shot, but the flu is different every year. TY for the info. 

YMMV- I had a sore arm for all of them, may have had fatigue from the COVID booster (grandchildren were visiting that week and that's always wild and crazy ) and had a bruise from the flu shot that lasted a few days. Maybe the pharmacist had bad aim.

My Shingrix shots cost me $47 OOP so Medicare must have paid some. I thought the commercials for the vaccine were fear-mongering and then a young woman in a class I was taking said she'd had shingles so bad the weekend before that the pain made her cry.

I went out and got the shot- that was the old Zostavax but I got Shingrix this year.

The gal at Walgreens that did my flu shot did a terrible job. It wouldn’t stop bleeding after the jab. She used 2 cotton balls while I was there, the 3rd was under a bandaid that I took off when I got home. The bleeding had finally stopped but that 3rd cotton ball still had a lot of blood on it.

[Deleted]

I'm going to try and get the Shingrix in '22.  My clinic keeps sending me a reminder that I need it but they don't have it when I call.  When I checked in 2020 it was about $70 for each dose with no Medicare coverage. 

[teen persuasion]

Dec 27, 2021 18:47:11 GMT -5 Spellbound454 said:

Looks like your CDC rules have suggested isolation time for the fully vaccinated, asymptomatic, is being reduced from 10 days to 5

edition.cnn.com/2021/12/27/health/cdc-covid-quarantine-isolation-shortened-recommendation/index.html


We have reduced ours to 7 days but are experiencing up to 25% of healthcare workers in some areas absent due to Covid related reasons.

Oddly, we haven't put new restrictions in before New Year, despite having very high levels of Omicron ... as the data isn't showing the huge amount of hospitalisation as before ....... yet.
(Kind of going it alone on that one and we'll have to see how it pans out)

and Delta is still around, of course.

Per Twitter, it was at the request of the Delta CEO!

So, are we following the science, or placating businessmen?

[minnesotapaintlady]

Dec 28, 2021 19:25:02 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

My claims statement from Medicare for the Shringrix vaccine clearly states denied.  I had called both Medicare and BCBS to see if either covered it even though my doctor advised me Medicare does not cover Shringrix.  She was correct and I was very pleased BCBS paid for it 100%.

Basic Medicare does not cover Shingrix, but Medicare Part D and Advantage Plans do cover part of it. 

[TheOtherMe]

That is what I was trying to say.  Apparently I didn't say it very well.

The clinic billed $214 for the Shingrix vaccine, which Medicare denied.   My retiree BCBS is similar to those other plans.  I don't have Part D or any Advantage plans.

The only co-pays I have are for prescription drugs.  I paid nothing out of pocket for my gallbladder surgery.  Yes, I pay the premiums each month but it has more than paid for itself by covering 100% of everything else.

[TheOtherMe]

Dec 28, 2021 21:36:28 GMT -5 teen persuasion said:

Dec 27, 2021 18:47:11 GMT -5 Spellbound454 said:

Looks like your CDC rules have suggested isolation time for the fully vaccinated, asymptomatic, is being reduced from 10 days to 5

edition.cnn.com/2021/12/27/health/cdc-covid-quarantine-isolation-shortened-recommendation/index.html


We have reduced ours to 7 days but are experiencing up to 25% of healthcare workers in some areas absent due to Covid related reasons.

Oddly, we haven't put new restrictions in before New Year, despite having very high levels of Omicron ... as the data isn't showing the huge amount of hospitalisation as before ....... yet.
(Kind of going it alone on that one and we'll have to see how it pans out)

and Delta is still around, of course.

Per Twitter, it was at the request of the Delta CEO!

So, are we following the science, or placating businessmen?

Seems it a business decision.  The anti-vaxxers most likely won't get tested and they are usually anti-mask.  They won't stay home from work/school and they won't wear a mask for the 5 days.

I'm glad I am not working.

[teen persuasion]

Dec 29, 2021 8:51:30 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

Dec 28, 2021 21:36:28 GMT -5 teen persuasion said:

Per Twitter, it was at the request of the Delta CEO!

So, are we following the science, or placating businessmen?

Seems it a business decision.  The anti-vaxxers most likely won't get tested and they are usually anti-mask.  They won't stay home from work/school and they won't wear a mask for the 5 days.

I'm glad I am not working.

I like Dr Fauci's idea about requiring vaccination to air travel.  You wanna get on a plane?  You need to be vaxxed!  No vax, no plane tix.

It would simultaneously increase the pool of vaxxed people, and ease the crunch of people on planes RN, with a bonus of reducing the ratio of problem passengers.

[haapai]

Dec 29, 2021 8:51:30 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

Dec 28, 2021 21:36:28 GMT -5 teen persuasion said:

Per Twitter, it was at the request of the Delta CEO!

So, are we following the science, or placating businessmen?

Seems it a business decision.  The anti-vaxxers most likely won't get tested and they are usually anti-mask.  They won't stay home from work/school and they won't wear a mask for the 5 days.

I'm glad I am not working.

I read it as an acknowledgement that the US not have the testing resources to deal with the Omicron wave.  Turnaround times for PCR tests will probably get much longer, rapid PCR tests will be hard to get, and we certainly don't have the rapid tests that we will need (either to diagnose infections in a timely manner or confirm that a person leaving quarantine or isolation is not infectious).  

So I'd call it a practical decision instead of a political one.  I wish it were a political decision.  That would probably be less scary than just having to admit that we are not prepared. 

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

Dec 29, 2021 9:48:07 GMT -5 haapai said:

Dec 29, 2021 8:51:30 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

Seems it a business decision.  The anti-vaxxers most likely won't get tested and they are usually anti-mask.  They won't stay home from work/school and they won't wear a mask for the 5 days.

I'm glad I am not working.

I read it as an acknowledgement that the US not have the testing resources to deal with the Omicron wave.  Turnaround times for PCR tests will probably get much longer, rapid PCR tests will be hard to get, and we certainly don't have the rapid tests that we will need (either to diagnose infections in a timely manner or confirm that a person leaving quarantine or isolation is not infectious).  

So I'd call it a practical decision instead of a political one.  I wish it were a political decision.  That would probably be less scary than just having to admit that we are not prepared. 

It is ludicrous that after 2 years we are still not prepared.

[Deleted]

Dec 28, 2021 21:56:46 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

Basic Medicare does not cover Shingrix, but Medicare Part D and Advantage Plans do cover part of it.

That makes sense- I have Part D so they must have paid part of it.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Dec 29, 2021 9:56:50 GMT -5 Cheesy FL-Vol said:

Dec 29, 2021 9:48:07 GMT -5 haapai said:

I read it as an acknowledgement that the US not have the testing resources to deal with the Omicron wave.  Turnaround times for PCR tests will probably get much longer, rapid PCR tests will be hard to get, and we certainly don't have the rapid tests that we will need (either to diagnose infections in a timely manner or confirm that a person leaving quarantine or isolation is not infectious).  

So I'd call it a practical decision instead of a political one.  I wish it were a political decision.  That would probably be less scary than just having to admit that we are not prepared. 

It is ludicrous that after 2 years we are still not prepared.

Our opportunity to be prepared was blown.  We can only react at this point.  Once the dominoes started to fall you weren't keeping the rest up.  If we had behaved like other countries such as New Zealand and South Korea from day one we'd be in a much better spot.

I am not going to say that a different president would have knocked it out the park because Mother Nature doesn't really give a crap HOWEVER I don't think we could have picked a worse one to have in a pandemic if we tried.  I doubt it but I wish this would get through people's heads that just because someone runs a business and has his name splattered everywhere in gold print or rides up into space on a penis rocket or invented a self driving car it doesn't mean they are capable of running a country.  

[tractor]

Dec 28, 2021 10:29:43 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

Lol tractor. That's too funny! Is she feeling ok today? My side effects have been minimal, luckily. Might even go out with the camera later. 🙂

She is fine, only complained about her arm hurting. I got my shingles vaccine 2(?) years ago and it kicked my ass for about a day.

She was still sleeping when I left this morning so I don't know how she's doing today.

[giramomma]

Well, my county just reported 1K cases in the past 24 hours. The vaccination rate is like 77%. Hospitals are stressed. Actually there's one in my state that is getting help from the army or some such place.

[TheOtherMe]

My niece said her hospital has cut back elective surgeries to 5 per day.  They are also using traveling nurses the governor called in.  

[Spellbound454]

Dec 29, 2021 8:51:30 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

Dec 28, 2021 21:36:28 GMT -5 teen persuasion said:

Per Twitter, it was at the request of the Delta CEO!

So, are we following the science, or placating businessmen?

Seems it a business decision.  The anti-vaxxers most likely won't get tested and they are usually anti-mask.  They won't stay home from work/school and they won't wear a mask for the 5 days.

I'm glad I am not working.

I think its just that the Omicron spread is before symptoms and a few days afterwards. No point keeping people at home if they aren't infectious.
Even people who are hospitalised don't seem to be there as long as Delta.

So if you are vaccinated and haven't got symptoms ... 5 days would probably be ok for this variant.

 I think local businesses near me are adding mask requirements, because of the surge.

We have mask mandates....... The lateral flow tests and pop up clinics everywhere
but no closing nightclubs etc before the New Year.