I'm glad to hear you will be moving to a real apartment! It sounds like an improvement over where you are.Here at the Retirement home, we are again hosting 80 (!) Kids from the nearby daycare center for a Halloween trick or treat indoors. I have always felt this is a recipe for disaster...a bunch of old, frail, vulnerable folks with children including infants!! And all the colds, COVID, flu, RSV, etc etc that entails. No one wears masks here either. We had quite a few residents get COVID last year and a few passed away. Wonder what this year will bring.
In other news, I am on a waiting list for a different apartment complex. It's still a 55 and over community, but no communal eating, so a real apartment with a kitchen! Yay!
I’ve only had Pfizer, and they were all ok, and I only had a flu type feeling with the very first one, and zero for the restWent by my doctor's office & now have an appointment for a Pfizer vaccine shot for next Friday 10/13.
All my others have been Moderna - but they do not have that brand.
Anyone else have a Pfizer shot? Was it okay? Is it the same as the Moderna one this time?
They are scarce for more than children. I'm having a dickens of a time finding one. I just got off the phone with vaccines.gov (it says to call if you need help finding one) and they just told me to contact my state heath authority which is where I started.![]()
Weeks after approval, parents of young children say Covid boosters are scarce
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended an updated round of Covid-19 boosters three weeks ago, but doses for young children are hard to find.www.nbcnews.com
They are scarce for more than children. I'm having a dickens of a time finding one. I just got off the phone with vaccines.gov (it says to call if you need help finding one) and they just told me to contact my state heath authority which is where I started.I hadn't called them, I was checking out their website and not finding what I needed. Will have to dig deeper into it I guess.
I wish the government was handling it again. It was SOOOOO much easier to find and get one prior to this round. It's not even about them paying for them for all, it's that things were just run so much more smoothly before. I miss that smooth and easiness.![]()
Yeah, I had a feeling the site wouldn't be 100% accurate.You’re in Oregon, aren‘t you @Gemmie? I’m not sure if you’re in a metro area or rural like I am, but here in Southern Oregon I managed to find the vaccine at my local Rite Aid. Initially it was available at CVS and Walgreens, but not in my town. Rite Aid got it a little later and my doctor still doesn’t have it. Our county Public Health Department said there are manufacturers’ delays. They suggest 211 or the Vaccine.gov site. It showed Rite Aid using Moderna, but they’re using Pfizer, which is fine, but it showed me they aren’t accurate. I just checked it again now and my local Rite Aid didn’t show up, so I guess I’ll need to confirm before I go on Monday. Anyway, I hope you can find somewhere to get it.
Some of my friends just got their COVID vaccinations at Walmart. A nearby Kroger store has appointments available tomorrow for the new COVID vaccination.They are scarce for more than children. I'm having a dickens of a time finding one. I just got off the phone with vaccines.gov (it says to call if you need help finding one) and they just told me to contact my state heath authority which is where I started.I hadn't called them, I was checking out their website and not finding what I needed. Will have to dig deeper into it I guess.
I wish the government was handling it again. It was SOOOOO much easier to find and get one prior to this round. It's not even about them paying for them for all, it's that things were just run so much more smoothly before. I miss that smooth and easiness.![]()
Our local Costco was expecting a shipment this week.You’re in Oregon, aren‘t you @Gemmie? I’m not sure if you’re in a metro area or rural like I am, but here in Southern Oregon I managed to find the vaccine at my local Rite Aid. Initially it was available at CVS and Walgreens, but not in my town. Rite Aid got it a little later and my doctor still doesn’t have it. Our county Public Health Department said there are manufacturers’ delays. They suggest 211 or the Vaccine.gov site. It showed Rite Aid using Moderna, but they’re using Pfizer, which is fine, but it showed me they aren’t accurate. I just checked it again now and my local Rite Aid didn’t show up, so I guess I’ll need to confirm before I go on Monday. Anyway, I hope you can find somewhere to get it.
Our local Costco was expecting a shipment this week.