OUR SECOND COVID-19 SHOT

Despite a snow storm dumping a foot of the White Stuff on us, Diane and I drove to our local Rite Aid–just 5 minutes away–and received our second Moderna Covid-19 shot. So far, the only side-effects we’re experiencing are sore arms and fatigue. Sadly, several other vaccination sites shut down because of the snow. We lucked out!

Meanwhile, the coronavirus rates declined in Western NY. We have 3.7% positive testing. How are things where you live?

31 thoughts on “OUR SECOND COVID-19 SHOT

  1. Jeff Meyerson

    Excellent! We have another 8 days to go (next Thursday) until our second Pfizer shots. Things have gone down here as well. We are somewhere around 4% now. Of cours,e Cuomo and De Blasio (as in most other things) disagree on this, with the result of confusing the heck out of all of us. If you get a positive test result on Monday, take another test Wednesday and test positive, then get a third positive test Friday, the Mayor counts that as THREE positives, even though it is the SAME ONE PERSON. Does this make any sense to you? Me either. Cuomo has always gone with the seven day rolling average, which evens out one day spikes. Also, there is a big difference between the positive rate in Bay Ridge and that in Staten Island or parts of Queens or The Bronx.

    Our answer is do what we’re doing, stay inside most of the time, wear masks and distance when we go out, and wash our hands when we get back.

    Good luck.

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    1. george Post author

      Jeff, Great Minds Think Alike. Even with the two Moderna Covid-19 shots, we’re going to be careful about going out. We wear our masks (Diane is double-masking) and avoid crowds. I don’t see us eating inside a restaurant any time soon. We’ll stick with Take-Out. Hundreds of people had their Covid-19 shots cancelled yesterday because of all the snow. I’m so glad Rite Aid was able to provide ours. What a relief!

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      1. Jeff Meyerson

        Jackie has been getting paranoid watching the doctors on television and is like Diane – she is going to double mask too.

      2. george Post author

        Jeff, so far 7 variants are active in the U.S. But there are many more about to assault us. We are NOT out of the woods by a long shot!

  2. Michael Padgett

    Things seem to be getting better in Atlanta, but still not good. Although hospitalization rates are way down infection rates are still too high. My number finally came up and I’m getting my first shot tomorrow.

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    1. george Post author

      Michael, congratulations! The sooner you get the Covid-19 shot and some protection, the better it is for everyone. The vaccine is the only way out of this pandemic.

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    1. george Post author

      Deb, I think when the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine is approved, the lack of supply will be solved. From what I’ve read, J&J has 100 million doses ready to ship.

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      1. george Post author

        Deb, the Johnson & Johnson shot is just a one-dose vaccine. And it doesn’t need the “Special Handling” that the Pfizer vaccine requires (super-cold refrigeration, mixing, etc.). The J&J vaccine can be stored in a regular refrigerator. No mixing, either.

  3. Jerry House

    Congrats on the second shot! I’m glad that Diane is double masking — you married a very wise woman!

    Things are moderately better here than before, but this is still Florida. Here’s hoping than at least one of the vaccines will also cure stupidity.

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    1. george Post author

      Jerry, thanks for your kind thoughts! Marrying Diane was the smartest thing I ever did! As some Wise Man or Woman once said, “There is no cure for stupidity.”

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  4. wolf

    Congratulations to all who already got their vaccines!
    Again, in Europe is a kind of chaos, who gets which vaccine and where – different regulations everywhere.
    My wife categorically said:
    I won’t register in Hungary because then I’ll surely get the Russian or even the Chinese vaccine – which she doesn’t trust. So we’re still waiting, but of course practicing isolation, wearing masks …
    I was really flabbergasted when I read that you can get vaccinated at Rite Aid or Walgreen’s – very good idea!
    And in Germany they’re also having problems with appointments – so many borders are essentially closed between the different “small” countries.
    OT:
    Every time I read about snow and low temperatures in New York State I remember our holiday with the frozen Niagara Falls – what a fantastic memory!

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    1. george Post author

      Wolf, we have plenty of snow and ice. More is on the way later this week. This morning we woke up to a 5-degree temperature…and that’s Fahrenheit! Niagara Falls is always beautiful in the Winter!

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  5. Rick Robinson

    WITHOUT POWER, nothing is happening here, most vac centers closed, thousands of appt. canceled. Like Deb says.

    They’re still doing teachers and prisoners, with the few slots for 80+ filling in minutes. We expect nothing for another month or two. We don’t go out (NO POWER) but when necessary we are double masking and you should be too!

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    1. george Post author

      Rick, the snow storm yesterday prevented a shipment of vaccine from arriving in Western NY so that contributed to the hundreds of cancelations for Covid-19 shots. Diane and I lucked out that Rite Aid not only had our Maderna vaccine but was administering shots despite a foot of snow outside their doors. You might want to consider a GENERAC natural gas generator similar to the one we have: http://georgekelley.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=13684&action=edit

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      1. Rick Robinson

        We thought about a natural gas generator, a neighbor has one, but this is the first time we have lost power for more than 3-4 hours in a year, since we have lived here (11 yr.) and the expense hasn’t seemed justified. This is the biggest, worst storm in over 50 years.

    1. Jeff Meyerson

      Any time there is even a halfway decent amount of snow here, we seem to lose our mail delivery. The guy is already coming after 5 pm most days, often after 6, and most days I get nothing but junk mail, but still. What drives me nuts is weeks like this one with a Monday holiday, where we often get no mail on Saturday, then Sunday and Monday of course, and then wait until 6:00 Tuesday to see if he even shows up. Usually one day a week seems to have as much mail as all the others put together.

      Good luck with the power.

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  6. Rick Robinson

    Wednesday 12:08pm:

    POWER ! ! !

    We sure hope it stays on! Friends across town have had it come on and go back off…

    Now to crank up the furnace, reboot the network, start the fridge clean out, etc. Happy chores. I can take off the hat & gloves I’ve been wearing.

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    1. maggie mason

      Rick, what I do when I anticipate a power outage, or in summer, is put extra blue ice in my freezer. Then I can put some blue ice in a cooler with drinks to always have a cool drink (this is a summer risk of power outage here). I also have enough blue ice to put on each shelf of the fridge.

      This makes opening the fridge mostly unnecessary. I can always make a pb&j sandwich if I get hungry

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      1. Rick Robinson

        There was no warning on this one. It was freezing rain at bedtime and a few hours later power was gone. Next morning we put some “critical” things in a cooler, and covered it with snow, of which we had plenty. We poured out water and refilled with snow each day. The house fridge and freezer are a loss, but the big freezer in the garage is still okay, thank goodness.

        Thanks so much for the lovely card! So sweet of you!

  7. maggie mason

    I’m scheduled for my 2nd shot on the 25th. BUT they cancelled shots on monday & tues at petco due to lack of vaccine, so most people were rescheduled later this week, but showed up anyway. A friend was taking her husband today, and they couldn’t get near the place, but a cop pointed out a parking spot and suggested they walk in. That went very quickly. The traffic was much worse due to a man who jumped out of his high rise near by.

    Nancy was scheduled for the 26th after her monday one was cancelled, but she was able to get one at cvs.

    Mine is next thurs, hopefully they will have the vaccine. It’s a real crap shoot.

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  8. Art Scott

    I got Pfizer shot #1 on the 4th, and am scheduled for #2 on the 27th. The Stanford Hospitals system is handling the vaccinations in this county, at present for 65+ & health care workers; Kaiser Permanente members are also getting vaccinated in their facilities. I got the shot at Stanford’s Pleasanton facility, a 20 minute drive. They were well-organized with pre-visit online check-in & an appointment system that seemed to keep the bodies moving efficiently. Sore arm for an hour or so and that was it.

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    1. Jeff Meyerson

      Yes, our Pfizer shots went well too. We’re at NYU Langone. Jackie’s arm hurt a little when she rolled over on it at night, fine by morning. I had no pain.

      Second shot next Thursday, the 25th.

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  9. Rick Robinson

    Comparitively, Oregon is, as Deb says, a clusterfu*k. The appointment system is a mess, nearly impossible to get through, when 80+ opened, they were gone in 20 minutes. With storm most were cancelled (except prisoners and detainees, who got theirs in facility).

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