I don’t turn 65 until mid-June, so I am guessing that sometime this summer for me.
Covid-19 vaccine - anyone scheduled yet?
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I always give my patients ample time to understand what I say and ask questions before I let them leave my consultation room, no matter how many patients are outside in the waiting area. That is also what I teach my juniors and medical students to do.
I hope our medical system has not just evolved into a statistically driven delivery system. I would simply say if you feel you are treated that way, I would also discuss this with your MD, and possibly look at finding a new physician. It does take time to listen and teach, but that is what we are supposed to do.
Gary
I was 18, working at Methodist Hospital in Houston. It was 1966. A handful of the nursing staff, me included, were exposed to hepatitis. The standard therapy at the time was an injection of gamma globulin... a lot of gamma globulin. Big needle, full syringe, both cheeks. I am 72 and I still remember that vividly.
I was waiting for Covid to be over so we could get back to people being constitutional scholars again. Be careful what you ask for.I'd say more of us have become epidemiologists, Gary
Joking aside in this "information age" I'm amazed at how much people rely on the press for their information on any given subject. Over the last 15 years of my career I was in a position to have many encounters with the statewide press and a few times with the WSJ. In those situations my role was to provide technical information in response to their inquiries. Having first hand knowledge of the information that was provided to them and how it appeared in their final print was appalling. Sometimes due to the spin of the story but more often simply due to the editorial translation of the information by the journalists. That experience put me off of the media in general. And in my experience television media is worst of all. They have even less time to get a story across so editorialize the information even more. And you can be sure that their particular narrative is not what suffers from the editing. The value that they can provide is if/when they quote/reference sources which can then be researched in detail.
I just now heard on CNN that CVS and Walgreen's expect to begin providing vaccinations this week in California.
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Regarding our relationship with our doctors, I have been with my primary care doc for almost two decades. I have changed insurance to stay with him. He is a great listener and communicator and he shares my "conservative" approach: most things get better on their own. Don't treat unless necessary. Figuring out when that time has arrived is what he is for.
I should have clarified that my related experience above was with GPs/clinics. Having relocated several times over the years and having enjoyed fairly good health through the years we've never settled and developed a long term relationship with a family doctor. I will also say that I've had good experiences with all of the specialists that I've dealt with. Totally different experience. Fortunately our insurance carrier no longer requires a referral from a GP to see a specialist.
Or become scholars on whatever topic the press chooses to develop their next narrative on. Amazing how many resources are wasted on higher education when we could all simply sit at home and wait to be educated by the various media outlets. It's also amazing how many people that have gone through the time/trouble of receiving higher education are willing to abandon that knowledge in favor of the media version of things.
Please don't go off topic. This thread is about whether or not people are being able to schedule - and then get - the COVID vaccine.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Just filled out the form on the county's health agency site, and I will be notified within the next few days of an appointment date.... One thing I noticed in the form I was filling out was this statement:
"COVID-19 vaccine series should be administered alone, with a minimum interval of 14 days before or after administration with other vaccines. This recommendation is based on the lack of data on the safety and efficacy of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines administered simultaneously with other vaccines. After 14 days has passed, please return and submit an application."
So that takes care of what we were discussing earlier, the possibility of having the Shingles vaccination at about the same time as the COVID-19 vaccination. I figured as much! That didn't seem like a good idea to me in the first place. After I've had my COVID-19 vaccinations, both jabs, then I'll go and get the Shingles vaccination as well, and as mentioned in the thread, it is more readily available at any time, including at local pharmacies.
Email from the County Health Agency:
"The Health Department will call or email you to schedule an appointment over the next few days. Please continue to monitor your email. Based on high demand and limited vaccine availability, the appointment times scheduled will be offered on a first come first serve basis over the coming weeks." Given our large population here, it well may be a week or longer before I actually get that first jab.
"COVID-19 vaccine series should be administered alone, with a minimum interval of 14 days before or after administration with other vaccines. This recommendation is based on the lack of data on the safety and efficacy of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines administered simultaneously with other vaccines. After 14 days has passed, please return and submit an application."
So that takes care of what we were discussing earlier, the possibility of having the Shingles vaccination at about the same time as the COVID-19 vaccination. I figured as much! That didn't seem like a good idea to me in the first place. After I've had my COVID-19 vaccinations, both jabs, then I'll go and get the Shingles vaccination as well, and as mentioned in the thread, it is more readily available at any time, including at local pharmacies.
Email from the County Health Agency:
"The Health Department will call or email you to schedule an appointment over the next few days. Please continue to monitor your email. Based on high demand and limited vaccine availability, the appointment times scheduled will be offered on a first come first serve basis over the coming weeks." Given our large population here, it well may be a week or longer before I actually get that first jab.
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I had my first dose yesterday morning of pfizer. So far so good!
Second dose pfizer today. So far so good.
Arm is a little more sore than the first dose, but that could just be due to a different nurse giving it, different site, etc.
gary
Arm is a little more sore than the first dose, but that could just be due to a different nurse giving it, different site, etc.
gary
My wife and I filled out the form with our county health office Friday evening (1/8) and have gotten no confirming e-mail as you did. Different County.
That 100 miles may be the best vaccine
Our registration site opened up @ 6am and crashed @ 6:01am.
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I got the second of the pfzier shots about 12 hours ago.
Feel like I got run over by a truck, then it backed up and ran over me again. This certainly does activate an immune response.
I hear this is common and short lived.
Fingers crossed
gary
Feel like I got run over by a truck, then it backed up and ran over me again. This certainly does activate an immune response.
I hear this is common and short lived.
Fingers crossed
gary
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