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Post by TheOtherMe on Apr 6, 2021 8:24:37 GMT -5
Wherever the state auditor got his vaccine yesterday, they gave him a digital timer and told him he couldn't leave until it went off and then to return the timer and they would mark off that he waited his 15 minutes
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Post by tractor on Apr 6, 2021 9:38:09 GMT -5
Wherever the state auditor got his vaccine yesterday, they gave him a digital timer and told him he couldn't leave until it went off and then to return the timer and they would mark off that he waited his 15 minutes Wow, strict. I waited about 10-minutes talking with another guy until the nurse got tired of listening to us and abruptly said “you can go now!” Nobody is keeping track here.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Apr 6, 2021 9:45:26 GMT -5
Wherever the state auditor got his vaccine yesterday, they gave him a digital timer and told him he couldn't leave until it went off and then to return the timer and they would mark off that he waited his 15 minutes Wow. There was a digital clock displayed on the wall where I went and I was told to approximate 15 minutes then I could go.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Apr 6, 2021 9:59:49 GMT -5
The nurse giving the shot wrote the time on a sheet, instructed you to go to another room to make an appointment for the second shot, then sit in that room for the rest of the time and leave. Nobody was enforcing it, but seemed like people were complying just fine.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Apr 6, 2021 10:13:07 GMT -5
Where my in laws got their shot, the RN who administered it was keeping track of 15 minutes. She let someone go while my in laws were doing their paperwork after verifying they were feeling okay.
We will see what happens for us today. Based on the CDC guidance, I should be a 30 minute wait. I have fresh epi pens to put in my purse before we go. The vaccine location is a 2 minute walk so maybe 30 second drive to the hospital. The health department is administering it. I am hopeful that it all goes well. I discussed it in detail with my allergy doctor in January.
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Post by chiver78 on Apr 6, 2021 10:23:09 GMT -5
the guy that checked me in handed me a card with the date/time of the 2nd appointment (28 days later, same time) and my name written on it. as I was waiting my 15min, an email confirmation came through with the same appointment detail. we also had digital clocks on the wall.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Apr 6, 2021 10:42:13 GMT -5
I got mine at Walgreens. They told me I could sit there or walk around the store for 15 minutes then leave.
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Post by billisonboard on Apr 6, 2021 10:49:36 GMT -5
I was given a slip of paper with the time I could leave on it. I was instructed to bring it back to the counter and I would get my vaccination card.
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Post by daisylu on Apr 6, 2021 10:55:33 GMT -5
The center where I got mine had a big TV in the front with the time displayed. Not sure they were enforcing the wait time, but there was a desk just before the exit where they took your card, put something in a computer and wrote on the card. Do not know what would happen if you just left.
I would feel horrible if I left, had some sort of bad reaction, and ended up causing someone else harm as I was driving myself.
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Post by Tiny on Apr 6, 2021 11:32:48 GMT -5
Took 2 people in my "Bubble" last friday 4/2 to a Drive Thru event at the local Sports Arena for their first shot (Pfizer). The 101st Airborne ‘Screaming Eagles’ Soldiers are helping/running it. I had to go back on Saturday to get my first shot - we miscommunicated when setting up our appts. On Friday we maybe waited a few minutes at each station - as there were cars in front of us. All 8 to 10 lanes in use had vehicles. From the time we entered the queue until we pulled out of the parking lot and headed home was about 25minutes. My Saturday appt went faster - there was no one ahead of me - I quickly moved thru the 'stations' and pulled into the "get your shot tent" (there were about 8 lanes and each lane had 4 to 5 cars in it (the shot tent did 5 cars per lane at a time). I was in and out of the drive thru in just under 20 minutes. It was kind of cool... they checked your tickets - and put a bright colored sticky note on the windshield with the number of people getting shots. If you had something special about you/your people you got another color note. The sticky notes helped you get directed to an appropriate lane for the shot(s). the 15 minute "wait" started soon after you got your shot - as another sticky/and a note card with your "you are done time" on it was put on the dash and windsheild. From the shot tent you moved to a "wait for your time to expire" lane where you heard about your next appointment and how it worked (the computer AI set it up - 3 weeks from your first shot.) and to make sure you didn't have a reaction to the shot. And then you were done. They were also doing Walk Thru appointments in other parking lots of the arena. There were crowds of people - as they had to cross the street we were exiting on to get to the the "shot tent" or back to their car. I had a super sore arm - when I moved it. I also felt draggy/headachy about 4 hours after the shot. I woke up the next morning with what felt like a hangover - my eyes were slits, my head hurt, my arm hurt, I was achy and draggy tired. I drank lots of water (I was dehydrated) had some tylenol (wish I would have taken some before going to sleep) and I felt better by the afternoon (about 24hours after getting the shot. ) My "bubble peeps" - one had minor headache and an annoying minor sore arm (mine HURT when i moved it) all went away within 24 hours. the other was fine - like nothing had happened. (during the 'aftershot wait' - since I had "old people" with health conditions - lots of "workers" stopped by the car to check... my 87yo "Mom" liked the young military people - she's a really cute, bubbly, sharp old woman and the military men and women usually left our car with an honest laugh and smile.   )
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Post by TheOtherMe on Apr 6, 2021 11:52:36 GMT -5
Wherever the state auditor got his vaccine yesterday, they gave him a digital timer and told him he couldn't leave until it went off and then to return the timer and they would mark off that he waited his 15 minutes Wow. There was a digital clock displayed on the wall where I went and I was told to approximate 15 minutes then I could go. I'm guessing this was in Des Moines. Walgreens had me wait and told me what time I could leave. They brought me the vaccination card and said I could leave when my time was up. Sister got her 2nd shot at a different Walgreens than the first. At that Walgreens, she was told to wait where she could be seen in the Pharmacy. She was walking around the area and got out of sight and they came looking for her.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Apr 6, 2021 11:54:07 GMT -5
I wasn't entirely sure how well the site I was at was prepared to respond but since that area is a traffic zone of death I figured better safe than sorry it's not like I had anywhere to be in those 15 minutes.
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Post by mollyanna58 on Apr 6, 2021 11:55:37 GMT -5
I was given a slip of paper with the time I could leave on it. I was instructed to bring it back to the counter and I would get my vaccination card. Walgreen's gave me my vaccination card before they gave me the vaccine.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Apr 6, 2021 11:59:02 GMT -5
Next week my county is setting up a large scale vaccine clinic, funded by the county. I have not heard how many people a day they expect to vaccinate. The county Fire Departments will be giving the vaccines and there will always be EMTs there. I am impressed by the county response. I have been all along. They have tried to centralize information for the county. They can't do anything about the state but they are looking out for the county.
This is in addition to the one funded my the medical community that is happening at an empty store in an almost empty mall. One medical office has been having vaccine clinics at the rec center in the town next to mine. Don't know if those will continue after the county sets up it's sight.
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Post by teen persuasion on Apr 6, 2021 12:42:39 GMT -5
NY opened up vaccine eligibility to all 16+ today. DH got the 2 youngest boys scheduled at a Walgreens 30 miles away, for Friday!
We needed Pfizer, for DS5 who's just 16, so that limited where we could go. I'd been watching the vaccinespotter site all weekend; it's a shame we couldn't have booked ahead for today, because there were really local slots open over the weekend for today, but they'd disappeared by 8am when they became eligible to sign up.
I really don't understand why WNY has almost nothing available, but other regions of the state consistently have wide availability. Are we just not getting the doses here, or are we rabid to book here while other regions' residents can't be convinced to get the vaccine? So many people have told me they had to go to Rochester or Syracuse to get an appointment before late May (if at all). It's not like our vaccinated percentages are high here; they appear low compared to other regions.
Now just need to convince DS2 and DD3 and hubby to get vaccinated ASAP.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Apr 6, 2021 12:54:03 GMT -5
NY opened up vaccine eligibility to all 16+ today. DH got the 2 youngest boys scheduled at a Walgreens 30 miles away, for Friday! We needed Pfizer, for DS5 who's just 16, so that limited where we could go. I'd been watching the vaccinespotter site all weekend; it's a shame we couldn't have booked ahead for today, because there were really local slots open over the weekend for today, but they'd disappeared by 8am when they became eligible to sign up. I really don't understand why WNY has almost nothing available, but other regions of the state consistently have wide availability. Are we just not getting the doses here, or are we rabid to book here while other regions' residents can't be convinced to get the vaccine? So many people have told me they had to go to Rochester or Syracuse to get an appointment before late May (if at all). It's not like our vaccinated percentages are high here; they appear low compared to other regions.Now just need to convince DS2 and DD3 and hubby to get vaccinated ASAP. I saw this in WA too. When I started looking, it was incredibly easy to get an appointment west of the Cascades, but anything east was impossible. There were hundreds of appointments available in the Spokane area, but that was 5 hours away and not up for a road trip like that. Even less so if needing to go back for a second dose and feeling like crap during the drive home. My best guess is that it's probably politically driven too. Eastern WA is largely a red part of the state, and maybe more unlikely to get vaccinated? That means a lot of appointments go unfilled if the vaccine is distributed as a proportion of population.
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Post by lurkyloo on Apr 6, 2021 15:14:52 GMT -5
Finally snagged an appointment for DH for this Friday He’ll have to drive about 20-25 min out of his way for it but it’s not super far from his work. I almost snagged one on Sunday but it disappeared in the minute it took me to call and check his schedule.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Apr 6, 2021 17:13:44 GMT -5
Myself and DH got dose 1 of Moderna today. It was a fairly decent size clinic being run by the health department. They checked you in and sent you down the hall to a room with about six or seven vaccine stations set up. They checked ID and appointment time again and gave you vaccine. I got a band due to past allergic reactions.
Back down the hall to check in at the observation room. They had several national guard members helping direct traffic between rooms. I had to go speak to the paramedic and he set a timer for 30 minutes for me. If it was just DH, he could have left after 10 minutes and no one would have known. Paramedic came up to check on me at 30 minute mark and we got to go.
Bonus was national guard had a therapy dog they were bringing around to see everyone.
All in all pretty organized and we will get an email link to schedule our second dose in 28 days.
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Post by finnime on Apr 6, 2021 19:23:33 GMT -5
I scheduled my first dose for Thursday at a very close by hospital - about a 5 minute drive. Pfizer. I finally got booked!
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Apr 6, 2021 20:54:16 GMT -5
I noticed on Facebook that a pop up clinic with the J&J "one and done" shot opened up this evening and would be giving shots until 8pm or whenever they ran out. Texted DS at 6:15 and 30 minutes later he texted me back that he got his shot and that included 20 minutes of drive time to get there. So, he'll be able to head back to school vaccinated and not have to worry about coming back for a booster.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Apr 7, 2021 9:15:00 GMT -5
The kid didn't escape side effects. I woke up to the kitchen counter being a mess from him digging for the thermometer so went and checked on him before I left for work. He had woke up at 3am with chills and bad fever dreams but couldn't find the thermometer. I temped him this morning and he was at 100.5 Luckily he's on break and can just stay in bed all day if he needs to.
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Post by daisylu on Apr 7, 2021 11:44:40 GMT -5
Mom & Dad got their second Pfizer shots today. They both had reactions to the first - chills, fever, & exhaustion - and spent a full day in bed. Hopefully, the second is kinder to them.
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Post by busymom on Apr 7, 2021 13:54:30 GMT -5
Took DS to CVS to get his first Pfizer shot today. They had the BEST organization we've seen of any clinic yet. We've got 4 people living in our house, and all of us ended up getting scheduled at completely different places to get our Covid shots. Weird. But hey, at least we're getting scheduled. By the end of the month, we'll all be completely vaccinated. Hooray!
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Post by TheOtherMe on Apr 7, 2021 16:05:55 GMT -5
My last 3 Iowa family members have their vaccines scheduled. My niece stayed up last night until she got those 3 scheduled. That includes her 16 year old son.
It will be forever before the Toronto branch gets vaccinated.
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Post by saveinla on Apr 7, 2021 16:11:12 GMT -5
My son was able to schedule his pfizer vaccine for tomorrow - I checked hyvee and told him appointments were available. His state has opened up to 16 years and above a couple weeks ago.
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Post by jelloshots4all on Apr 7, 2021 19:02:06 GMT -5
Both my kids had their 2nd Pfizer Monday. My daughter said she was tired yesterday and had a headache, but not enough to take anything. My son played basketball, so he felt fine.
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Post by daisylu on Apr 8, 2021 7:42:02 GMT -5
Mom & Dad got their second Pfizer shots today. They both had reactions to the first - chills, fever, & exhaustion - and spent a full day in bed. Hopefully, the second is kinder to them. It was not. Dad was down by 4PM and Mom is down this morning. Not sure how bad, as they tend to downplay things so I don't worry.
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Post by dannylion on Apr 8, 2021 14:33:29 GMT -5
I got mine at Walgreens. They told me I could sit there or walk around the store for 15 minutes then leave. I got mine at Walgreen's, too. For the first one, nothing was said about waiting 15 minutes, though the tech checking me in did ask the questions about allergies and reactions to other vaccinations. Since I have never had an anaphylactic reaction to anything (and possibly also because I am probably not very bright, anyway), I just went on my merry way immediately after receiving my shot. In retrospect, even though there was no adverse reaction, it would probably have been wiser to have waited, just in case. For the second one, everyone was instructed to go back to the waiting area and sit for 15 minutes, but no one was keeping track. I waited about 10 minutes, got bored, and went home.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Apr 8, 2021 15:35:41 GMT -5
DH gets the J&J vaccine through work. So he will be fully vaccinated next week. I'll be done on the 23rd.
Now if they can just approve it for kids 12 and under that would be super. However a large number of adults around them, including teachers will be vaccinated and they still have to wear masks at school so I am not overly worried about them catching it. Gwen was hoping to not have to wear masks come fall but she said if that's the worst that happens she'll live with it. Preferable to having to be virtual.
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Post by andi9899 on Apr 8, 2021 17:57:32 GMT -5
I go back for my second shot on 4/12. I'll be fully vaccinated by 4/26. It's on after that. I'm cool with still having to wear a mask. It's the not dying part that I'm particularly excited for.
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