Anyone Schedule for the Vaccine this Week?

Verisure said:
Note that Sweden (co-manufacturer of the stuff) is not on that list. I am from Sweden and I will get my first jab now on Friday. We are not allowed to choose which we will get. 😬 I am in the "over 70" group (they did ask) so maybe ...... ?
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Suggest you look under Suspended for under-65s
 

Big panic here today. Girlfriend and I were scheduled for our second shot tomorrow as we're risk group. In the cab on my way home from the car dealer this afternoon I got a phone call from the vaccination centre. "Can you come before 5 pm today as we have some doses left over." Phone call home telling my girlfriend to get her hat and coat on and go down and stand by the gate to wait for us. She's standing there when we arrive, hops in the cab and off to the vaccination centre with 15 minutes to spare. We're now at home nursing tender arms, but we've got our second shots so soon we can start meeting people again. Already invited our respective families over for a barbecue in May. It'll be the first time for her family to meet mine in real life!
 
Becky1951 said:
"Deeks said the updated recommendations come amid new data from Europe that suggests the risk of blood clots is now potentially as high as one in 100,000, much higher than the one-in-a-million risk believed before."

Germany to restrict AstraZeneca use in under-60s over clots​


https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/german-state-suspends-astrazeneca-vaccine-60s-76766477
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"... health officials agreed Tuesday to restrict the use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in people under 60, amid fresh concern over unusual blood clots reported in a tiny number of those who received the shots."

At 74 I guess they figure I haven't much life left in me any way?
 
Verisure said:
Theoretically, if everyone gets the shot does it mean that the virus is dead or has the origin not been discovered so that it can begin all over again and infect the next generation?
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Viruses as far as is known do not die...they can be controlled greatly by the use of a vaccine. Virologists still do not know enough about this virus and how it may or may not progress. However... with vaccines and continued hygiene, people stand the best chance of survival.
 
Dana said:
Viruses as far as is known do not die...they can be controlled greatly by the use of a vaccine. Virologists still do not know enough about this virus and how it may or may not progress. However... with vaccines and continued hygiene, people stand the best chance of survival.
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So, fundamentally, there is no virus that has ever been eradicated? We're just keeping one step ahead of them?
 
Verisure said:
So, fundamentally, there is no virus that has ever been eradicated? We're just keeping one step ahead of them?
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Polio for example has not been completely eradicated. Health and living conditions and medicines have kept it at bay. Many past virus samples are kept in vaults in laboratories and according to some scientists, smallpox resurgence does remain a realistic threat. Accidents have already occurred in labs.
 
Dana said:
Polio for example has not been completely eradicated. Health and living conditions and medicines have kept it at bay. Many past virus samples are kept in vaults in laboratories and according to some scientists, smallpox resurgence does remain a realistic threat. Accidents have already occurred in labs.
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I didn't know any of that. o_O I am born 1947 and I remember getting polio shots when I was a boy but none of my children have ever and I don't even think polio has been discussed since .... a very long time.
 
Verisure said:
I didn't know any of that. o_O I am born 1947 and I remember getting polio shots when I was a boy but none of my children have ever and I don't even think polio has been discussed since .... a very long time.
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If you lived in Sweden your children should be vaccinated against polio as it's given together with other vaccines in the normal vaccination programme at 3, 5 and 12 months with the final booster at 5 years.
 
Verisure said:
As I was saying, I got my notice a couple of days ago. It’s completely voluntary and I haven’t yet decided if I want it or not. Part of the reason (only one part) is that three vaccines have been accepted in Sweden; Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Astra Zeneca. My notice doesn’t specify which of the 3 I will be getting.

As I understand it, the US gets Pfizer, no ifs, ands or buts. Is that right? And what is the general American opinion on the alternative vaccines?

EDIT: I see just above that StarSong got a Moderna injection.
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I also received Moderna no huge reaction, it has been a full month after final dose... Feel fine looking forward to cautiously doing a bit more.
 
SeaBreeze said:
I got my second Moderna shot this morning. I expect it to be like the last one, maybe a little soreness in my arm tomorrow, no side effects yet from either shot. I got there really early today for my appointment, since the line last time was long....but it did move quickly, they were very organized at Kaiser and had plenty of workers checking people in and giving the vaccines. No line outside at all today, and the line in the building was half that of last time. I was in and out quickly, was a nice surprise.
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I gave up on Kaiser and went to a local pharmacy, they eventually wanted me to come in, I'm done for now...it was not a bad experience at all.
 
Glowworm said:
Big panic here today. Girlfriend and I were scheduled for our second shot tomorrow as we're risk group. In the cab on my way home from the car dealer this afternoon I got a phone call from the vaccination centre. "Can you come before 5 pm today as we have some doses left over." Phone call home telling my girlfriend to get her hat and coat on and go down and stand by the gate to wait for us. She's standing there when we arrive, hops in the cab and off to the vaccination centre with 15 minutes to spare. We're now at home nursing tender arms, but we've got our second shots so soon we can start meeting people again. Already invited our respective families over for a barbecue in May. It'll be the first time for her family to meet mine in real life!
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That is great
 
Verisure said:
I didn't know any of that. o_O I am born 1947 and I remember getting polio shots when I was a boy but none of my children have ever and I don't even think polio has been discussed since .... a very long time.
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What? You kids have not been vaccinated for polio? I thought this was still done. I’ll have to try and remember to ask my daughter if the baby was vaccinated
 
Aneeda72 said:
What? You kids have not been vaccinated for polio? I thought this was still done. I’ll have to try and remember to ask my daughter if the baby was vaccinated
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I have to be perfectly honest with you. I really do not think any of my children (I was married before, you know) have been vaccinated against polio, and because of your question I had to ask my wife and she too has no recollection of our son getting any polio vaccination. So, my best answer is, "I don't think so". Both my wife and her daughter, from a previous marriage, were vaccinated against polio but she (they) is from Slovakia.

Did you get the chance to ask your daughter? In what country do you live?
 
Verisure said:
I have to be perfectly honest with you. I really do not think any of my children (I was married before, you know) have been vaccinated against polio, and because of your question I had to ask my wife and she too has no recollection of our son getting any polio vaccination. So, my best answer is, "I don't think so".

Did you get the chance to ask your daughter? In what country do you live?
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@Verisure I’m guessing you didn’t live in Sweden at that time?
 

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