COVID vaccinations! Have you gotten yours?

[crazy canuck]

BC just announced that as of today, my age cohort can get their vaccine - now waiting for the text to tell me where to go - I already have my confirmation number. 

By next Monday we will be vaccinating those born 1981 or earlier - there must have been an increase in supply.  This is going faster than previously anticipated.   

[Valmy]

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.

Which is bizarre because I always thought that anti-medicine anti-public health shit was mainly from leftwing hippies who see evil in all of big pharma's designs. Vile "western medicine" that should be rejected. But I guess conservatives decided that they should adopt hippy ideas. The world makes no sense.

[Sheilbh]

Which is bizarre because I always thought that anti-medicine anti-public health shit was mainly from leftwing hippies who see evil in all of big pharma's designs. Vile "western medicine" that should be rejected. But I guess conservatives decided that they should adopt hippy ideas. The world makes no sense.

Well also the articles someone posted recently about the growing split between Republicans and corporate America.

[KRonn]

Got my second vac shot last Friday and was just feeling a bit flushed Friday night. Saturday I was a bit light headed, felt like I had a low fever but thermometer didn't show that. I was tired and a bit "off" all day. Felt better Sunday but was tired. I took Monday off from work to rest up from the weekend. I feel fine now though.

[DGuller]

It was about the same for me.  The next day after the second dose, I had a slight headache, malaise, and felt like I had a fever but thermometer didn't show it.  I think it all cleared up after a day.

[KRonn]

Yeah, the malaise is what I felt also, like no ambition to do anything.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Got my first shot of Pfizer today! No major side effects. Just a feeling of being a bit tired, as well as a newfound undying love of our lizard people overlords.

[KRonn]

I got the Moderna vaccine and the first shot didn't seem to affect me at all either. But from people I knew who had gotten both shots I was expecting the second one to have some effect, which it did as I posted. Wasn't too bad though.

[katmai]

2nd Pfizer shot today.

[Barrister]

So last week, the first day I was eligible, I booked online with the big government vaccine website.  The earliest they could give me was 2 weeks down the road - April 23.  I also left my name with a local pharmacy - but they just said "we'll call you".

So they called today.  I was excited - I figured they were telling me to get my butt down to the pharmacy.  But no, they wanted to set up an appointment - for April 24.

[merithyn]

So last week, the first day I was eligible, I booked online with the big government vaccine website.  The earliest they could give me was 2 weeks down the road - April 23.  I also left my name with a local pharmacy - but they just said "we'll call you".

So they called today.  I was excited - I figured they were telling me to get my butt down to the pharmacy.  But no, they wanted to set up an appointment - for April 24.

Well, at least you've gotten appointments. Not everyone has gotten that far.

[Barrister]

So last week, the first day I was eligible, I booked online with the big government vaccine website.  The earliest they could give me was 2 weeks down the road - April 23.  I also left my name with a local pharmacy - but they just said "we'll call you".

So they called today.  I was excited - I figured they were telling me to get my butt down to the pharmacy.  But no, they wanted to set up an appointment - for April 24.

Well, at least you've gotten appointments. Not everyone has gotten that far.

I know - for Canada I'm doing well.  Most people I know haven't received it.

[Valmy]

I got my second Pfizer shot today.

[Caliga]

I've had both of mine and yesterday was two weeks beyond my second one.  Am I: also invincible.

[Liep]

The government is exploring letting people sign up to use the AZ vaccine but "doesn't expect it to be a popular option". I think they vastly underestimate our need for things to return as fast as possible to something resembling normality.