It is frustrating when a healthy 65 year old can get a vaccination in one state and someone who is older with preexisting conditions in another can't. Teachers were some of the first to get one in my state and yet are not even a consideration in the state my daughter lives in where they are required to teach in person.
I hope you can get one soon.
@yogagirl, I hear your anger and frustration. I'm really sorry. I’ve heard similar stories from other parts of the country regarding who fits into which vaccine category. It’s really inconsistent.
I also share your anger and frustration, although my situation is different. I am 68+ and because of my particular health challenges, my physician wants me to be vaccinated soon but in a medical facility, rather than a pharmacy or auditorium. I agree with him about the medical environment for me. Unfortunately, to complicate matters the Virginia Dept. of Health recently announced that going forward, disbursements of vaccines will only go to local health districts – which, to my understanding, means that hospitals in Virginia will no longer receive vaccines directly from VDH. The local health districts will determine how to distribute the limited vaccine supply. Right now in the Northern VA counties, it looks like the majority of the vaccines are being administered in non-medical settings, like our big government center, drug stores and schools. Many of the medical facilities in my area have had to cancel upcoming appointments. So for people who are being advised to have their vaccines administered in a medical environment, what do we do? My physician can’t direct me; he received his shot in a high school gym. That’s where my anxiety and frustration comes in. I have no issue with waiting, as long as I know the vaccine will be eventually accessible in a medical facility.
So I am waiting. Double-masking and doing all of the other safety measures. Trying to keep the faith and be hopeful that things will open up soon, and I will make the best decision for myself. Truth be told, I’m pretty down right now. Maybe it’s not just my personal situation with the vaccine; maybe it’s everything we’ve collectively experienced.
I’m sending much love and support to you, my friend. We’re all in this together.
@deetoo I know it is frustrating and like you depressed. I believe here in Louisville there are two medical facilities that are issuing the vaccine. Our problem isn’t helped by the Reps here in KY trying to impeach our Dem governor. I am sick and tired of these idiots. These are the same morons who were caught hanging a noose from a tree on the front lawn of the Governors mansion, in front of the governor’s 12 year old daughter, their defense when they were arrested was the highly effective “I didn’t mean nothing by it”. We have a big winter storm coming in so I will be more isolated this week. It’s probably a good thing I didn’t get to the liquor store this weekend! Thank you, Deetoo for the support. Sending love and light your way.
@yogagirl, I haven't found any medical facility in my area offering the vaccine. I'm praying if I search hard enough and be patient, something will appear in time.
They're trying to impeach your governor on what basis? Are these state representatives who hung a noose from that tree? Pure insanity.
Speaking of sanity ... keep posting. It helps all of us. ❤️
@Deetoo they are trying to impeach him for over stepping his power with the COVID-19 response. In other words he did the right thing for everyone in the state but a bunch of ignorant redneck trumpeters didn’t want to wear mask and were outraged he wanted to ban group gatherings. In other words he tried to control the spread but that evidently is against religious freedom. These people believe anything the QTP tell them because they are too lazy to think for themselves. The group with the noose were a bunch of right wing nuts . They are good Christians who don’t understand threatening to lynch the governor in front of his child is wrong! I honestly wish I could find another state to live in.
Supposedly the Moderna vaccine is effective against the current variants... although as they keep on mutating who knows if that will hold true for very long? We may all need an additional booster shot at some point down the road.
Got the Moderna Vaccine Dose # 1 last Friday. Was no worse than any flu vaccine I've ever had. My arm ached for about 3 days but not terrible at all. No chills, temperature, vomiting, etc. That may come, though, with Dose # 2. Suddenly it seems that NYC is getting more doses!!
Moderna announces vaccine upgrades to protect against emerging variants (nbcnews.com)
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine effective against emerging variants (news-medical.net)
@yogagirl The GOP is also trying to recall Gavin Newsome the California governor for basically the same reasons. So maybe living in another state is not the answer. We need to pray for enlightenment for these lost souls.
Yogagirl, if I could share something with you...sometimes when I reach my breaking point with rethugs and solid red states, states like Kentucky that keep re-electing pond scum like Moscow Mitch when there are actual candidates who would help people, like McGrath, and I start thinking, hell with them, let them all secede and see how long they last. Then I think, "No." And it's because of people like you, intelligent, good people, thousands of them, who live in those states and fight the good fight. The tide is turning in Georgia and I pray it will be so in Kentucky some day. I realize it's an uphill battle there but as long as there are people like you who live there, I have hope.
Vaccine related-My husband and I have don't have a snowball's chance of getting vaccinated before probably July, even though he has to go out to work every day and be exposed to morons, so we've started double-masking. It's not as bad as I thought. Went shopping this weekend and it was tolerable. Wore a tight-fitting cloth mask with adjustable ear loops, and a slightly looser one with a protective nose flap. Felt like a bank robber, but I think it was good protection.
I live in Tucson, am 71 and only this week was "allowed" to even TRY to set up an appointment for a shot. After some hours on the computer I did manage to set an appt for three weeks (now two weeks) ahead. I will get my first shot on the 28th IF there is enough vaccine. Pima County has been receiving less and less to distribute and they only allowed ages 70+ this month. I do have an underlying health thing so I do need to get it before I can re-enter ? society safely. Hopefully intelligent organization and manufacturing will move this process along now for all of us.
Don't know whether you have the Walgreen's chain in your state but that's where I got my vaccine. Had to sign up on line first, then kept refreshing the Vaccine tab...suddenly 45 spots opened up and I signed up quickly for Dose # 1 and # 2 -- received my Dose # 1 the very next day. Be persistent! You will find one... In Manhattan, our pharmacies are suddenly getting flooded with vaccines now but they go FAST and you have to act quickly! I gave up trying the medical centers near me... they were non-responsive...
We do. We've been signed up for weeks. I'm not overly concerned for myself, but my husband has to interface with the public all day long and I want him safe.
I understand. I'd be very concerned too. Keep trying. You may suddenly find one for you and your husband Persistence and constant refreshing of tabs is what seems to do it for most people. Good luck!
@polarberry I was able to get a shot just by the grace of God. I was looking for a spot for my husband who is diabetic. I live in NJ. It was by chance that I found one about 5 weeks ago. Tried to book it for him and he said he couldn’t do that time. I took his spot. I’m just shy of 63. I will go for my 2nd one on Thursday. Finally spots are opening and my husband went this morning. Good luck things are beginning to move.
Thanks, guys. Hopefully now that we have an actual president, things will improve and anyone who wants a shot can get one without any trouble.
The bad weather in the South Plains and back east is recking havoc in Staes to the west who are trying to vaccinate people.
My parents were supposed to get their second dose in Los Angeles or Moderna and it was canceled because of transportation weather issues. They have been rescheduled for next week..
In Phoenix, many cancelations for vaccinations for the next few days for both companies.
I don't really know where to post this piece of information, but it is very relevant to what we were talking tonight after meditation. Kevin feels that something great (a breakthrough) was about to happen. I was watching The Rachel Maddow Show, and she interviewed the doctor who is dealing with the COVID-19 emergency for President Biden's administration. He said that monoclonal antibodies are the future of this virus and of other maladies. A monoclonal antibody is, and I'll quote,
"An antibody made by cloning a unique white blood cell. All subsequent antibodies derived this way trace back to a unique parent cell. Monoclonal antibodies can have monovalent affinity, binding only to the same epitope."
This means that the product of this cloning will bind to and attack ONLY the cells that are targeted, for example, the bad ones. This kind of science have been around for a while, in fact, I take oral chemotherapy every single day, and I still have my hair, nails, and skin, because the pill only targets my disease, not my soft tissue like regular chemo. My pill was approved in the year 2000, and it was in the works for a number of years before that. If we prescribe monoclonal antibodies to the person that has the disease as soon as the doctors realize there's a problem, there will not be a need for the patient to be sent to the ICU.
A monoclonal antibody was prescribed and administered to former president T, and he recovered fast from his COVID.
There are a lot of monoclonal antibodies in "labs" (quoting). But I wonder why those medicines have not been administered to people that are found to have COVID-19, before they get sicker. I guess is politics and economics (the drug and health insurance companies).
So, Kevin, my friend, you are in the right track, and I am honored and humbled to know you.
Here is some interesting information for anyone who has received their first dose of the vaccine, but like in my state, they are out of vaccines with no foreseeable replenishment.
Studies show that the first does of Moderna confers 80% immunity and the first dose from Pfizer confers 91% immunity. They got these figures from testing people right after (same day) their second dose before second dose immunity can get going. However since Moderna's second dose is a week later than Pfizer, I wonder if the figures are reflecting the dissipation of the immunity conferred with the first dose. In other words, they measured Moderna's first dose immunity a month after the first dose, while they measured Pfizer's first dose immunity three weeks after the first dose
Some people are suggesting that vaccine providers use up whatever stores they have to make sure everyone gets at least a first vaccine. But unless they can discover how long first dose immunity lasts, then people would be running around thinking they were more protected than they are. Much to learn.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/marty-makary/91029
My parents are dealing with this right now. Their second Moderna dose was due last Wednesday in Los Angeles. That was canceled because shipments could not arrive due to the problems with the weather in Texas and the south. They have been rescheduled for Monday, but only if a shipment arrives. This is the case around California and through out Arizona as well. I guess much of the country.
It is concerning but I have hope that this big road bump will smooth out shortly.
@lovendures. Friends of mine in SC had their second Moderna doses postponed when the vaccine shipment didn’t arrive on time. Today they are all getting those second doses a week later. Vaccine shipments to Washington state are all delayed now because of weather and transportation issues.
The whole vaccine scheduling process was stressful and then I took up worrying about the vaccine running out before our appointments. When the day finally arrived, the process was smooth and anticlimactic. Now I’ve moved on to worrying about the second doses. My husband and I have two more weeks to go before our second vaccines and we’re hoping the shipments arrive in time. I haven’t read what the consequences are if you receive your second dose later than prescribed.
Then we have the whole issue of Covid variants and whether the current vaccines will protect against the mutant strains. I’m trying not to over think that.
However stressful the vaccination process is, at least we have help on the way and hopefully, a return to normalcy at some point, maybe late summer or fall.
That was a fascinating discussion about monoclonal antibodies after meditation the other day and I’m going to research their use against macular degeneration. Kevin, I’m glad your shared your meditation insight about new science breakthroughs coming. There’s such power energy when we meditate as a group and I’m always fascinated to hear what people experience.