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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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TTU13

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I'll poke your wife for ya. 

You’re a self admitted fatty, she’ll pass.

C-Man

Burnt Ends
4 hours ago, midtown said:

I missed the part about you having covid and I assumed he was using the term booster shot as a lesser dose. I guess that could be a valid theory

Yes, I had full-blown COVID in March 2020.

NorthLoop

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Just now, TTU13 said:


You’re a self admitted fatty, she’ll pass.

No worries.  I'm too old for Raider rash. 

scottsins

Certifiably Surly

So, as I stated earlier, I got my first at Kelly Reeves on 1/25. Some I know (same date for first shot) got a specific reschedule invite and got the second one yesterday. Others, like gsoda got an email with a master list of time slots by alphabet.

I got no emails at all. Same date, lack of emails, etc., for my mom and her husband. I guess I should show up anyway, or else possibly losing my second dose altogether?

texhorn

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So, as I stated earlier, I got my first at Kelly Reeves on 1/25. Some I know (same date for first shot) got a specific reschedule invite and got the second one yesterday. Others, like gsoda got an email with a master list of time slots by alphabet.

I got no emails at all. Same date, lack of emails, etc., for my mom and her husband. I guess I should show up anyway, or else possibly losing my second dose altogether?

Yes, show up anyway, if you got your shot there 1/20-1/26 you’re good if you bring your card and go today or tomorrow

Viper

Burnt Ends
10 hours ago, C-Man said:

Got the shot around 11 or so on Tuesday. I felt slight upper body aches that afternoon/evening but took Tylenol/Advil and seemed fine when I went to bed. I woke up early Wednesday (2 AM or so) and had full-on body aches and chills. I felt pretty crummy all day Wednesday and took Tylenol/Advil a few times. I was feeling a little better by the evening but was really, really tired. Went to bed much earlier than usual and then just couldn't get out of bed this AM. Was weak and fatigued all day today but around 5-6 this evening started feeling normal again. I'm still tired but I no longer feel sick.

you're not supposed to take advil though right? Is tylenol ok? 

gsoda3

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4 hours ago, scottsins said:

So, as I stated earlier, I got my first at Kelly Reeves on 1/25. Some I know (same date for first shot) got a specific reschedule invite and got the second one yesterday. Others, like gsoda got an email with a master list of time slots by alphabet.

I got no emails at all. Same date, lack of emails, etc., for my mom and her husband. I guess I should show up anyway, or else possibly losing my second dose altogether?

yeah man just go.  

Scraps

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(edited)
19 hours ago, gmr548 said:


Alert Houston?

I signed up for Alert Houston yesterday thanks to 3putt....got a text last night for 1800 spots opened and went on site to sign up.  Got through the whole thing for them to email me and say the time I selected is fully booked (bitch don't ask me to select a time just tell my ass when to be somewhere).  

 

This morning got another text saying there were some openings if I was interested to sign up.  Went back on the site and filled everything out and the locations were 4 clinics in the ghetto.  Picked one and have it set up for 1:10pm to get 1st dose.  

 

 

Edited by Scraps

Brisketexan

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I had signed us up on all sorts of sites - we're fully vaxxed now, but we got the notice to get an appointment in McLennan county yesterday, so things are opening up.

Neonmoon

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

I had signed us up on all sorts of sites - we're fully vaxxed now, but we got the notice to get an appointment in McLennan county yesterday, so things are opening up.

Yep. It’s a numbers game. Sign up for as many as you can and go to the first you get. 

Newdoc

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2 hours ago, Viper said:

you're not supposed to take advil though right? Is tylenol ok? 

Either one is okay. It won’t mess up response to vaccine.

StruggleBus

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11 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

Either one is okay. It won’t mess up response to vaccine.

Has there been anything shown to mess up vaccine response? Assuming I shouldn't pound thirty beers the night I get the second dose but would be curious if there is anything I should stay away from. 

midtown

Certifiably Surly
12 minutes ago, StruggleBus said:

Has there been anything shown to mess up vaccine response?

Yes.  Not getting the vaccine.

gsoda3

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Line at kelley reeves is very short.

Viper

Burnt Ends
5 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

Line at kelley reeves is very short.

is she hotter than south austin's mom?

ABSR

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14 hours ago, dcar00 said:

I thought it was Husky

If you are female then I believe the term is "Vicalicious".

If you're a dude then you are just fat.

Skipper

Certifiably Surly
(edited)

Dallas (shockingly) apparently still has no real plan regarding Fair Park location.  Granted, not completely their fault with the weather last week, but I understand this week they were trying to only give people 2nd doses that were due last week (but no official appointments) so no way to know accurate numbers.  I think it has gone from being super busy/long waits at beginning of the week to currently a free for all.  I saw yesterday they had doses they needed to give so were giving them to anyone that showed up at the end of the day.  Now, I don't know the context (if my friend heard from others or is there volunteering or what), but just got a group text message to head down to Fair Park as no lines and just giving shots out.   I've already had dose 1 but if anyone in Dallas reading may be able to head down there (although who knows when they might run out).

Edited by Skipper

Red Five

Certifiably Surly

Do they give it to you in a wax paper cup? 

Armybrat

Legacy Members
46 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

Line at kelley reeves is very short.

Drove by there an hour ago and it looked sparse compared to my shot time on the 8th.

Guest Lobo

Guest Lobo

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47 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Do they give it to you in a wax paper cup? 

No, they deep fry the vaccination around a long tongue depressor and shove it up your ass.  Mustard is optional.  

Bevo

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I have a patient here: Where is a good signup to get someone vaccinated in the Hutto area?

texhorn

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Line at kelley reeves is very short.

Same yesterday. Just pulled right up without a wait.

Probably because they fucked up and 75% of people didn’t get the email notification.

NAVY

Certifiably Surly

Just finished a volunteer shift at the vac hub. Happy to report this was the busiest day I’ve been a part of. Not sure about the specifics, but my guess is that appointments are ramping up along with supply.

A lot of people I talked to received their vaccination appointment just yesterday after lengthy waits on multiple lists. Man, were they happy. 

One individual seemed particularly flustered due to “friends” trying to convince him NOT to get vaccinated because of Bill Gates microchips. Yeah... you’re doing the right thing pal. I’m pretty sure your friends are a little out there. 

Liquor and Poker

Certifiably Surly
54 minutes ago, Lobo said:

No, they deep fry the vaccination around a long tongue depressor and shove it up your ass.  Mustard is optional.  

Your trips to the Fair seem to differ from mine in one important detail.

Scraps

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First dose down.....I can go back to licking door handles now!

Anastasis

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2 minutes ago, Scraps said:

First dose down.....I can go back to licking door handles now!

Give it a couple weeks and then tongue away. 

First dose down from CVS in dripping springs. Second appointment set up for March.

Scheduled for 12:15, but wasn't on the printout at the front. Had to go to the back and fill out some forms. Ended up getting the shot around 1pm. Dozens of people there getting the shot.

Newdoc

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3 hours ago, StruggleBus said:

Has there been anything shown to mess up vaccine response? Assuming I shouldn't pound thirty beers the night I get the second dose but would be curious if there is anything I should stay away from. 

Unless you have a poor underlying immune system or are on significant immunosuppressants then most people will be okay and mount a good response. Olds will fare a little poorer bc their immune system is not optimal. They do say not to drink after vaccine for a few days but this has mainly due to side effects not efficacy. YMMV.

BradInATX

Full Members
(edited)

Got first shot earlier. Am drinking. But I have the immune system of an alligator and the penis of Ron Jeremy so I'll be alright.

Edited by BradInATX

Red Five

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7 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

They do say not to drink after vaccine for a few days

hahaha

hookemATL

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Is there any official stance on those not being in phase 1a/1b getting the vaccine?  I’m definitely general public and have some qualms about getting shot before it’s my “turn”. Was just curious if I have missed any announcements or some such about opening things up for general population. 

South Austin

Certifiably Surly
2 hours ago, texhorn said:

Same yesterday. Just pulled right up without a wait.

Probably because they fucked up and 75% of people didn’t get the email notification.

Friends and I who got the first dose on Feb. 1 still haven't gotten an email about the second dose, so I'm probably just going to show up next week with my vaccine card and see if they turn me away.

BradInATX

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35 minutes ago, hookemATL said:

Is there any official stance on those not being in phase 1a/1b getting the vaccine?  I’m definitely general public and have some qualms about getting shot before it’s my “turn”. Was just curious if I have missed any announcements or some such about opening things up for general population. 

Pretty sure Anastasis is the arbiter of the Surly official vaccine guidelines

 

@Anastasis

Anastasis

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4 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

Pretty sure Anastasis is the arbiter of the Surly official vaccine guidelines

 

@Anastasis

Shots. In. Arms. 

tx 3 putt

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Jim Wells County Fairgrounds has 'plenty' of doses, first come first serve 

midtown

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Finally
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sunset87

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17 hours ago, C-Man said:

Yes, I had full-blown COVID in March 2020.

I've read that people that have had COVID tend to have a strong reaction to the vaccine, even the first one.  Some have said they felt as sick as when they contracted COVID but it just didn't last as long. 

I had COVID in mid-December so I am waiting until the end of March to think about getting vaccinated. Hopefully there will be more information about some of this stuff by then.  I am seriously considering just getting one shot, depending on how I react to the first one.

scottsins

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CVS is going to be getting some J&J doses soon. Each store will be scheduling 2 shots per hour. The single dose aspect is such a game changer.

tx 3 putt

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2 minutes ago, scottsins said:

The single dose aspect is such a game changer.

 

huge and perfect for the non 1A and 1B group 

Deej

Burnt Ends
11 minutes ago, scottsins said:

CVS is going to be getting some J&J doses soon. Each store will be scheduling 2 shots per hour. The single dose aspect is such a game changer.

5 minutes for the shot and 25 to print the receipt?

They had 2 people giving shots at the cvs in Dripping. Each was doing a shot every few minutes, around 40 people an hour.

Brisketexan

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32 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Jim Wells County Fairgrounds has 'plenty' of doses, first come first serve 

 

30 minutes ago, midtown said:

Finally
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Sure starting to seem like this.....

midtown

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31 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

huge and perfect for the non 1A and 1B group 

For me the bigger question is if JNJ halts transmission like the Pfizer seems to do.  If it does.  Save those for anyone who is in a high contact professions.  Service industry, retail employees, teachers who are not fat so like a few hundred teachers. 

C-Man

Burnt Ends
1 hour ago, sunset87 said:

I've read that people that have had COVID tend to have a strong reaction to the vaccine, even the first one.  Some have said they felt as sick as when they contracted COVID but it just didn't last as long. 

I had COVID in mid-December so I am waiting until the end of March to think about getting vaccinated. Hopefully there will be more information about some of this stuff by then.  I am seriously considering just getting one shot, depending on how I react to the first one.

Hang on for Johnson & Johnson's vaccine then.

I got my shot through a friend of my wife's network of friends. It's amazing they held out getting COVID as long as they did -- they have serious FOMO and reckless attitudes -- but it all worked through them in mid/late December. None had serious cases at all and none had any adverse reaction to the shot. Meanwhile, even though I didn't think my case was overly severe at the time -- I mean people were dying left and right it seemed -- and we had no good ideas of how to treat bad cases, I guess mine was more serious than I gave it credit for. I was pretty much wiped out for three weeks and had 4-5 days of serious flu-like symptoms in the middle but it was never obvious enough (no fever) to go get tested (even if I could've gotten one then).

Hmbre97

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(edited)

Got my second dose of the Moderna vac yesterday around 3pm and holy shit did this thing suck. I got the 1st dose 5 weeks ago and other than some tenderness at the injection site, I had no issues. I preemptively took some advil right after I got it because I still had some projects at work to wrap up yesterday afternoon. My arm was way more sore last night than before but was feeling ok when I went to bed. I woke up this morning with a 100.2 fever, body aches, chills, lymphnodes in my neck all swollen and a nasty headache. Shit felt like the flu. I'm starting to feel more human tonight but it thoroughly kicked my ass.

Edited by Hmbre97

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