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Nululu

(940 posts)
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 03:44 PM Nov 2022

Please get your updated booster

I waited too long to schedule it for myself and my husband. I found appointments in late December and January. Our local pharmacy is scheduling vaccines once an hour instead of 3x an hour.

Don't wait to schedule. Don't procrastinate.

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Paper Roses

(7,504 posts)
1. Yes, friends, get your booster and Flu shot.
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 03:51 PM
Nov 2022

My daughter is an MD and was after me to get the 3rd booster plus a flu shot. I did so last month. Her words, "Mom, it is not over yet". I got both shots and have encouraged everyone I know to do the same. It is a simple procedure.
I don't understand why there is resistance. Better safe...etc.

Pinback

(12,873 posts)
4. I'm so full of vaccine
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 04:18 PM
Nov 2022

George Soros is sending private instructions to my fillings using the Gates 5G microchips floating around in my bloodstream!

Very happy my wife and I have gotten all 5 Moderna shots so far, and this year’s flu vaccine.

leftieNanner

(15,677 posts)
5. YES!!!
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 04:25 PM
Nov 2022

My husband and I went on a two-year-delayed trip to Canada at the end of September. We have two vaccines and two boosters. Elected to wait to get the newest booster because we didn't want to get sick before our trip. BIG MISTAKE! Canada removed their strict mask requirement on October 1. We got home October 10 and both ended up with Covid. YOU DO NOT WANT THIS! Even fully vaccinated and boosted, we both got very sick.

Now we have to wait three months to get the new booster and our annual flu shot.

peacebuzzard

(5,265 posts)
7. I had 4 VAXes as well, and caught the variant (1st time covid for me), but
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 04:40 PM
Nov 2022

I thought the same: that you have to wait 3 months. Not so anymore, it is suggested to get the new vax as soon as covid symptoms are gone and you are testing negative. Check to be sure but that is the info circulating here with my doc and pharmacy.

edited for spelling

SlimJimmy

(3,247 posts)
12. I got my annual flu shot, but am still deciding on my 2nd booster.
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 06:09 PM
Nov 2022

Contracted Covid about two months ago and am wondering if the boosters really help at all.

Eugene

(62,630 posts)
6. What state? Point taken otherwise. Get the shot before federal funding runs out for free doses.
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 04:27 PM
Nov 2022

In Boston, appointments are about 2 weeks (big chain pharmacy).

I found a location that offered an updated Pfizer appointment the next weekend (3 days).

Nululu

(940 posts)
8. Oregon
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 04:52 PM
Nov 2022

Not sure why the change. Initially school staff were scheduled ahead of the elderly and ill for the vaccine. I did whine about that here.

Then the floodgates opened and it became difficult to schedule our vaccinations. Earlier in the year it became easy but now it's become more delayed again. I have no idea why. I'll look into other vaccination sites.

Diamond_Dog

(34,550 posts)
9. Got mine the other day
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 04:56 PM
Nov 2022

Monday, it was, actually. Local grocery store pharmacy (Giant Eagle) was taking walk-ins.

Sore arm the next day, that was all.

liberalmuse

(18,876 posts)
11. I had to schedule about a month in advance.
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 06:00 PM
Nov 2022

And just got my 2nd booster over a week ago. The lady was so gentle I didn't feel it and the thought ran through my mind that she might have not actually given it to me, but I had no doubt the next day. The side effects for the 2nd booster were as bad as my first Covid shot.

airplaneman

(1,273 posts)
13. I was able to do a walk in a week ago at our local hospital and get my third booster.
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 06:46 PM
Nov 2022

No appointment although you can get one and I was still first in line as it was not crowded.
Already got my senior flue shot in October also.
-Airplane

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