Wellness

[Meowingkitty]

We get our 2nd shot Monday morning at 2am. Yup 2am. We chose that time because what the heck. Get the shot and go eat breakfast at Denny's. Husband took the day off work so if we're tired we can just go back to bed. Anyway, our lives won't change much. We go out all the time, zoos, restaurants, movies, shopping etc.. Having the shot just makes us feel safer.

[on the bay]

@hckynut -

I've been reading about this recently too as it seems they have changed recommendations again or else I didn't read it all correctly the first time. At first I thought we should wait 2 weeks to have full effectiveness of the vaccine.

Many news/health sites say

that the first vaccine is about 90%

affective after 2 weeks of the vaccine and after the 2nd vaccine it is 94% effective for moderna and 95%  effective for the pfizer (edited to add) -after 7 days!

 Yet, another site says the pfizer vaccine is 90% effective after 3 weeks of the first vaccine.

It also said that the vaccine is not effective right afterwards and that may be why more people are becoming infected with covd right after getting the vaccine because they are more likely to let down their guard.

Of course these may change every day so we just have to keep reading about it. It can all change and or get very confusing. But I think it is also because scientists and researchers

are learning about this every day.

You can just put your question into the search bar and see all the answers that come up. Many say the same thing, so those might be the latest and you can look at the date of the article.

[catmama]

@CLHS68 

I'm in Washington too and haven't been able to find an appt for the first shot.  Wondering why WA hasn't been getting the allocation that we were hoping for.  No sites have had any appts for the past 3 weeks.  And it doesn't look like anything is going to open up before 3/1.  Getting very frustrated!

[Krimpette]

I'm due for my 2nd shot March 3 at 8:30AM.  Pfizer.

[NicksmomESQ]

@hckynut  I was told at the vaccine site that regardless of which vaccine you get it will take 10-14 days to become fully protected.

[skatting44]

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@Katrinka23 wrote:

I'm in the 1A group and I cannot get an appointment either. I signed up on various websites but notthing.

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Good luck, hope  you get a call  or email from someone . Unfortunately, the way the  States  have implemented  scheduling people has been a nightmare.  I am a RN  and I think  honestly the local  health  department  nurses and staff need  Nurses with some true Leadership skills . What good is a public health dept  if you can't get this together. 

I think there has been tremendous red tape  and all this  " you have to make an appointment  has slowed the process to a crawl " . I think that  staff are using an excuse that they don't have enough vaccine  just to cover their incompetence .

[IMW]

Great! Dh and I just had 2nd shot. In a few weeks we

plan to see grandkids. They've already had virus.

We plan to go to casino, masked and gloved and early 

am.

So greatful. 

[CelticCrafter]

@Bigdoglover we got our second shot last Wednesday and even though we knew we wouldn't be fully protected or whatever they are calling it, we did stop and have lunch. 

It was the first time in 11 months that we have eaten out. 

It was so nice not to have to cook it or clean up afterwards!

[CLHS68]

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@SeaMaiden wrote:

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@CLHS68 wrote:

Cannot get an appointment here.

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@CLHS68 What state are you in?  Are they just not available?

In Washington state they have phases for who can sign up to get the shot..... the phase we are in now is for those 65 or older and those 50 and older  living in a multi aged household with  people 65 or older...... the next phase will start next month allowing younger people to get the shots...

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I just keep getting message currently unavailable. I am eligible just cannot register. Just tells me to check back. It has been weeks.

[on the bay]

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@NicksmomESQ wrote:

@hckynut  I was told at the vaccine site that regardless of which vaccine you get it will take 10-14 days to become fully protected.

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@NicksmomESQ 

@hckynut,

I'm so sorry-yes this was the original

recommendations.

Now they say after 2nd shot, it takes 7 days after for it to be effective but still 2 weeks or 3 weeks after first to be effective. This was the change.

but who knows?!

I'll change that in my first post.