Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #101

[MrX]

I'm curious if anyone who has gotten a booster feels safer doing things, or do you plan on maintaining the same safety measures?

 

[anneg]

I'm curious if anyone who has gotten a booster feels safer doing things, or do you plan on maintaining the same safety measures?

I got my Pfizer booster and a senior flu shot 3 weeks ago, and I do feel safer...at least for now. However, I continue to wear a mask when out and about and don't go to crowded places.

 

[mickey2942]

I'm curious if anyone who has gotten a booster feels safer doing things, or do you plan on maintaining the same safety measures?

I am scheduled for a booster next week. And will continue wearing a mask, social distancing.

So, this is my MOO. If people who have jobs, have to show evidence of vaccinated status to maintain employment, how come people on entitlement benefits, like SNAP, EBT, Medicaid, do not have to show proof of vaccine to maintain eligibility for benefits?

Just saying.

 

[ilovewings]

We have a good relationship with our pharmacist at our local pharmacy, we have been going to her for the last ten years or more. She is incredibly professional and trustworthy, but I would not go to a pharmacy where I didn't know their reputation personally. Her pharmacy only has Pfizer, so my husband will get his booster shot there, both of us got our flu vaccine there, but I have to go to a local hospital clinic for my Moderna booster. Scheduled for today.

I prefer a medical setting for a Covid 19 shot. Good luck with your shot today- I am sure you will be fine.

 

[jjenny]

I'm curious if anyone who has gotten a booster feels safer doing things, or do you plan on maintaining the same safety measures?

I feel safer. I still wear masks when in public. But I have to go to work and so on, so it's good to be better protected.

 

[LadyL]

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[Cool Cats]

I’m sorry to hear that. I was actually pleasantly surprised that I would be able to get it at my doctor’s office.

My first choice is to get vaccinated at my doctor's office. Wish I could but they don't do any Covid vaccines. My dad is lucky to get all 3 of his Covid vaccines through his doctor's office.

I feel confident they - my doctor's office - could revive me if I had an allergic reaction. The pharmacy....Humm?

 

[ilovewings]

My first choice is to get vaccinated at my doctor's office. Wish I could but they don't do any Covid vaccines. My dad is lucky to get all 3 of his Covid vaccines through his doctor's office.

I feel confident they - my doctor's office - could revive me if I had an allergic reaction. The pharmacy....Humm?

That is my concern too--besides who in the pharmacy is giving the shot!!
probably not a nurse-- a pharmacist? a pharmacy tech who learned how to give
injections using oranges!!!!

 

[zecats]

I'm curious if anyone who has gotten a booster feels safer doing things, or do you plan on maintaining the same safety measures?

Definitely safer. My second dose was 8 months ago so I've been waiting for Moderna to approve the booster. I was able to get it last week (10/19) along with a flu shot. Pharmacist did tell me something interesting - that the 2 original shots of Moderna offered stronger protection than 3 shots of Pfizer. That's the reason the booster is only 1/2 dose. So now I feel even more safe.

 

[jjenny]

My first choice is to get vaccinated at my doctor's office. Wish I could but they don't do any Covid vaccines. My dad is lucky to get all 3 of his Covid vaccines through his doctor's office.

I feel confident they - my doctor's office - could revive me if I had an allergic reaction. The pharmacy....Humm?

My PCP's office didn't even have the flu vaccine to give me. Again. I am starting to think they are saving their precious flu vaccine for very important patients.

 

[jjenny]

That is my concern too--besides who in the pharmacy is giving the shot!!
probably not a nurse-- a pharmacist? a pharmacy tech who learned how to give
injections using oranges!!!!

I got all three Modernas of mine at the pharmacy. Yea, I would have preferred to get it in a doctors office by a nurse, but they don't have covid vaccines. I can't even get a flu vaccine from them, second year in the row.

 

[ilovewings]

I got all three Modernas of mine at the pharmacy. Yea, I would have preferred to get it in a doctors office by a nurse, but they don't have covid vaccines. I can't even get a flu vaccine from them, second year in the row.

I will probably wind up getting the Moderna shot at the pharmacy--

 

[anneg]

We received our first two Pfizer shots at a special clinic run by the University of North Carolina Health System, and it was great! Super efficient, check-in stations, lots of vaccine stations, and a separate room for waiting afterwards. Everyone had an appointment so there weren't long lines. I was hoping they would offer such a clinic for the boosters but they didn't.

We've been getting our flu shots at a pharmacy for years so getting our Covid booster there seemed reasonable. They also have the Shingrix vaccine and we need to get those next.

 

[ilovewings]

We received our first two Pfizer shots at a special clinic run by the University of North Carolina Health System, and it was great! Super efficient, check-in stations, lots of vaccine stations, and a separate room for waiting afterwards. Everyone had an appointment so there weren't long lines. I was hoping they would offer such a clinic for the boosters but they didn't.

We've been getting our flu shots at a pharmacy for years so getting our Covid booster there seemed reasonable. They also have the Shingrix vaccine and we need to get those next.

It is just different for the boosters. I had my two Moderna shots at Henry Ford Hospital --I really liked the set up but that is not what is happening with the boosters. I think we just have to get it at the pharmacy- Oakland Health Dept does have clinics set up- they have drive thrus, walk up and appts., so that is an option- I just might do the pharmacy thing cause it is easier---

 

[Deleted member 158085]

I don't qualify for a booster yet but my parents do and I will definitely feel like they are safer and I will be a little more relaxed about them, I think.

I don't know when I will let my guard down at work again. I did a little bit from time to time when the mask mandate was lifted here and most of us at work were vaccinated (before delta). But I still wore my mask on days I had to work with an unvaccinated person. And as the day wore on and kids and other obviously unvaccinated folks came in, I'd put it back on even if I had started my day without the mask.

 

[doublestop]

So, this is my MOO. If people who have jobs, have to show evidence of vaccinated status to maintain employment, how come people on entitlement benefits, like SNAP, EBT, Medicaid, do not have to show proof of vaccine to maintain eligibility for benefits?

Because it's about being around other people. If you're going to a workplace, you are likely around others. Getting benefits doesn't indicate that.

 

[Deleted member 158085]

Oh, and I'm not sure about going to a pharmacy for a booster. When I qualify, I will seek out health department vaccine appointment availability first. Those people have this whole thing down pat, whereas the pharmacy employees I've seen around here are run off their feet. Mistakes are more likely to happen in that kind of environment. If I do have to go to a pharmacy, I'm going to want to see the vial they are taking it from and I'll probably even try to research the dose first.

After all, before I vaccinate an animal, give meds, or even apply flea treatment, I double check the packaging and dose. So I'm probably going to be a pain in the arse to whoever is giving it (a friendly pain in the arse, of course).

 

[Cool Cats]

Oh, and I'm not sure about going to a pharmacy for a booster. When I qualify, I will seek out health department vaccine appointment availability first. Those people have this whole thing down pat, whereas the pharmacy employees I've seen around here are run off their feet. Mistakes are more likely to happen in that kind of environment. If I do have to go to a pharmacy, I'm going to want to see the vial they are taking it from and I'll probably even try to research the dose first.

After all, before I vaccinate an animal, give meds, or even apply flea treatment, I double check the packaging and dose. So I'm probably going to be a pain in the arse to whoever is giving it (a friendly pain in the arse, of course).

I made sure at my pharmacy that a specific extra person was there to just do the vaccines and not having to run around answering phones, waiting on people and filling scripts.

 

[nightowl1975]

Because it's about being around other people. If you're going to a workplace, you are likely around others. Getting benefits doesn't indicate that.

It’s actually about getting as many people vaccinated as humanly possible. But for whatever insane reason, tying government entitlements to vaccine status seems taboo, whereas forcing people to be vaccinated in order to remain employed is A-OK. I sincerely doubt many receiving government entitlements are recluses who don’t interact with society, so it makes sense that they also should be vaccinated.

 

[mickey2942]

I made sure at my pharmacy that a specific extra person was there to just do the vaccines and not having to run around answering phones, waiting on people and filling scripts.

Interesting. Where I live, they have a drive up at the fairgrounds. You make an appointment online, show up, check-in, right in your car, drive to a huge barn, where you drive through it. Most of the workers are retired nurses, giving folks a jab, right at the car window. Then, you drive over to another area, a worker asks if you are OK, and you wait about 15 minutes.

Very efficient and convenient.