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Post by zibazinski on May 21, 2021 5:40:15 GMT -5
Wow. That's got to be unusual for a hospital. I'm by Mayo, and they were over 80% vaccinated back in early March. I don't know what they're at now, but the entire county is at 75% for over age 16. I think my electronics manufacturing company is at over 70% vaccinated. I was surprised myself but we have a lot of different cultures and beliefs. So who knows why for sure. Everyone in my office where I volunteer is vaccinated. We still mask because it’s a hospital policy.
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Post by pulmonarymd on May 21, 2021 7:23:15 GMT -5
I may have just gotten an insight into your daughter's behavior and what she is saying. I don't agree with her conclusions, but I may have clue as to where they came from.
Did your daughter attend Michigan State University in the mid 1990s or later? She sure sounds like someone who was exposed to a prof that I had a bit of exposure to. He was a born-again mess that the biology department didn't want teaching their students so they let him teach integrated studies courses that no body seriously interested in science would ever take.
That guy had some seriously weird beliefs and one of his hobby-horses was the superiority of resistance versus immunity. Most of his examples involved crop diseases and pesticides, but he was pretty adamant that immunity was weaker than resistance.
I can kinda see how someone exposed to someone like him and not given adequate PPE and fed a whole lot of BS during the pandemic (or longer) might reach the same conclusions as your daughter. I still think that she is wrong, and that her actions endanger both her patients and herself, but I kinda understand her fear of being part of the line that fails when immunity is breached.
No but she does have a jaundiced view of life which has served her well. She wears PPE and is very careful of protocols. Just doesn’t think the vaccine is something for her. I volunteer at a level one trauma center and 32% of the employees have said no to the vaccine. I got the Pfizer but I don’t know whether it’ll work or not. I’m going to a memorial Sunday for someone who had the vaccine, got in a car accident, and got covid after that. Who knows from whom? The EMT’s? A nurse? A doctor? Someone who cleaned her room or delivered her food? Just rotten luck. Skepticism in medicine is good up to a point, then it is problematic. There is plenty of data to show the effectiveness of the vaccines, including real world data. You post in other posts how 32% of healthcare workers are not vaccinated, and your daughter is one of them. She is part of the problem when it comes to exposing patients to the disease, a ppe, like everything in medicine is not 100% protected. If she is not recommending the vaccine to patients, she is part of the problem. Does she feel the same about the flu vaccine? It is far less effective than this vaccine, and the influenza virus mutates more dramatically than Covid.
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Post by azucena on May 21, 2021 8:24:11 GMT -5
Scheduled DD12 for Pfizer tomorrow and 6/12. Gives her Sundays to recuperate if she gets knocked down. She's ready.
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Post by chiver78 on May 21, 2021 8:38:30 GMT -5
I read something earlier this morning, and now I can't find it. if I do, I'll update this post.
apparently some immunocompromised folks have been having less than stellar reactions to their vaccine doses. as in, easier 24-48h post-shot, and lower antibody production. this includes people taking immunosuppressant meds for things like organ transplants and auto-immune disorders as well as cancer survivors.
logically, that makes sense to me. if you're taking immunosuppressant meds for something, that you wouldn't respond as strongly to a vaccine. but how protected are these people if they aren't responding to the vax as expected? it makes me wonder about my own cakewalk of a 2nd dose. I'm not on any meds like this, but my immune system generally sucks already.
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Post by Opti on May 21, 2021 8:46:02 GMT -5
I may have just gotten an insight into your daughter's behavior and what she is saying. I don't agree with her conclusions, but I may have clue as to where they came from.
Did your daughter attend Michigan State University in the mid 1990s or later? She sure sounds like someone who was exposed to a prof that I had a bit of exposure to. He was a born-again mess that the biology department didn't want teaching their students so they let him teach integrated studies courses that no body seriously interested in science would ever take.
That guy had some seriously weird beliefs and one of his hobby-horses was the superiority of resistance versus immunity. Most of his examples involved crop diseases and pesticides, but he was pretty adamant that immunity was weaker than resistance.
I can kinda see how someone exposed to someone like him and not given adequate PPE and fed a whole lot of BS during the pandemic (or longer) might reach the same conclusions as your daughter. I still think that she is wrong, and that her actions endanger both her patients and herself, but I kinda understand her fear of being part of the line that fails when immunity is breached.
No but she does have a jaundiced view of life which has served her well. She wears PPE and is very careful of protocols. Just doesn’t think the vaccine is something for her. I volunteer at a level one trauma center and 32% of the employees have said no to the vaccine. I got the Pfizer but I don’t know whether it’ll work or not. I’m going to a memorial Sunday for someone who had the vaccine, got in a car accident, and got covid after that. Who knows from whom? The EMT’s? A nurse? A doctor? Someone who cleaned her room or delivered her food? Just rotten luck. This person who died, were they fully vaccinated, i.e. several weeks after their final shot before they got it? Did this person have absolutely no visitors at the hospital? Is there proof this person did not have Covid when they came to the hospital? Unfortunately there are still a couple Covid rooms in the facility I work at. I'd say possibly as many as 50% of those who have been there have come as admissions to the ALF side and tested positive for Covid on their arrival. I always believe that many of the alleged breakthrough Covid cases are actually idiots who expose themselves before they are fully immune. While many cases of Covid develop quickly within a few weeks, more than a few studies have shown it can take up to thirty or forty days to appear. How do you know they didn't have exposure to Covid prior to the car accident and Covid took root because of their weakened state after the car accident? Regarding your daughter, most viewpoints have some use otherwise they would be dropped. Right now she is refusing the vaccine because of her beliefs and that is the wrong choice unless she has medical reasons like shellfish allergy or clots to not take it.
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Post by wvugurl26 on May 21, 2021 8:46:51 GMT -5
I read it on CNN about a week ago. It was an article about people who should continue wearing masks even once fully vaccinated. It said basically they weren't fully confident of how effective the vaccine was in the immunocompromised.
I wouldn't worry too much chiver. My BIL and DH had an easy #2. DH had nothing but a little sore arm with either dose.
I'm the one with autoimmune stuff (allergies/asthma) and #2 sucked the next day.
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Post by Opti on May 21, 2021 8:50:53 GMT -5
I read something earlier this morning, and now I can't find it. if I do, I'll update this post. apparently some immunocompromised folks have been having less than stellar reactions to their vaccine doses. as in, easier 24-48h post-shot, and lower antibody production. this includes people taking immunosuppressant meds for things like organ transplants and auto-immune disorders as well as cancer survivors. logically, that makes sense to me. if you're taking immunosuppressant meds for something, that you wouldn't respond as strongly to a vaccine. but how protected are these people if they aren't responding to the vax as expected? it makes me wonder about my own cakewalk of a 2nd dose. I'm not on any meds like this, but my immune system generally sucks already. I figure there must be different levels of immunity achieved by those who get vaccinated. Would be nice if there was a cheap way to test that did not involve exposing yourself to Covid positive people. My reaction to the second shot included some significant chills so I chose to take that as a good sign.
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Post by bean29 on May 21, 2021 8:52:54 GMT -5
No but she does have a jaundiced view of life which has served her well. She wears PPE and is very careful of protocols. Just doesn’t think the vaccine is something for her. I volunteer at a level one trauma center and 32% of the employees have said no to the vaccine. I got the Pfizer but I don’t know whether it’ll work or not. I’m going to a memorial Sunday for someone who had the vaccine, got in a car accident, and got covid after that. Who knows from whom? The EMT’s? A nurse? A doctor? Someone who cleaned her room or delivered her food? Just rotten luck. This person who died, were they fully vaccinated, i.e. several weeks after their final shot before they got it? Did this person have absolutely no visitors at the hospital? Is there proof this person did not have Covid when they came to the hospital? Unfortunately there are still a couple Covid rooms in the facility I work at. I'd say possibly as many as 50% of those who have been there have come as admissions to the ALF side and tested positive for Covid on their arrival. I always believe that many of the alleged breakthrough Covid cases are actually idiots who expose themselves before they are fully immune. While many cases of Covid develop quickly within a few weeks, more than a few studies have shown it can take up to thirty or forty days to appear. How do you know they didn't have exposure to Covid prior to the car accident and Covid took root because of their weakened state after the car accident? Regarding your daughter, most viewpoints have some use otherwise they would be dropped. Right now she is refusing the vaccine because of her beliefs and that is the wrong choice unless she has medical reasons like shellfish allergy or clots to not take it. Wait, if you have a Shellfish allergy you should not get the Covid-19 Vaccine? My DS is not Vaccinated, we want him to get Vaccinated, but he has always said he is allergic to Shellfish (his claims pre-date Coved-19). I have never heard this, and I don't think he has either.
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Post by stillmovingforward on May 21, 2021 8:52:58 GMT -5
I take immunosuppressants and had no reaction to either shot. Yah, I'll be masking and social distancing. And not allowing unmasked people to treat me.
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Post by Opti on May 21, 2021 8:56:58 GMT -5
I read it on CNN about a week ago. It was an article about people who should continue wearing masks even once fully vaccinated. It said basically they weren't fully confident of how effective the vaccine was in the immunocompromised. I wouldn't worry too much chiver. My BIL and DH had an easy #2. DH had nothing but a little sore arm with either dose. I'm the one with autoimmune stuff (allergies/asthma) and #2 sucked the next day. I have significant allergies as well, but I don't think that's considered autoimmune stuff. Googled a little and found this- www.bing.com/search?q=autoimmune+diseases&form=ANNTH1&refig=7dc4cda8c96c4e3d9ed5bb7bd97cc66f&sp=1&qs=LS&pq=autoimmune&sk=PRES1&sc=8-10&cvid=7dc4cda8c96c4e3d9ed5bb7bd97cc66fA former copy destroyed my WebMD link but allergies aren't listed in the couple I checked whereas Diabetes and Rheumatoid arthritis are.
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Post by chiver78 on May 21, 2021 8:58:54 GMT -5
I read it on CNN about a week ago. It was an article about people who should continue wearing masks even once fully vaccinated. It said basically they weren't fully confident of how effective the vaccine was in the immunocompromised. I wouldn't worry too much chiver. My BIL and DH had an easy #2. DH had nothing but a little sore arm with either dose. I'm the one with autoimmune stuff (allergies/asthma) and #2 sucked the next day. yeah, I'm not going to worry myself into an anxiety attack or anything. but I am curious. bean29 - there is a caution on the Pfizer vax for those with shellfish allergies. that's why I chose the Moderna one. I'll go back a few pages to find/quote a big post I'd put up about it for someone else that had a loved one with the same allergies.
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Post by Opti on May 21, 2021 8:59:55 GMT -5
This person who died, were they fully vaccinated, i.e. several weeks after their final shot before they got it? Did this person have absolutely no visitors at the hospital? Is there proof this person did not have Covid when they came to the hospital? Unfortunately there are still a couple Covid rooms in the facility I work at. I'd say possibly as many as 50% of those who have been there have come as admissions to the ALF side and tested positive for Covid on their arrival. I always believe that many of the alleged breakthrough Covid cases are actually idiots who expose themselves before they are fully immune. While many cases of Covid develop quickly within a few weeks, more than a few studies have shown it can take up to thirty or forty days to appear. How do you know they didn't have exposure to Covid prior to the car accident and Covid took root because of their weakened state after the car accident? Regarding your daughter, most viewpoints have some use otherwise they would be dropped. Right now she is refusing the vaccine because of her beliefs and that is the wrong choice unless she has medical reasons like shellfish allergy or clots to not take it. Wait, if you have a Shellfish allergy you should not get the Covid-19 Vaccine? My DS is not Vaccinated, we want him to get Vaccinated, but he has always said he is allergic to Shellfish (his claims pre-date Coved-19). I have never heard this, and I don't think he has either. In the early vaccinations some people with shellfish allergies had significant reactions to one of the vaccines. I don't remember which, but I bet Chiver does. With the shellfish allergies it was a risk, not a guarantee you'd have issues just like the current blood clots of women of childbearing age with J&J. I understand not wanting to find out, even if your effective risk is much lower than 10% or less.
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Post by chiver78 on May 21, 2021 9:08:43 GMT -5
bean29 - this isn't the exact post I wanted, but the gist is the same. yup, bad shellfish allergies here. I also couldn't do J&J due to processing methods, same reason I can't do typical flu shots. AZ would also be off the table if it were approved in the US. so take this as you will. after talking with my doctor, we decided that Moderna posed the least risk *for me* between being mRNA and not having the shellfish caution of Pfizer's dose. she advised that I go to a mass vaccination site rather than a neighborhood CVS, as they would be better equipped to handle any reactions I might have. I had no issues with #1 two weeks ago, and am expecting the same with #2 on the 29th. hope that helps anyone that needed it. 🙂
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Post by zibazinski on May 21, 2021 10:17:51 GMT -5
No but she does have a jaundiced view of life which has served her well. She wears PPE and is very careful of protocols. Just doesn’t think the vaccine is something for her. I volunteer at a level one trauma center and 32% of the employees have said no to the vaccine. I got the Pfizer but I don’t know whether it’ll work or not. I’m going to a memorial Sunday for someone who had the vaccine, got in a car accident, and got covid after that. Who knows from whom? The EMT’s? A nurse? A doctor? Someone who cleaned her room or delivered her food? Just rotten luck. This person who died, were they fully vaccinated, i.e. several weeks after their final shot before they got it? Did this person have absolutely no visitors at the hospital? Is there proof this person did not have Covid when they came to the hospital? Unfortunately there are still a couple Covid rooms in the facility I work at. I'd say possibly as many as 50% of those who have been there have come as admissions to the ALF side and tested positive for Covid on their arrival. I always believe that many of the alleged breakthrough Covid cases are actually idiots who expose themselves before they are fully immune. While many cases of Covid develop quickly within a few weeks, more than a few studies have shown it can take up to thirty or forty days to appear. How do you know they didn't have exposure to Covid prior to the car accident and Covid took root because of their weakened state after the car accident? Regarding your daughter, most viewpoints have some use otherwise they would be dropped. Right now she is refusing the vaccine because of her beliefs and that is the wrong choice unless she has medical reasons like shellfish allergy or clots to not take it. No clue when she got the shots. I’m assuming as soon as she could which would have been January. It’s her decision to make as she is 32. Nothing I can do about it.
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Post by zibazinski on May 21, 2021 10:19:42 GMT -5
No but she does have a jaundiced view of life which has served her well. She wears PPE and is very careful of protocols. Just doesn’t think the vaccine is something for her. I volunteer at a level one trauma center and 32% of the employees have said no to the vaccine. I got the Pfizer but I don’t know whether it’ll work or not. I’m going to a memorial Sunday for someone who had the vaccine, got in a car accident, and got covid after that. Who knows from whom? The EMT’s? A nurse? A doctor? Someone who cleaned her room or delivered her food? Just rotten luck. This person who died, were they fully vaccinated, i.e. several weeks after their final shot before they got it? Did this person have absolutely no visitors at the hospital? Is there proof this person did not have Covid when they came to the hospital? Unfortunately there are still a couple Covid rooms in the facility I work at. I'd say possibly as many as 50% of those who have been there have come as admissions to the ALF side and tested positive for Covid on their arrival. I always believe that many of the alleged breakthrough Covid cases are actually idiots who expose themselves before they are fully immune. While many cases of Covid develop quickly within a few weeks, more than a few studies have shown it can take up to thirty or forty days to appear. How do you know they didn't have exposure to Covid prior to the car accident and Covid took root because of their weakened state after the car accident? Regarding your daughter, most viewpoints have some use otherwise they would be dropped. Right now she is refusing the vaccine because of her beliefs and that is the wrong choice unless she has medical reasons like shellfish allergy or clots to not take it. No clue when she got the shots. I’m assuming as soon as she could which would have been January. It’s her decision to make as she is 32. Nothing I can do about it.
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Post by zibazinski on May 21, 2021 10:24:20 GMT -5
No but she does have a jaundiced view of life which has served her well. She wears PPE and is very careful of protocols. Just doesn’t think the vaccine is something for her. I volunteer at a level one trauma center and 32% of the employees have said no to the vaccine. I got the Pfizer but I don’t know whether it’ll work or not. I’m going to a memorial Sunday for someone who had the vaccine, got in a car accident, and got covid after that. Who knows from whom? The EMT’s? A nurse? A doctor? Someone who cleaned her room or delivered her food? Just rotten luck. Skepticism in medicine is good up to a point, then it is problematic. There is plenty of data to show the effectiveness of the vaccines, including real world data. You post in other posts how 32% of healthcare workers are not vaccinated, and your daughter is one of them. She is part of the problem when it comes to exposing patients to the disease, a ppe, like everything in medicine is not 100% protected. If she is not recommending the vaccine to patients, she is part of the problem. Does she feel the same about the flu vaccine? It is far less effective than this vaccine, and the influenza virus mutates more dramatically than Covid. She gets the flu vaccine because it’s required by the hospital. She actually told me this morning she’s concerned about any long term effects. If I get an issue, that’s ok because I’m old and probably not going to have more kids( no shit ) but she’s not sure about popping out mutants if she decides to have kids or be in her 50’s and find out the vaccine was not safe.
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Post by chiver78 on May 21, 2021 10:28:14 GMT -5
Skepticism in medicine is good up to a point, then it is problematic. There is plenty of data to show the effectiveness of the vaccines, including real world data. You post in other posts how 32% of healthcare workers are not vaccinated, and your daughter is one of them. She is part of the problem when it comes to exposing patients to the disease, a ppe, like everything in medicine is not 100% protected. If she is not recommending the vaccine to patients, she is part of the problem. Does she feel the same about the flu vaccine? It is far less effective than this vaccine, and the influenza virus mutates more dramatically than Covid. She gets the flu vaccine because it’s required by the hospital. She actually told me this morning she’s concerned about any long term effects. If I get an issue, that’s ok because I’m old and probably not going to have more kids( no shit ) but she’s not sure about popping out mutants if she decides to have kids or be in her 50’s and find out the vaccine was not safe. I don't understand why people have latched onto this concern over future pregnancies with the mRNA versions. do they not understand what mRNA is and how it actually works? especially those in the medical field....wow.
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Post by Ryan on May 21, 2021 10:30:18 GMT -5
My 12 year old went and got his first vaccine the other day, seems like a lot of his friends are also getting it so it should help out our states numbers. My wife was nervous about it, but my son was clearly pretty excited to get it. He was never overly concerned about the virus, but he was aware of the devastation so I think it gives him some comfort...Plus I'm curious if they will allow him to go maskless next school year.
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Post by Ryan on May 21, 2021 10:38:23 GMT -5
Since we're talking about a vaccine. Have a large group dinner coming up next week for acquaintances that are moving out of town. I initially expressed some reluctance because I just happened to know that the group we're going with has a lot of people not vaccinated. I'd say that out of 26 people, 6 people had COVID, 10 are vaccinated, and 10 are unvaccinated.
I told my wife last week that I'm not quite ready for that yet. She was upset because I think she wants to go and also feels that we need to start moving forward now that we're vaccinated. Thoughts? I can see it both ways.
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Post by wvugurl26 on May 21, 2021 11:06:02 GMT -5
Well allergies are the immune system in overdrive. I've been cautioned about my immune system in the past by my allergy doctor. I'm going to continue being cautious indoors at least until I have my follow up with the asthma guy in late June.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 21, 2021 11:18:14 GMT -5
Since we're talking about a vaccine. Have a large group dinner coming up next week for acquaintances that are moving out of town. I initially expressed some reluctance because I just happened to know that the group we're going with has a lot of people not vaccinated. I'd say that out of 26 people, 6 people had COVID, 10 are vaccinated, and 10 are unvaccinated. I told my wife last week that I'm not quite ready for that yet. She was upset because I think she wants to go and also feels that we need to start moving forward now that we're vaccinated. Thoughts? I can see it both ways. Don’t you have unvaccinated kids? I socialize with a group of people. All of us are over 50, all fully vaccinated. I’d have no problem inviting the whole group into my home, but if 50% were not vaccinated, I would give that a hard pass.
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Post by Tiny on May 21, 2021 11:27:45 GMT -5
I'm helping a friend (who is a complicated person) to her 1st shot appt tomorrow morning - which gets her the second shot around June 12th (I'm sure she will get that appt set up tomorrow - but getting her to it might be complicated.) She's over 55 (and most of us over 55's caught the tail end for our age group back in early April and were done by the end of April.) I wonder if some of the people not going to get shots are also "complicated" as in they DON"T know what to expect when going to get the shot and they've heard how difficult it is to get scheduled for a shot at their local "Walgreens/CVS/Grocery" store and so do the avoidance thing and say "no, no shot for me"?
That was my "complicated" friend's issue...she was adamant about getting a shot at Walgreens (she's familiar with her store) but couldn't seem to get an appt. Because that is the only place she thought she could go to get one (based on the News and filtered thru how her mind works). I looked on line and saw that the hospital 10 minutes from her home had plenty of appts. (I think she liked the "its at the hospital") So I walked her thru setting up an appt.
At this point I think she has it in her head that even though she has a 9am appt - she will have to wait and won't get the shot until sometime after 9am (even if she checks in at 8:45am as per her "appointment reminder note" and then after getting the shot she will have to stay and be observed for 30minutes before she can leave. She's expecting to be at the Wellness Clinic until well after 10am - maybe 10:30am. She's also got it in her head that they might NOT be able to give an appt on June 12th... so she might not be able to get her second shot...
Like I said, she's complicated.
It's a good thing I'm taking her to the appt. I do think a lot of her fear is not knowing how it will be when she gets to the Wellness Center for her shot (I think she thinks it will be crowded with people and that like a doctor's appt she will have to wait and wait and wait with lots of other people until she's called into a room and talks with a doctor. We're going to get there at 8:30am (she wants to be early for the "be there 15mins before your appt" thing. I suspect she will get her shot by 8:45am and we will be leaving the Wellness Center by 9:10am and I will be dropping her back at home before 9:30am (if we don't stop for coffee and donuts. )
Needless to say... I'm expecting this be more of an assembly line experience - we'll check in and go to the next station where someone will ask her the 20 questions (are you pregnant? etc), she will sign the form (or screen) and then she will go to the next station and will get her shot and then move to an area/station to wait the 15/20 minutes and get the next appt set up. OK, maybe it will be more of a go to a single station, answer the 20 questions, get shot and then move to the area/station to wait the 15/20 minutes and get a next appt.
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Post by Tiny on May 21, 2021 11:43:35 GMT -5
Hmm. Maybe I'm the one who's mis informed.... How did it work when you all went for your covid shots? Did you go to a Mass Vaccination event? Your local hospital? your doctor's office? Your County/City Health Department? How long did it take from the time you got there to when you got to leave? I did a Drive Thru event (I actually went twice - another friend and I tried to coordinate going on the same day but we messed up and she/her mom were the day before me. It took us 20 minutes to drive to the event (once we were all in the car), we moved thru the "stations" in the car - it took us 20 minutes to get to the "shot tent/station" because there were about 10 car infront of us in our lane. We waited the 20 minutes after the shot (and got our next appts) and we were released. I was dropping them off back at home 1.5 hours after I picked them up. I went the next day for my shot - and there were NO cars in front of me. I was in and out of the drive thru process in less than 30 minutes from the time I pulled into the event until I pulled out and headed home. The second shot was like my fast experience (about 35 minutes once we pulled into the event) - we arrived an hour early (to avoid the lunch rush) and pretty much pulled right up to the "shot tent" rather than waiting - there were no cars ahead of us "waiting to get thru a station". Same thing when I went for my second shot the next day. (my complicated friend declined to go with us for this because she lives in a different "county" and would have had to drive 25 minutes to get to us so we could all go together in one car. She felt she couldn't use our "county" free shots and that she should use her county "free" shots. ) My oldest brother did the "walk thru" mass vaccination event the month before the 'drive thru' - and he reported pretty much the same thing - but you walked from station to station and it took a little longer (because you had to park and walk). He lives in the same county as my complicated friend but signed up for the Mass Vaccination event in my county. He did have a bit of drive time to get to it - but he combined getting his shot with some other errands in the area of the Vaccination Event (and he enjoyed the "experience" of doing it... )
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Post by wvugurl26 on May 21, 2021 11:51:34 GMT -5
30 minute wait is for special people like me with past anaphylaxis to injectable medications. The standard wait is 15 minutes. I think at this point, most vaccine sites have the process down.
We booked our first appointment online. When we got dose #1, they had a sign about what day dose #2 was. Two days later we got an email with a link to sign up for #2.
I would be hesitant about that mix. There are some in DH's immediate family who are not vaccinated. We've been around them since the beginning so that won't change. I wish they'd get vaccinated but.
While I agree about starting to resume some things, I think we can still be smart about it. I'm seeing pretty high rates in some areas especially among kids.
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Post by wvugurl26 on May 21, 2021 12:01:02 GMT -5
I went to a mass event run by the county health department. It was not a drive up. You answered all the screening questions when making the appointment for the first dose. We showed up a few minutes early but it was not required. We checked in and were sent onto a vaccine station. Then we checked out and were sent to the waiting area.
The first time I would say it probably took 40 minutes. I had to wait 30 minutes. The second one I would say 25 minutes.
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Post by steph08 on May 21, 2021 12:05:00 GMT -5
Mass vaccination site at local conference center ran by the hospital. Arrived about 10 minutes prior to appointment, went through all the stages - sign in, health insurance check, etc. - got shot, sat for 10-15 minutes. In total, it was less than a half hour.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on May 21, 2021 12:31:37 GMT -5
Our mass clinic was amazingly efficient. All questions were answered online when you registered. You just had to get your card from the person at the door. There was a lot of people, but it was moving so fast. I had to wait maybe a minute at the gatekeeper guy after getting my card. He directed you to the next open vaccination cube. Get the shot and get sent to the gym with a sticker on your shirt with the time you could leave. It couldn't have been more than 20 minutes there including the 15 minute wait time. During the 15 minutes you scheduled your next appointment on your phone after scanning a barcode they gave you.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2021 12:45:23 GMT -5
We went to a medical center in another community that's part of our provider chain. First shot, we walked in, provided our name and DOB, they filled out the top of our vaccination card and said go sit down. Within 3-4 minutes, a nurse called our names, re-verified our DOB's, stuck us and filled in the card. She said go sit down for 15 minutes and we did. Second shot was even quicker because we just showed our cards and sat down for maybe 1 minute before the nurse called us over and shot us up. This time she said wait 5 minutes-when I questioned her to be sure I heard it correctly, she said if you didn't react on the first shot, you weren't going to.
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Post by zibazinski on May 21, 2021 13:02:50 GMT -5
Mine was easy peasy since I’m at the hospital and that’s where they were given. My neighbor had a hell of a time but she was determined to obtain the vaccine and she did.
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Post by zibazinski on May 21, 2021 13:05:49 GMT -5
Update on DD and vaccine. She is considering getting it this fall but who knows?
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