COVID vaccinations! Have you gotten yours?

[Zoupa]

@cc and/or @Jacob, looking at the BC vax registration, I see:

Register
I'm born in 1961 or earlier (60+) or I'm Indigenous and born in 2003 or earlier (18+)
You can register now.

People who are clinically extremely vulnerable
You can register now.

I don't think that applies to you cc, so how did you manage to register?

[Valmy]

Getting my #2 on Wednesday! Looking forward to it.

[katmai]

Today is peak immunity day for me - 2 weeks since my 2nd jab of the Pfizer.  I plan to return to licking doorknobs again.

wait you stopped?? 

[katmai]

Getting my #2 on Wednesday! Looking forward to it.

yeah second Pfizer is on Tuesday for me.

[Jacob]

@cc and/or @Jacob, looking at the BC vax registration, I see:

Register
I'm born in 1961 or earlier (60+) or I'm Indigenous and born in 2003 or earlier (18+)
You can register now.

People who are clinically extremely vulnerable
You can register now.

I don't think that applies to you cc, so how did you manage to register?

https://www.getvaccinated.gov.bc.ca/s/

I think they just put you in the backlog or something. I just looked at this - which seems to be what you're quoting. I've never seen that before.

I just went straight to the link I shared and registered. We did it for the entire family. Last night (at 1 AM) my father-in-law (he's the oldest in the household) got a text message saying that he could book an appointment, which we did for him this morning. Presumably they'll reach out to everyone as the the eligibility requirements move.

EDIT: I'm guessing the registration link I shared just spread virally and people went straight to it and registered, never knowing they weren't supposed to. Apparently more than 600,000 people have already registered, regardless of age or other eligibility. I don't really see the harm - and I don't think it puts anyone ahead in the queue - so if I were you I'd go ahead and register too.

[Tonitrus]

Today is peak immunity day for me - 2 weeks since my 2nd jab of the Pfizer.  I plan to return to licking doorknobs again.

wait you stopped?? 

Doorknobs covered in lead paint are harder and harder to come by. 

[fromtia]

Are you still in Saint Augustine?

Yes.

What's fascinating to me, at work is that there is now a significant number of my colleagues vaccinated, and yet there is a vocal number of unvaccinated hesitant/deniers continuing to parrot tales of an aunt/friend in brooklyn/uncle in Missoura who have had a profound negative reaction to the vaccine. it's always someone known only distantly (if at all) and the reaction of the apocryphal acquaintance is weeks in bed, hospitalization, an arm numb of feeling for days et cetera. Doesn't matter that you may work alongside a dozen people, who you see everyday, walking around completely untroubled by their recent vaccination. That's immaterial. The sort of Conservative folk tales are much more indicative of the effects of the vaccine, and a reason to not take it. 

[mongers]

Are you still in Saint Augustine?

Yes.

What's fascinating to me, at work is that there is now a significant number of my colleagues vaccinated, and yet there is a vocal number of unvaccinated hesitant/deniers continuing to parrot tales of an aunt/friend in brooklyn/uncle in Missoura who have had a profound negative reaction to the vaccine. it's always someone known only distantly (if at all) and the reaction of the apocryphal acquaintance is weeks in bed, hospitalization, an arm numb of feeling for days et cetera. Doesn't matter that you may work alongside a dozen people, who you see everyday, walking around completely untroubled by their recent vaccination. That's immaterial. The sort of Conservative folk tales are much more indicative of the effects of the vaccine, and a reason to not take it. 

Formtia, interesting first hand evidence; I've not encountered anyone spouting these 'folk tales', but then I'm not seeing many people and am actively avoiding all people I think might be anti-vaccination. 

[Rasputin]

Are you still in Saint Augustine?

Yes.

What's fascinating to me, at work is that there is now a significant number of my colleagues vaccinated, and yet there is a vocal number of unvaccinated hesitant/deniers continuing to parrot tales of an aunt/friend in brooklyn/uncle in Missoura who have had a profound negative reaction to the vaccine. it's always someone known only distantly (if at all) and the reaction of the apocryphal acquaintance is weeks in bed, hospitalization, an arm numb of feeling for days et cetera. Doesn't matter that you may work alongside a dozen people, who you see everyday, walking around completely untroubled by their recent vaccination. That's immaterial. The sort of Conservative folk tales are much more indicative of the effects of the vaccine, and a reason to not take it. 

I don't get the anti- vaxxers.

I'm in st Augustine a lot these days.

[Sheilbh]

Formtia, interesting first hand evidence; I've not encountered anyone spouting these 'folk tales', but then I'm not seeing many people and am actively avoiding all people I think might be anti-vaccination. 

And among groups who've been offered the vaccine up-take is very, very high here. The hesitant have broadly been convinced in those groups and it's just a rump of anti-vaxxers. Still work to do on younger people but I think they'll get it when offered too.

[mongers]

Formtia, interesting first hand evidence; I've not encountered anyone spouting these 'folk tales', but then I'm not seeing many people and am actively avoiding all people I think might be anti-vaccination. 

And among groups who've been offered the vaccine up-take is very, very high here. The hesitant have broadly been convinced in those groups and it's just a rump of anti-vaxxers. Still work to do on younger people but I think they'll get it when offered too.

Yes I'm sure you're right. I was just thinking of one person who's into info wars/david Icke and so is someone I actively avoid.

There's one or two others I can guess will have f'ing stupid opinions on Covid, so I'll assume they'll have poor hygiene/no mask wearing, so I'm not going near them.

[fromtia]

Formtia, interesting first hand evidence; I've not encountered anyone spouting these 'folk tales', but then I'm not seeing many people and am actively avoiding all people I think might be anti-vaccination. 

The levels of vaccine hesitancy/conspiracy and covid denial are high here in the US among Republicans. I don't think it's a thing to the same extent in the UK.

[Syt]

Formtia, interesting first hand evidence; I've not encountered anyone spouting these 'folk tales', but then I'm not seeing many people and am actively avoiding all people I think might be anti-vaccination. 

The levels of vaccine hesitancy/conspiracy and covid denial are high here in the US among Republicans. I don't think it's a thing to the same extent in the UK.

https://twitter.com/Nat_Herz/status/1380650464685879296?s=20

Um: Anchorage public health researchers have identified young, conservative men as especially vaccine hesitant. So they want to highlight erectile dysfunction as a long COVID symptom and created a "PROTECT YOUR ERECTION, GET THE INJECTION" meme

[fromtia]

I don't get the anti- vaxxers.

I'm in st Augustine a lot these days.

Yeah its really odd. I think it's reasonable to describe vaccination as the number 3 public health triumph in human history, after cooking food and clean water. It's also odd how it's sort of metastasized into a right wing and Republican phenomenon, where twenty years ago it was sort of politically unmoored wealthy CA hippy bullshit. Good thing we didn't have facebook when we eradicated polio, we never would have done it.

DM me if you wish, we can get coffee.

[crazy canuck]

@cc and/or @Jacob, looking at the BC vax registration, I see:

Register
I'm born in 1961 or earlier (60+) or I'm Indigenous and born in 2003 or earlier (18+)
You can register now.

People who are clinically extremely vulnerable
You can register now.

I don't think that applies to you cc, so how did you manage to register?

You can register on the online system even if you are not now eligible.  When you do become eligible you then get a text telling you to make your appointment.  Right now there are about 800k registered who are not now eligible.

edit, or rather 800kish registered total and about 200kish of those who are now eligible.