and by the way, the 7 day average starting going back down today now that the reporting anamolies have basically worked themselves out thereby confirming the hypothesis of why they went up in the first place. And the head of the CDC either is incompetent if she didn't know that or was fear porning people when she said that. so you can pick which one it is.
COVID vaccine: who has had it?
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and by the way, the 7 day average starting going back down today now that the reporting anamolies have basically worked themselves out thereby confirming the hypothesis of why they went up in the first place. And the head of the CDC either is incompetent if she didn't know that or was fear porning people when she said that. so you can pick which one it is.
Heard a blip on a podcast about the social distancing unit. It was first started in many Euro countries as one meter. This is true. USA being piss poor on metric conversion said that's about six feet, and that became our standard. . Lancet has had a few articles on one meter with a good reduction. Don't know if the conversion glitch is true but certainly believable given our history on metric system adoption.
Current recommendation is that she NOT take the second dose. She will have some protection with the one dose, so better than nothing. She is slowly coming around.
I am fine so far and feeling better, but all I had was the standard symptoms.
Wife (teacher early ed) got her second Moderna yesterday, slight temp increase, high sensitivity in armpit lymph node, reddish/swelling at injection site and whipped physically.
A middle school in our district closed yesterday as so many teachers were affected from the second shot (District teachers all on the same regimen)...
My 83-year-old father had a similar experience as your mother with his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday. He was tired and that’s it. He gets the second dose on March 12th.
Got my second jab at Mount Nittany Med this week. Two four hundred mile round trips from Philly to get both jabs but worth it. No effects from the first jab but the second left me extremely fatigued for two days.
Did they know she was allergic to bee stings prior to the shot? People with those allergies and people who are immune compromised are supposed to be held at least 30 minutes after the shot, not 15
Wellspan has openings right now starting tomorrow March 1st. Locations throughout York, Lebanon, and Lancaster Counties.
To schedule, setup a "MyWellspan" account, found middle about 1/3 down the page. You'll need the last four of the SS and you'll need to know every car you've ever owned and place you've lived in order to pass to id test.
Answer the covid vaccine eligibility questions.
Click "Schedule an Appointment"
Choose "All Locations"
Choose "All Providers"
Good Luck
To schedule, setup a "MyWellspan" account, found middle about 1/3 down the page. You'll need the last four of the SS and you'll need to know every car you've ever owned and place you've lived in order to pass to id test.
Answer the covid vaccine eligibility questions.
Click "Schedule an Appointment"
Choose "All Locations"
Choose "All Providers"
Good Luck
yes, they knew on the form she completed. She also mentioned it to everyone she came into contact with at the site. I think the site also did not have adequate seating for the 15 min holds, so were trying to "keep them moving" - kind of like a restaurant. If they had held her for 30 min or a little more, they would have seen her symptoms. Lucky we were in the car, and not to far from another ER. It is now 2 days since vaccine, and she still is having chills, pain all over and skin hives. We were told that means the vaccine is "working". Yesterday we reported to the VAERS, and got an email from CDC.
Still has hives is scary. Still taking steroids or antihistamines? Keep a close eye on her. Any throat swelling/difficulty swallowing....back to ER STAT!
I think I need to know more about the bacon wrapped deep fried burger. Chills and stomach mess have gone away. Still a little weak and fevery. Second shot scheduled for end of March. Is it safe to say I will have two days of suffering after that shot as well?
Probably dehydrated and loss of electrolytes. Drink some sports drinks. From what I hear the second shot should have less impact for you since you reacted so strongly to first. I’d check with some one like your PCP, the site that administered vaccine, maybe even the manufacturer or CDC
How long did it take for the stronger reactions to start?
Got the shot at 3:00.
Went to bed about 11:00.
Woke up with the chills at 12:30.
Started throwing up about 3:00.
Arm pain where the shot was stuck about 4:00
from @Hellspite (moved from another thread):
I've been trying to find an available vaccine and appt time in Central PA for my mother but can't find any. I keep seeing people much younger than her (and seemingly healthy) posting on FB that they have already gotten their vaccines. Anybody have advice as to how to best find available appointments?
I've been trying to find an available vaccine and appt time in Central PA for my mother but can't find any. I keep seeing people much younger than her (and seemingly healthy) posting on FB that they have already gotten their vaccines. Anybody have advice as to how to best find available appointments?
from @lionville (moved from another thread):
Good luck. I've been trying to get appts. for family members who are in their 70's and 80's with no luck in the same area. The closest I came was on the Weis Markets website on Monday. They were gone by the time my number in the queue came up.
from @Agoodnap (moved from another thread):
Penn State Health is also "now" doing some mass vaccinations. Family members told me over this past weekend that their schedule was wide open. They had to signup to be put on the vaccination wait list and the schedule opened up.
Do NOT wait for someone to call you. Penn State Health sent me 5 or 6 emails stating that they will notify their patients when they are ready to schedule. I was never contacted yet as you can see from just above they are, and have been, vaccinating the public.
Go to https://www.wellspan.org/. and signup for their MyWellspan account. After that go to "Schedule an appointment". Choose "Covid 1st Dose", then "All Locations", then "All Providers". If they have openings select one, if not check at night, and in the morning. You will get one within three days...at least that's been my experience and I've scheduled 6 people so far.
Penn State Health is also "now" doing some mass vaccinations. Family members told me over this past weekend that their schedule was wide open. They had to signup to be put on the vaccination wait list and the schedule opened up.
Do NOT wait for someone to call you. Penn State Health sent me 5 or 6 emails stating that they will notify their patients when they are ready to schedule. I was never contacted yet as you can see from just above they are, and have been, vaccinating the public.
I had a similar problem with the Allegheny County site in scheduling my second shot. Never received the promised email notification when it was time to schedule. I finally had to call the epidemiology department and was able to get action just three days before what would have been my due date.
I was able to get an appointment at a Pennsylvania Rite Aid for my mother using the following strategy:
- Bookmark the actual URLs going directly to scheduling for all providers in the area--this is often NOT the URL listed on Pennsylvania's website or advertised by providers. In my mother's case, it was Rite Aid, Giant, Weis, and a local hospital.
- Create your own schedule to check the websites throughout the day and night. For me, it was 7am and every 2 hours thereafter until 7pm.
- Use Chrome (more on why Chrome later) to open up all of the aforementioned bookmarks simultaneously.
- Once you get a hit on the appointment time, use Chrome's "auto fill" feature to populate all fields. Doing this once at a provider's website, Chrome should automatically "remember" what you typed in during your last visit. This enables you to quickly breeze through all of the question fields.
- Repeat as necessary.
What I outlined above is definitely on the extreme end of things but I had the time to do it. That said, it took me approximately 10 days to find an appointment at Rite Aid. My first one was blocked by the time I manually typed all the fields, so Chrome's autofill feature saved the day for the next time around. Even with that though, I originally scheduled her for a 10:30am appointment on a given day, but that was taken by the time I hit submit. I was successful at an alternate time.
And yes, other browsers do auto fill. IMO, none make it as easy as or do it as well as Chrome.
@Tom McAndrew , the post I quoted and my reply will likely be buried. Given the urgent/complicated nature of vaccine scheduling, what about a new "Vaccine Scheduling" thread?
If you really mean Central PA, get on the Mount Nittany wait list.
They appear to have their act together and are running “big” vaccination days (1300+ shots) for our area.
Warning for all...Get your appointment before you leave the facility that gave you the 1st dose. That's how it's supposed to be done. Do NOT leave without the appointment. They may well tell you that you can do it home...don't do that. Tell them to schedule the appointment while you wait and don't leave until they do.
To be fair I should have added that aside from the scheduling problem, Allegheny County ran the on site process very well. Very efficient and the people were very nice. In and out within 20 minutes both times.
Not to nit-pick, but they didn't do their job. A VERY important piece of the job is to schedule the 2nd shot during the 1st shot visit.
Well they did give you a date, but they never followed up with the email confirming that date and the time slots available. We were supposed to have received that email 10 days prior to the scheduled due date. But yeah, I agree with you.
Monterey County of 450,000 people was reporting over 500 cases per day in mid January. Each of the last 3 days the case rate has been under 20 per day. Mrs Covid, she taking a hike.
My parents (both in their 80s) in Northampton County, had their first Modena shot on Jan 26 at Cedar Crest in the LV Health Network. Their second appointment was scheduled for Feb 23 and they were able to get that scheduled at the Muhlenburg location (same hospital network) as it was closer to their home. Their second appointment was canceled because of lack of vaccine (come on PA - better planning for the second round). My Dad has called them every day since the cancellation to reschedule, but no date given. Yesterday was the end of week 5, and they were told that they MUST get the second shot within 6 weeks (42 days), which is next Tuesday. They also told him to stop calling them, and that they would call him back when they had availability (3/9). They also told him that they are required to go back to the original site (Cedar Crest), which he is happy to do, even though thy scheduled their second for a different site in the same network for them.
Very screwed up PA. And he is seeing on the news these huge vaccine centers across the state, with people getting their first shots, and they can't get their scheduled second?
Anybody know the procedure if you don't get the second shot within 42 days for Moderna? Any science behind the 42 days, or is it just what the trials were set up as? Dad is going crazy with the wait (heart surgery for a defective valve 2 years ago) and especially for Mom (a few rounds of cancer). Thanks
I wouldn't assume that anymore with J&J hitting the market. CVS, at least, is going to be doing a lot of J&J.
Ok, I made a call to the PA Dept of Health and they were very helpful. First, their are no restrictions for going to a different provider for your 2nd shot. If any issues, call 717 787-8092 and have it resolved before being turned away.
They gave me lots of information:
For those 65+: PA Link is providing scheduling services and transportation. Call 800 753-8827 These guys have access to most of the outlets in PA and schedule the appointment for you. I haven't tried this but if it works it's pure gold.
For those 60+: PACE is providing essentially the same service as PA Link. Call 800 225-7223
Rite Aid has a Central Scheduling Office. Call 800 748-3243
UPMC also has a Central Scheduling Office. Call 844 876-2822
You're getting your 2nd dose make sure you tell them which one you got the first time.
Thank you so much. I'll let them know ASAP. So much mis-information about the scheduling from the Lehigh Valley Network
The state does not restrict going to another provider for dose two. Providers, however, absolutely restrict that because the state doesn’t give “extra” second doses in case of the scenario you mentioned. Any extras come from people who don’t show up or die.
69% of the Madonna recipients get a mole above their right lip at 6 weeks
I’m absolutely going to respond when what you are posting does not match reality. I don’t care what the state told you on the phone. I’m telling you what is happening on the ground from firsthand experience that you don’t get from calling a state hotline. What’s so hard to understand? The state has no written rule about switching providers for a second dose. However the fact remains that providers are doing the “rule” for them.
Don’t know if the UPMC link is on here . 1A can sign up now .
vaccine.upmc.com
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