Off topic COVID-19 vaccines

[jfkheat]

I would think that having to be stored at -90 would make shipping a bit more difficult. Even after it is shipped not a lot of places have somewhere on site large enough to store tens or hundreds of thousands of doses

[bnorth]

Have not got mine yet, hopefully soon. In South Dakota Phase 1 is 5 priority groups. I am in group 4, they are doing group 3 now. My wife is in group 3 so she got her first dose 5 days ago.

Phase 2 is supposed to be the general public.

[kmac32]

I am an essential employee (veterinarian) and my wife is immunosuppressed from drugs after a doible lung transplant. We live in Florida and they are vaccinating health workers and 65 year old plus people. No word on when either one of us will be eligable. Seems like no real rhyme or reason for giving vaccines.

[Natswin2019]

Both my house mates have gotten the vaccine because they work in a hospital. They both got them shortly before Christmas and are gonna be getting the 2nd round soon. I work in the food service industry and haven't heard anything about getting the vaccine yet. Both my parents have yet to hear anything as well and are both pushing 60. This is all in Central VA

[mantlefan]

I'm an Internist and my wife is an RN here in Nassau county, NY. We're scheduled for our vaccines on Thursday 1/7/21.

[BRoberts]

Originally Posted by kmac32

Seems like no real rhyme or reason for giving vaccines.

Are you serious?

[pokerplyr80]

I'm working from home and barely leave the house these days. I don't mind waiting my turn. I have no idea how, where, or when they're being distributed out here in OC.

[glchen]

The States are supposed to take care of the distribution, and I don't think they have a clue on how to do this. I'm in California, and I don't know what Gavin Newsom is doing. It should be like what Ben said for South Dakota where people are assigned to Priority groups. My parents are over 75, and I have no idea when they can get the vaccine. I read about Florida where folks had to call in or sign up for an appointment online, and had to call over 100 times and still didn't get through. That's idiocy but still better than California.

[Eggoman]

I'm in my late 50s and live in Western NY. I got COVID over Thanksgiving.

LUCKILY and THANKFULLY, I was only REALLY sick for 4-5 days, didn't give it to anyone (that I know of), AND have fully recovered!

I'm happy that I will be at the end of the line now so that folks who REALLY need it can get the vaccine "sooner" - whatever THAT means.

My Next-Door neighbor is a High School Nurse and she STILL has NOT been vaccinated!

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by BRoberts

Are you serious?

Varies from state to state from what I am seeing. No uniform set of rules saying who gets the vaccine so no I am not kidding.

[Kidnapped18]

Originally Posted by kmac32

Varies from state to state from what I am seeing. No uniform set of rules saying who gets the vaccine so no I am not kidding.

Yes each State has its own priority levels/groups that are to be vaccinated first. In Alabama you can contact your County Health Department to find out which group you are in and when you are able to sign up for your vaccination.

Out of the ~ 2M people eligible in AL, ~ 300K have gotten vaccinated (15%)

From those that I personally know that have gotten the shot the most common complaint from the Pfizer version is simply injection site pain. Moderna version symptoms ranged from severe fatigue, body ache/head ache and chills (ie COVID like symptoms) which are due to the inflammatory response. Some people have stronger inflammatory/immune response.

Tony