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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHave you been vaccinated yet?
We just received our first shot this afternoon of pfizer. Second is scheduled. For those having trouble making appointments: we called into albertsons and they sent us a special link to schedule -while on their websites, no appointments were available.
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Yes -I have received both shots (or am fully vaccinated from a single shot) | |
54 (44%) |
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No, I don't qualify yet | |
19 (15%) |
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No, and I will not even when I qualify | |
0 (0%) |
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No -I qualify but have not been able to make an appointment yet. | |
5 (4%) |
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Other | |
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Yes -I have received only my first shot. | |
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dhol82
(9,530 posts)Demsrule86
(71,121 posts)lkinwi
(1,530 posts)My county must have received an abundance because my doctor’s office called today and asked if I needed a vaccine. I hadn’t spoken to them or asked to be put on their waitlist.
jorgevlorgan
(11,098 posts)lol
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)jorgevlorgan
(11,098 posts)
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)
Kali
(56,174 posts)
momta
(4,158 posts)I'll be in the next batch of eligibles here in CO. Hubby gets his second in a couple of days.
Buckeye_Democrat
(15,200 posts)Seven days after I first became eligible.
Absolutely nothing was available last Thursday when I spent hours searching for one, but thankfully openings started to show up by the next day.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Rhiannon12866
(231,480 posts)But are still waiting for shot #2. I got #1 two weeks ago, get the second at the end of the month.
demmiblue
(38,196 posts)One day after I am allowed.
MANative
(4,164 posts)My understanding is that they are scheduling the second shot during that first appointment.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)This has been very frustrating. I am not good with computers and every appointment would be gone by the time I got there, or I would spazz and boink the wrong thing on the application screen and lose my work.
Unwind Your Mind
(2,241 posts)I had myself signed in on the computer and my husband on the tablet, trying to get two appointments together. I finally managed it, but it was stressful
herding cats
(19,668 posts)It's good to be done with it and looking at the light at the end of the tunnel.
Arkansas Granny
(31,971 posts)I still feel a sense of relief. Hopefully family and friends will be able to get theirs soon.
localroger
(3,748 posts)With just one shot we can still get it, but if we do our chances of ending up in the hospital go from 5-10% to nearly zero. There has been a marked drop in hospitalizations in Louisiana since they opened it up to people with comorbidities age 16 up, leaving it at 65 up for healthy people, in order to target the people most likely to be hospitalized or die if they catch it.
TxGuitar
(4,302 posts)Jan 22 and Feb 22
localroger
(3,748 posts)Still too young, but I have coronary artery disease. Got on the waiting list at a little local pharmacy near my workplace. Got the call on the 4th, offering an appointment on the 5th. Moderna #1 accomplished. #2 is scheduled for April 2.
stonecutter357
(12,828 posts)
Freddie
(9,819 posts)So that counts for both I guess.
Day after - headache, achy, tired
2 days - almost normal
3 days (today) totally fine
DH gets 1st on Thursday
Demovictory9
(35,099 posts)Auggie
(32,175 posts)Don't ask me why or how. I simply received a text asking if I wanted it.
Arkansas Granny
(31,971 posts)
Auggie
(32,175 posts)
jmbar2
(6,762 posts)MyOwnPeace
(17,292 posts)Feb. 26 for the second - Moderna.
Typical sore arm - NOTHING else either time - but I DID sleep longer after the 2nd one (9 hours - usually a 5-6 hour person).
triron
(22,240 posts)justhanginon
(3,358 posts)Very minimal side effects on the first, hoping for the same on the second shot.
Dagstead Bumwood
(5,472 posts)on Friday and Saturday, respectively. We're counting the minutes until shot two and the time we can return to some small degree of normalcy.
MacKasey
(1,346 posts)Pfizer at CVS
Tommymac
(7,334 posts)CVS in Western PA.
Took weeks of hunting but worth it. I am a bit under 65 but have underlying conditions.
Second scheduled for first week of April.
csziggy
(34,189 posts)So far, no reaction other than a slightly sore arm. That's all I got with the first shot.
Deuce
(960 posts)ShazzieB
(20,076 posts)I feel like such a crashing failure at life.
Yeah, yeah, I know it's probably at least partly my own fault for not trying hard enough, but WHY does it have to be THIS hard?
I'd love to know the locations of those nine. It would be interesting to know if we're concentrated in a particular state or states.
jorgevlorgan
(11,098 posts)out of town. But if you call, they would send a secret link to schedule an appointment. Not sure if that is an issue you are dealing with, but we were able to overcome it rather easily.
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,097 posts)I totally understand how you feel! It seemed hopeless for me too! Then my husband tried this link (that had worked for a friend of ours) right after midnight about a week and half ago, and found a CVS near us that was taking appointments for the following week, and we were each able to schedule an appointment (for both shots). Last night out of curiosity he tried the link again right after midnight, and turned up several more CVS's in our area (we live in a MD suburb of DC) that had appointments available, which must have just been added. They were all gone this morning. So if CVS is feasible for you, maybe try right at midnight.
ETA the link! https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine
ShazzieB
(20,076 posts)So far it's been nothing, nothing, nothing. The pharmacies seem to get the vaccines in spurts, with a limited amount each time. They post that they have appointments available, and said appointments get snapped up in the blink of an eye, or so it seems.
Right now, CVS has a list of places that supposedly have appointments, but none are within 100 miles of me.
Al, I can do is keep clicking, at CVS and all the other pharmacy sites, and hope I get lucky one of these days.
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,097 posts)2naSalit
(96,305 posts)cojoel
(999 posts)However, I received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine for which there is only a single shot. I received it last Friday, and have had no adverse side effects.
jorgevlorgan
(11,098 posts)to that option.
MurrayDelph
(5,516 posts)I got the one-shot vaccine, which is good because the pharmacy I got it from was 265 miles from home.
BluesRunTheGame
(1,787 posts)ProfessorGAC
(72,183 posts)First shot each.
She was eligible for being 65+, I was eligible for being an active substitute teacher.
I got mine last Thursday (Moderna) & she got her shot yesterday (Pfizer).
Dorian Gray
(13,786 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(13,158 posts)I'll get the second on 3/24
TNNurse
(7,294 posts)mommymarine2003
(320 posts)I got my first shot of Phizer this afternoon at the Portland, Oregon Convention Center. It was incredibly organized. Easy, free parking. The man that checked my husband and me in was a budget officer with the USDA. The young man who processed our papers was with the National Guard. The man who gave us our shots was a retired general practitioner from the Portland area, and the man who set up our second shots was out here from Maryland. There were also numerous people who told us where to go, etc. We couldn't have been more pleased.
Unwind Your Mind
(2,241 posts)We just became eligible this week and have appointments on Friday!
Woohoo! I’m beyond thrilled, as soon as it actually happens, I’m booking a vacation 😊
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,907 posts)ChazII
(6,385 posts)dose of pfizer tomorrow afternoon.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,657 posts)who had a serious heart attack last year. Really?
I'm clearly not in the top third of those in my state. Maybe the top 50%? Maybe everyone over the age of 25 will get it before me. Yeah, I'm a bit irritable here.
ShazzieB
(20,076 posts)I'm definitely salty about it myself!
Meowmee
(8,279 posts)The second one almost 7 days ago so in about 7 more days I will have 95% immunity. In addition to having had covid twice now I believe. My arm is still a tiny bit sore from the last shot.
Ouroborosnek
(623 posts)Sore arm and felt more tired than usual for a couple of days, then fine since. Although I still feel a little tired and random aches since, that could just be anything.
Shellback Squid
(9,299 posts)got my first one today