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I thought it might be helpful to have a separate topic related to the vaccine.  If this is too much duplication, mods please delete this thread.  I thought it would be good to talk about who can get the vaccine, where they can get it, what side effects people are seeing, and in general what is going on with distribution.

The CDC has published vaccine distribution guidelines, and if you care, they are worth reading.  They are dividing the timeline into:

  • Phase 1 - Potentially limited supply of COVID-19 vaccine doses available
  • Phase 2 - Large number of vaccine doses available
  • Phase 3 - Sufficient supply of vaccine doses for entire population

Who you are will determine if you are eligible for a vaccine in the various phases.

Phase 1 is divided into a Phase 1a and a Phase 1b:

  • Phase 1a - Mostly healthcare workers
  • Phase 1b - Other essential workers, people with higher risks, people over 65

If you are eligible to get the vaccine and they have in in stock and you want to get it, it is important to go get it.  Both of the first two vaccines can spoil, so if a dose is sitting there and you aren't there to get it, they might have to throw it away.

Both vaccines require two shots.  It is important to go get that second shot.

Who fits in phase 1b and who has to wait until phase 2 might be a sticking point.  The "people in higher risks" category includes a lot of folks, maybe more than you would think might be in that category.  Hopefully we can quickly get to phase 2 so that we don't spend too long arguing about who is or is not in Phase 1b.

Anyway, I'm interested in everyone's experience with the vaccine and especially getting the word out for those that can go get it, so that every dose ends up in an arm rather than in the trash.

 

 

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LurkingHorn

Legacy Members
1 hour ago, Bevo in VA said:

So for all you guys getting tested for antibodies. Are there testing locations around Arlington/Ft Worth area? My mom would like to get tested but knows nothing about this sort of thing and I live up here in VA so no idea how to go about it.

Yes. Check out the link up thread, sign her up, and then she can go to any location without an appointment. She’ll be in and out in 15 minutes. There are locations all over DFW. 

Tailgate

Certifiably Surly

Moderna #2 on 3/28

>2500

Negative

South Austin

Certifiably Surly
7 hours ago, Tailgate said:

Moderna #2 on 3/28

>2500

Negative

 

11 minutes ago, CleverNickname said:

Moderna #2 4/4

787

Negative 

I'm fascinated by this stuff.  I'm just taking the two most recent examples from this thread, and I don't expect these two guys to reveal their vitals and medical history, but what are the explanations for two people who get fully vaccinated around the same time and have drastically different levels?  I'll hang up and let the fake Surly doctors and scientists weigh in.

Pato del Muerto

Certifiably Surly
24 minutes ago, South Austin said:

 

I'm fascinated by this stuff.  I'm just taking the two most recent examples from this thread, and I don't expect these two guys to reveal their vitals and medical history, but what are the explanations for two people who get fully vaccinated around the same time and have drastically different levels?  I'll hang up and let the fake Surly doctors and scientists weigh in.

I wonder if exposure acts as a booster.  Having the antibodies actually respond, causing maintenance of higher levels for a longer period?

Cheeseweasel

Legacy Members
14 hours ago, South Austin said:

Yes.  They're called pants.  Along with a mask, you should wear them when you go into HEB.

Fuck that. George Washington didn't storm the beaches and Normandy so we could give away our rights. Fuck you people pushing this Pro-Pants narrative. 

It's called Freedom, Commie. 

South Austin

Certifiably Surly
18 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Fuck that. George Washington didn't storm the beaches and Normandy so we could give away our rights. Fuck you people pushing this Pro-Pants narrative. 

It's called Freedom, Commie. 

Easy there, Braveheart.

Tailgate

Certifiably Surly
40 minutes ago, South Austin said:

 

I'm fascinated by this stuff.  I'm just taking the two most recent examples from this thread, and I don't expect these two guys to reveal their vitals and medical history, but what are the explanations for two people who get fully vaccinated around the same time and have drastically different levels?  I'll hang up and let the fake Surly doctors and scientists weigh in.

I am intrigued as well. My blood type is O positive. I’m not sure how that effects this. I’ve been around my college-aged kids all year until they recently went back to school and they have many direct friends who have come down with COVID but luckily no one in our family has. I would have bet money one of them would have gotten it a few months ago. They both got Moderna as well at the same time as I did. Now I’m very curious to see the families antibody levels. I just did this testing recently due to this thread and out of curiosity…I’ll now see if they can do it 

Im also not the healthiest guy on the block…need to shed a few pounds this winter…so I was surprised to see my levels.

Deej

Burnt Ends

Two days, now. No results. 

The Dog

Burnt Ends
1 hour ago, South Austin said:

 

I'm fascinated by this stuff.  I'm just taking the two most recent examples from this thread, and I don't expect these two guys to reveal their vitals and medical history, but what are the explanations for two people who get fully vaccinated around the same time and have drastically different levels?  I'll hang up and let the fake Surly doctors and scientists weigh in.

I've read that the tests can vary even for the same person when I was googling about this stuff out of curiosity. 

GreenspointTexas

Certifiably Surly
14 minutes ago, Deej said:

Two days, now. No results. 

Same

Deej

Burnt Ends
5 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Same

That makes me feel less like they lost me in the system. 

Tailgate

Certifiably Surly

I logged on to see my results. Have not gotten text yet. Results were online in ~24 hours.

Guest Lobo

Guest Lobo

Guests

Mine took about 48 hours to post.  If you don't hear by this afternoon, you should probably get on the horn with them because I doubt anything'll be posted over the holiday weekend.  

GreenspointTexas

Certifiably Surly
(edited)

How were yall able to tell if you had a prior infection or not?

 

Pfizer second shot 1/11/21, 835

Edited by GreenspointTexas

TXSooner518

Legacy Members

Had the same experience described here. Made account 24 hours after draw, not available, email arrives 10 minutes later with results.

2nd Moderna on 3/31, no infection antibodies, spike protein 1782. 44yo.

TXSooner518

Legacy Members
How were yall able to tell if you had a prior infection or not?
 
Pfizer second shot 1/11/21, 835

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This would say positive if you had been infected.

conVINCEd

Legacy Members

Had some blood work done on Monday (not for this particular study). Moderna second shot on 4/30.  I was 1189 a month ago, was 1063 this round.  Also positive for previous infection.  

High Plains Drifter

Full Members
2 hours ago, South Austin said:

 

I'm fascinated by this stuff.  I'm just taking the two most recent examples from this thread, and I don't expect these two guys to reveal their vitals and medical history, but what are the explanations for two people who get fully vaccinated around the same time and have drastically different levels?  I'll hang up and let the fake Surly doctors and scientists weigh in.

 

I would think the possible reasons are legion-- everything from over all health to genetics to exposures to the virus to imprecision or inaccuracy in the actual test to how hungover the lab techs were when they did the work up on your test. 

 

High Plains Drifter

Full Members
2 hours ago, Tailgate said:

I am intrigued as well. My blood type is O positive. I’m not sure how that effects this. I’ve been around my college-aged kids all year until they recently went back to school and they have many direct friends who have come down with COVID but luckily no one in our family has. I would have bet money one of them would have gotten it a few months ago. They both got Moderna as well at the same time as I did. Now I’m very curious to see the families antibody levels. I just did this testing recently due to this thread and out of curiosity…I’ll now see if they can do it 

Im also not the healthiest guy on the block…need to shed a few pounds this winter…so I was surprised to see my levels.

 

0+ holla

 

Goredho

Certifiably Surly

Haven’t kept up with this thread, and I went back a few pages and couldn’t figure out what seems to be common knowledge for thread participants now.  What’s going on where people are posting test results, antibody levels and the usage of that for getting boosters that I thought are only available/recommended for the immuno-compromised right now, here?

conVINCEd

Legacy Members
5 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Haven’t kept up with this thread, and I went back a few pages and couldn’t figure out what seems to be common knowledge for thread participants now.  What’s going on where people are posting test results, antibody levels and the usage of that for getting boosters that I thought are only available/recommended for the immuno-compromised right now, here?

https://sph.uth.edu/projects/texascares/

Goredho

Certifiably Surly
3 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

Thanks.  So people are doing that, and posting their antibody levels here along with when they originally were vaccinated.   Then as far as getting a booster goes, is that being administered based on results of the antibody tests as part of that study?  Or are people here just kind of guestimating their anti-body levels need a boost and socially engineering access to a booster?

conVINCEd

Legacy Members
Just now, Goredho said:

Thanks.  So people are doing that, and posting their antibody levels here along with when they originally were vaccinated.   Then as far as getting a booster goes, is that being administered based on results of the antibody tests as part of that study?  Or are people here just kind of guestimating their anti-body levels need a boost and socially engineering access to a booster?

The boosters are not  part of the study.   People are doing what they think is best for themselves based on their results.  It does not seem like it is very difficult to get a third shot if you want one.

Goredho

Certifiably Surly
(edited)
3 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

The boosters are not  part of the study.   People are doing what they think is best for themselves based on their results.  It does not seem like it is very difficult to get a third shot if you want one.

Thanks again.  Is there a general consensus here as to what antibody levels are where you want to consider getting a booster by whatever means you can?

 

Edit:  My last question, for personal use only.

Edited by Goredho

Guest Lobo

Guest Lobo

Guests
(edited)

Yeah, I've gotten alerts/emails about getting my third one later this month.  I doubt there'll be much of a wait time. 

I'm still consternating over whether I should make the booster Moderna or stick with Pfizer from my first two?

Maybe we should start a separate booster thread because I'm extremely curious as to what other folks my age are doing (switching it up, sticking with current, timeframe, and how their numbers change).  80% of this thread seems to be people about my age, in my state, etc.  It's as good as any other subset I can find.  

Edited by Lobo

conVINCEd

Legacy Members
(edited)
2 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Thanks again.  Is there a general consensus here as to what antibody levels are where you want to consider getting a booster by whatever means you can?

350 is a number I’ve seen thrown around, but I’m not sure of the source for that and don’t have the time to dig through 20 pages of this thread to locate it.

Edited by conVINCEd

Goredho

Certifiably Surly
(edited)

Wait a minute, the antibody threshold at which you need a booster is... TREEFIDDY?  If ever we needed a sign that a higher power is looking out for us.

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Edited by Goredho

Deej

Burnt Ends

Got the text finally. Doesn't give me a count number and when I log in to their site, none of the report is uploaded. 

B00M

Burnt Ends
2 hours ago, Deej said:

Two days, now. No results. 

You probably shouldn't have used the "lab" under I-35 at rundberg

Deej

Burnt Ends
1 minute ago, B00M said:

You probably shouldn't have used the "lab" under I-35 at rundberg

I ain't that stupid.

Podrick's Magic Cock

New Members
11 minutes ago, Deej said:

Got the text finally. Doesn't give me a count number and when I log in to their site, none of the report is uploaded. 

I had a similar experience.  After receiving the text, It took a few hours for my lab results to appear in my CPL account. 

Homercles

Certifiably Surly

Results just came back for me.   Feb 1, Mar 4 and booster on Aug 25 all Moderna. 
 

Spike 2500+
Infection/total negative 

 

Deej

Burnt Ends
3 minutes ago, Podrick's Magic Cock said:

I had a similar experience.  After receiving the text, It took a few hours for my lab results to appear in my CPL account. 

I called them. They had to reset my account because there was some error on my info. Told me to wait 30 minutes and try again. 

Do they not give you the antibody # in the text message? 

LurkingHorn

Legacy Members

Got my results this morning as well. 2nd dose of Pfizer on 3/31.

Spike AB at 762

Negative for Prior infection

Cheeseweasel

Legacy Members
Just now, Lobo said:

Yeah, I've gotten alerts/emails about getting my third one later this month.

"Pfizer announces purchase of Auto Warranty Marketing Company"

Deej

Burnt Ends

Good thing my booster is scheduled for Tuesday.

Pfizer, 2nd shot on 3/3- 366

Guest Lobo

Guest Lobo

Guests

"Our records indicate your vaccination coverage will be ending soon.  Press 1 to speak with a patient care representative about boosting your coverage for one low monthly payment."  

We could make enough money in a week to buy a SEZ suite.  Why do I have morals, why god---why?  

 

South Austin

Certifiably Surly
3 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

"Pfizer announces purchase of Auto Warranty Marketing Company"

You owe me a new keyboard, you asshole.

Cheeseweasel

Legacy Members
14 minutes ago, Lobo said:

"Our records indicate your vaccination coverage will be ending soon.  Press 1 to speak with a patient care representative about boosting your coverage for one low monthly payment."  

We could make enough money in a week to buy a SEZ suite.  

 

Michael Richards Yes GIF

dcbc

Burnt Ends
3 hours ago, Deej said:

Two days, now. No results. 

That's not good.  Get your affairs in order.

Pato del Muerto

Certifiably Surly
(edited)
52 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Wait a minute, the antibody threshold at which you need a booster is... TREEFIDDY?  If ever we needed a sign that a higher power is looking out for us.

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Yeah you have to be real careful around here when 350 or3.50 are involved to make sure it’s real. It also means @blacklab has to give his booster to a former business partner. 

Edited by Pato del Muerto

Storm the Field

Legacy Members
(edited)

1.4M doses reported in the US today. Highest number in 2 months. Getting pretty close to 75% of all adults/73% of eligible population (12+) with at least one dose. Almost 92.5% of seniors 65+ are vaccinated.

Even some of the worst stragglers are making some progress. LA, AL, TN all finally joined the 60% of adults club this week. Only 4 states remain below 60% (WV, ID, WY and MS). 

Texas is at 71% of adults, 69% of eligible population. 16.65M total Texans have had a shot.

Edited by Storm the Field

dcbc

Burnt Ends
1 hour ago, Lobo said:

Yeah, I've gotten alerts/emails about getting my third one later this month.  I doubt there'll be much of a wait time. 

I'm still consternating over whether I should make the booster Moderna or stick with Pfizer from my first two?

Maybe we should start a separate booster thread because I'm extremely curious as to what other folks my age are doing (switching it up, sticking with current, timeframe, and how their numbers change).  80% of this thread seems to be people about my age, in my state, etc.  It's as good as any other subset I can find.  

I'm team pfizer for now.  Got my Booster and did the antibody testing about 6 days later so I could see how the booster tapers off over the next six months.  I was over 2,500.  So if it's in the crapper after six months and more boosters are recommended at that point, I may do the old switcheroo.

dcbc

Burnt Ends
1 hour ago, conVINCEd said:

350 is a number I’ve seen thrown around, but I’m not sure of the source for that and don’t have the time to dig through 20 pages of this thread to locate it.

I never could find a source for that and decided it was somebody's idea of a very good joke, i.e., tree-fiddy.

Guest Lobo

Guest Lobo

Guests
(edited)
6 minutes ago, dcbc said:

I never could find a source for that and decided it was somebody's idea of a very good joke, i.e., tree-fiddy.

Dammit, I didn't think of that.  I do remember somebody way up thread that I take half-serious posting the 350 number as the low end.  Never occurred to me he was being sarcastic.  

Shit, my wife and I have told half our family to hurry up and get a booster if their number comes back approaching 350.  Thanks assholes!

"Hey honey, my mom's got her results back.  What was the website that said she wants to be between 350-2500?" 

"What website?  Um, I'd rather not say."  

Edited by Lobo

B00M

Burnt Ends

I mean 350 might not be wrong. And hey at least you're not telling them it's all propaganda and they just need ivermectin and vitamin C.  

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