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Post by pulmonarymd on Mar 30, 2021 12:53:02 GMT -5
It started immediately. No hope for you. This is why J and J is taking so long to deliver, they haven't been able to get the chip right.
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Post by nidena on Mar 30, 2021 12:56:08 GMT -5
I've never had Krispy Kreme. The closest one is over 3 hours away They're overrated.
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Post by mcsangel2 on Mar 30, 2021 13:26:12 GMT -5
First Pfizer shot yesterday afternoon at 2:30. Usual sore arm. 45 mins later got a minor tingling sensation in the whole arm, like pins and needles. That went away in 10 mins. Within 90 mins I got super sleepy/tired, but I was back on the clock at work and had to tough it out until 5:30. Rested for a while, but the tiredness wore off by later that evening. By then my arm felt like someone had punched it. Stayed like that all night, but I'm now 21 hours post injection, and I'm almost completely back to normal.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Mar 30, 2021 13:36:53 GMT -5
DD1 had her 2nd Pfizer on Friday. She had vomiting and a seizure Friday night. She has epilepsy. I told her that she should report that seizure. That could be very important information for the CDC.
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Post by dannylion on Mar 30, 2021 13:48:00 GMT -5
DD1 had her 2nd Pfizer on Friday. She had vomiting and a seizure Friday night. She has epilepsy. I told her that she should report that seizure. That could be very important information for the CDC. There is a CDC smartphone app she can sign up for that lets you report any side effects over the first couple of weeks after each vaccine: V Safe AppI signed up a couple of days after my first shot, so it's not too late if she wants to use the app. Check-ins are daily for the first couple of weeks, then weekly until the next dose is administered, then daily again.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Mar 30, 2021 13:59:27 GMT -5
Thanks Danny, I just let her know.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Mar 30, 2021 15:19:55 GMT -5
DH was driving me nuts this morning telling me I needed to "keep an open mind" to the possibility that Fox News is right in claiming COVID-19 may have been engineered in a lab in China. I "can't prove" they are wrong. Well here is the evidence in case anyone else is having this discussion www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1733440The absence of a logical targeted pattern in the new viral sequences and a close relative in a wildlife species (bats) are the most revealing signs that SARS-CoV-2 evolved by natural evolution.Course DH will still insist I haven't proved anything and that scientists have been wrong before but I would say the evidence is pretty strong that Fox News is full of conspiracy laden BS. I am also sharing because this is really cool science. I had no idea that you can now sequence a virus and be able to tell if it was altered by humans. Genetics has come a long way from what I was learning back in 2002.
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Post by pulmonarymd on Mar 30, 2021 15:43:05 GMT -5
DH was driving me nuts this morning telling me I needed to "keep an open mind" to the possibility that Fox News is right in claiming COVID-19 may have been engineered in a lab in China. I "can't prove" they are wrong. Well here is the evidence in case anyone else is having this discussion www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1733440The absence of a logical targeted pattern in the new viral sequences and a close relative in a wildlife species (bats) are the most revealing signs that SARS-CoV-2 evolved by natural evolution.Course DH will still insist I haven't proved anything and that scientists have been wrong before but I would say the evidence is pretty strong that Fox News is full of conspiracy laden BS. I am also sharing because this is really cool science. I had no idea that you can now sequence a virus and be able to tell if it was altered by humans. Genetics has come a long way from what I was learning back in 2002. The better answer is that this has been about as perfect a virus to cause havoc as nature could conjure up. We aren't smart enough to have done this. Nature is a far better bioterrorist than we could ever be.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Mar 30, 2021 15:48:56 GMT -5
DH was driving me nuts this morning telling me I needed to "keep an open mind" to the possibility that Fox News is right in claiming COVID-19 may have been engineered in a lab in China. I "can't prove" they are wrong. Well here is the evidence in case anyone else is having this discussion www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1733440The absence of a logical targeted pattern in the new viral sequences and a close relative in a wildlife species (bats) are the most revealing signs that SARS-CoV-2 evolved by natural evolution.Course DH will still insist I haven't proved anything and that scientists have been wrong before but I would say the evidence is pretty strong that Fox News is full of conspiracy laden BS. I am also sharing because this is really cool science. I had no idea that you can now sequence a virus and be able to tell if it was altered by humans. Genetics has come a long way from what I was learning back in 2002. The better answer is that this has been about as perfect a virus to cause havoc as nature could conjure up. We aren't smart enough to have done this. Nature is a far better bioterrorist than we could ever be. I pointed out this argument is nothing new. They've said the same about Ebola, Zika and HIV. I think the reason it's so appealing to think it came from a lab is that "we" have control over it by not allowing certain types of research, requiring new regulations, yada yada. We can write it off as a fluke thanks to a bunch of careless scientists, we'll make sure this never happens again. If it came from nature we have no control over it. We also may have to start accepting our role in the changing of the environment. As we venture further into uncharted territory, the planet warms and our desire for exotic eats grows bigger we're one animal away from the next big plague.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Mar 30, 2021 16:13:53 GMT -5
Ebola for sure isn't perfect. It kills too many hosts before it can replicate further. Covid is perfect in that regard.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Mar 30, 2021 18:52:02 GMT -5
A friend of mine who lives in Washington State, didn't trust the vaccines. Well, her mind has been changed. A friend of hers got covid and is hospitalized and on a ventilator. It's too bad that is what it took to convince her that she needs to be vaccinated, but she has an appointment scheduled.
She had said she would wait for herd immunity. We kept telling her that was a long time away. Today she did say we were correct.
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Post by teen persuasion on Mar 31, 2021 7:51:50 GMT -5
NY has finally given in and opened up the floodgates on who is eligible to sign up! Last week they dropped it from age 60 to 50. Today it drops to age 30. Next week, 16+. Unfortunately, I can't sign up the boys before they become eligible (I mean, I can't even get them in line for an appointment when they'd be eligible). If it was tough to get a slot before, it'll be impossible next week! The school districts are getting pushed by some parents to fully open NOW. I don't want full open until the kids are vaccinated - numbers testing positive are increasing, even with higher vaccinated percentages. It's more and more younger people, who haven't been able to be vaccinated to date. Slow down, wait just a bit longer. Besides, its the disruption of changes that are, well, disruptive, to the kids' education. They've settled into a routine; let it play out for the last few months left. Plan your full reopen WELL for next fall, instead of a quick pivot based on the latest news cycle or FB protest. Try vaccinespotter.org for your state at midnight, 5, and 6 are the key times to find openings. They should show appts about 4-5 days beforehand. Good luck! Thanks for the advice. The problem is that you aren't eligible to sign up until after you are eligible. As in, can't even look until 4/6. Then, vaccinespotter is no help, because to date pharmacies can only vaccinate a limited subset - originally, only 65+, then they added teachers (long after most teachers were done), then added co-morbidities, then dropped the age limit to 60. Since NY has rapidly dropped the ages eligible from 60 to 50 last week to 30 yesterday to 16 next Tuesday, there's been no word if pharmacies are authorized to vaccinate everyone, yet. Without definite approval, they are likely still not an option. Have to use pop-up county or state sites. I just checked the site of the county-next-door where I got my vaccination - unfortunately, they only do Moderna, which i now see is only 18+ (ok for DS4), but we'd thus need Pfizer for DS5 who is just 16. . That county has a Pfizer clinic, but it's targeted for that county's residents only. Meanwhile, my county has zilch going on, and past ones (we couldn't use at the time) were further away. NY is trying, but they are not making it easy. Tight control at the top level, free-for-all reinvention of the wheel at the local level, with a twist of regional boundary-ism projected on top mucking things up. The county border I live next to and consider part of my local turf is normally/locally considered in the same region (WNY), but the state created its own/different set of regional boundaries, putting that county in a different region (Finger Lakes). Thoroughly confusing.
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Post by azucena on Mar 31, 2021 8:05:38 GMT -5
Not sure I follow all your state specific rules, but it seems like you're watching it.
One thing that I've read online is that the websites can't keep up with the constantly changing tiers which also vary by state. So the consensus was that you should mark a current tier but schedule your appt for the date your correct tier opens. Then, in person, you sign paperwork that says you're eligible again anyway. I felt okay with that option and marked manufacturing for myself on 3/24 to get my 3/29 appt and then in person put the right financial sector.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 31, 2021 8:06:50 GMT -5
First shot yesterday. I had a headache off and on for the rest of the day. However, I was idling in a parking lot for an hour and a half, it was hot, I didn't drink any water, my meals were all off, and I was on my phone a lot. All reasons I would likely have a headache.
Second shot is in a few weeks at 9.30 pm. So, maybe that will be a better time for me. Well after dinner. Dark and cool. Immediately go to bed.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Mar 31, 2021 8:16:10 GMT -5
Be sure and keep hydrated. It helps with side effects.
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Post by azucena on Mar 31, 2021 8:17:54 GMT -5
What's the latest guidance on families with vaccinated parents and unvaccinated kids ages 12 and 8? DH seems to think that Easter is open season since my mom and siblings are also vaccinated. I think we still need to be more cautious.
Also, am I crazy to think that 13+ might be vaccinated by Aug when school starts? He's saying he read 2 yrs yet for kids, but he tends not to pay attn to the source.
Anyway, help me out because it's become another argument here as he thinks I'm being way too risk averse.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Mar 31, 2021 8:24:54 GMT -5
I heard the CDC last night saying keep Easter to only members of your household. Case numbers are on the rise because people seem to think this is over.
Too many unvaccinated people out there still. It's not their fault, but the US is not out of the woods yet.
After that was on the local news, the Archdiocese of Des Moines issued a statement that Easter is best spent at the church. So much for science.
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Post by raeoflyte on Mar 31, 2021 8:39:34 GMT -5
I keep consistently seeing 12+ this summer.
We are dyeing eggs with mom and dsis/roommate but will be masked. Sunday we'll go to my folks as well but outdoors and masked.
That's really our norm now. We are visiting family again now that all grandparents are vaccinated, but with my family outdoor and masked, with dh's family they won't mask and more indoor contact, but we still mask when there and limit time.
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Post by anciana on Mar 31, 2021 8:59:28 GMT -5
What's the latest guidance on families with vaccinated parents and unvaccinated kids ages 12 and 8? DH seems to think that Easter is open season since my mom and siblings are also vaccinated. I think we still need to be more cautious. Also, am I crazy to think that 13+ might be vaccinated by Aug when school starts? He's saying he read 2 yrs yet for kids, but he tends not to pay attn to the source. Anyway, help me out because it's become another argument here as he thinks I'm being way too risk averse. As raeoflyte mentioned above, Pfizer just announced that their small study reveled that their vaccine appears safe and protective in kids 12 and up. My hope is that they submit their data to FDA soon, that the FDA approves it soon and that the states start vaccinating older kids some time this summer after most of the adults are vaccinated. Here's hoping it all goes well! source
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Post by chiver78 on Mar 31, 2021 9:07:36 GMT -5
thanks for the vaxspotter link. I just became eligible under a reclassification of "medical supply chain workers" here in MA. I pre-registered on the state site yesterday, after discovering that I can punt repeatedly on an appointment slot if I'm assigned a spot for a J&J vax (I can't do that one...) where earlier I had thought that I'd get dropped entirely for declining.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 31, 2021 10:19:23 GMT -5
Be sure and keep hydrated. It helps with side effects. I am now. I just didn't drink a lot of water before we went to the vax site. I had heard there were wait times up to 4 hours. I didn't see a bank of port-o-potties there, so I'm not sure what happens when thousands of people are stuck in their cars for 4 hours straight. And I didn't want to find out. Luckily it was only 1.5 hours plus another hour of round trip driving. And I ran into the house to pee when we got home. 🐎🐎🐎
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Post by azucena on Mar 31, 2021 10:31:13 GMT -5
I keep consistently seeing 12+ this summer. We are dyeing eggs with mom and dsis/roommate but will be masked. Sunday we'll go to my folks as well but outdoors and masked. That's really our norm now. We are visiting family again now that all grandparents are vaccinated, but with my family outdoor and masked, with dh's family they won't mask and more indoor contact, but we still mask when there and limit time. Thanks for the info Theo and Rae. I'll send some of this info to DH. He's just too carefree which usually is a positive balance for me. Rae's plans align with what I'm thinking so thank you for making me feel like I'm not a wacko. Stay outdoors as much as possible. Mask and social distance when indoors. Try to avoid family/friends who aren't taking it seriously like DH's family. I'll admit that it's been harder for me to think thru continuing to limit, but it's the right thing to do and we're so close to a tipping point to better numbers that could just as easily go the other way if we start a free for all. DD8 said our neighbor mentioned ditching the masks once her husband gets the second shot. They've been part of our pod and the girls play back and forth with their masks on when they are inside and off when outside. Us parents mask when in the same room as the kids but if their off by themselves, we don't. At this point, the kids are so used to masks from school, it's just habit. I was hoping to keep that going indoors. I'll have to have another awkward conversation with the mom. Thankfully, she's been great deferring to my rules so far.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 31, 2021 10:48:47 GMT -5
Some helpful information regarding your vaccination card. Don’t laminate your COVID vaccination card before doing these 5 thingsMore than a dozen states are opening COVID-19 vaccinations to all adults this week, which means more Americans could soon be getting some form of a vaccination card — and wondering where they should keep it. You see, the three-by-four-inch paper vaccination card designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is too big for most wallets, let alone the standard credit card pockets sewn into wallets and purses. So questions about how to keep your vaccination card safe, and whether you should laminate it, have been popping up online. Enterprising vendors on Etsy and Amazon are already selling vaccine card holders and sleeves, some of which are looped to decorative lanyards. And retailers including OfficeMax and Office Depot, as well as Staples, are offering free lamination services without purchase for those who want to protect their vaccine cards. (What’s more, “I’m vaccinated” merch is also giving Etsy sellers another shot at profits. ) “I’m getting asked about this a lot more as more people get vaccinated, and they’re starting to see vaccination requirements to go to a sporting event or to travel,” Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of NYU Langone’s Division of Medical Ethics, told MarketWatch. Complete article here: link
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Post by justme on Mar 31, 2021 11:22:54 GMT -5
The short answer is you don't laminate it because then if there's any booster shots it can't be added to it!
Though I have been wondering how one gets a replacement one if you need it.
About to get my second shot today and I was spending time searching if there's any countries waving testing/quarantine if you're fully vaccinated. And there are! So I'll have places to go with the vacation time work is making me use.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 31, 2021 12:07:22 GMT -5
My daughter noticed right away it didn't fit in her wallet. I don’t think in my state we will have to produce those cards for regular business. I am going to store them with my other precious papers - birth certificates, passports and the id number for one of our cat's chips - not really sure how that got in there - but seems like a pretty good place to me.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 31, 2021 12:23:18 GMT -5
My DH ended up going to that big clinic at Devos Place today. He said everyone was really nice, and it went really smoothly as they ushered him around to different stations. I think they did 12,000 there on Monday. Maybe more, I don't remember. They're busting them out here in Michigan where the numbers have been absolutely skyrocketing lately.
Eta: The clinic I went to was in and out in less than 1/2 hr. Hours long waiting is really bad organization.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Mar 31, 2021 12:33:21 GMT -5
DH's company is going to do a vaccine clinic. He will likely be vaccinated in the next two weeks.
That is awesome news! Though my follow up question is why hasn't my company bothered to do that for those of us on site? Oh well I get mine on Friday though I feel for people playing appointment roulette. I feel the VERY least this company could have done was offer an onsite clinic.
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