Got my COVID vaccine

[tinymoose]

Me too, but it feels extremely far away for me..

This is exactly how I feel. I somehow survived summer and fall not catching it working as a cashier in a grocery store. Just hope my luck holds out until the vaccine becomes available to me. I’m hoping maybe by summer??

 

[MissySki]

This is exactly how I feel. I somehow survived summer and fall not catching it working as a cashier in a grocery store. Just hope my luck holds out until the vaccine becomes available to me. I’m hoping maybe by summer??

Are you still working at the grocery store? If so, that might qualify you in the essential category if your state is designating something like that. In MA the essential workers are part of the second grouping I believe. I’m in the third category of general availability after pretty much everyone haha.. 30s, working from home, no medical conditions, not a student, etc. is way the heck down on the priority list. This is supposedly slated to be sometime April-June, so I’m hoping summer-fall sometime. Though if for some reason I’m offered it anytime before then I wouldn’t say no.

 

[sibhusky]

Here is another where the 2nd shingles shot laid me out for two days, same with my husband. I had shingles in my 30's, when it was very itchy, but that was it.

I'm wondering how to time getting the shots if you live with other people. I'm not clear on whether you can infect others BECAUSE OF THE SHOT or you could still pick it up in the supermarket? The latter doesn't concern me, but the former does. I really think with potential side effects we don't both want to be feeling lousy simultaneously, but I'd hate to have to wear a mask in the home and have to act like I'm isolating. Does anyone know?

 

[tinymoose]

Are you still working at the grocery store? If so, that might qualify you in the essential category if your state is designating something like that. In MA the essential workers are part of the second grouping I believe. I’m in the third category of general availability after pretty much everyone haha.. 30s, working from home, no medical conditions, not a student, etc. is way the heck down on the priority list. This is supposedly slated to be sometime April-June, so I’m hoping summer-fall sometime. Though if for some reason I’m offered it anytime before then I wouldn’t say no.

I am. I took the back half of fall semester off because it started interfering with school between my heavy course load and honors project, but I go back the 10th of Jan. I am not thrilled about it and don’t really need the money, although it’s helpful with loans, but they’re short staffed, and I hate to leave them in the lurch. However, the pay is definitely not with the risk, IMO.

I am essential technically, but PA hasn’t put out much yet in the way of specifics there. I’m assuming we’re pretty far down the priority list.

 

[ilovepugs]

I'm wondering how to time getting the shots if you live with other people. I'm not clear on whether you can infect others BECAUSE OF THE SHOT or you could still pick it up in the supermarket? The latter doesn't concern me, but the former does. I really think with potential side effects we don't both want to be feeling lousy simultaneously, but I'd hate to have to wear a mask in the home and have to act like I'm isolating. Does anyone know?

I don’t have any first hand knowledge, but my husband got his shot last week and has basically proceeded with his home life as usual. I absolutely trust that if he had any concern about infecting me because of the shot, he would have isolated and/or gotten a hotel for a couple of weeks!

For him, side effects included a painful shoulder for one day and feeling a little more tired than usual.

 

[SallyCat]

I'm wondering how to time getting the shots if you live with other people. I'm not clear on whether you can infect others BECAUSE OF THE SHOT or you could still pick it up in the supermarket? The latter doesn't concern me, but the former does. I really think with potential side effects we don't both want to be feeling lousy simultaneously, but I'd hate to have to wear a mask in the home and have to act like I'm isolating. Does anyone know?

Here's what I understand based on what I was told and the literature I was given when I received the Pfizer vaccine:

You can't infect others because of the shot itself because it doesn't contain the virus; the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines contain just one of the virus' proteins. (Evidently, that's all you need to create memory cells that will attack the virus if it enters your system? Cellular pathology is very much not my wheelhouse.)

However, you can potentially still acquire and spread the virus even when vaccinated, which is why they say that you still have to mask and distance even after getting both rounds of the shot. My understanding is that this is because researchers have only studied whether the vaccine keeps people from getting sick, rather than whether they are carrying the virus.

 

[MissySki]

I am. I took the back half of fall semester off because it started interfering with school between my heavy course load and honors project, but I go back the 10th of Jan. I am not thrilled about it and don’t really need the money, although it’s helpful with loans, but they’re short staffed, and I hate to leave them in the lurch. However, the pay is definitely not with the risk, IMO.

I am essential technically, but PA hasn’t put out much yet in the way of specifics there. I’m assuming we’re pretty far down the priority list.

Well hopefully you all are higher on the list than you think, you should be!

 

[Jilly]

Here's what I understand based on what I was told and the literature I was given when I received the Pfizer vaccine:

You can't infect others because of the shot itself because it doesn't contain the virus; the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines contain just one of the virus' proteins. (Evidently, that's all you need to create memory cells that will attack the virus if it enters your system? Cellular pathology is very much not my wheelhouse.)

However, you can potentially still acquire and spread the virus even when vaccinated, which is why they say that you still have to mask and distance even after getting both rounds of the shot. My understanding is that this is because researchers have only studied whether the vaccine keeps people from getting sick, rather than whether they are carrying the virus.

This is what they are telling us in Canada too.

 

[tinymoose]

Well hopefully you all are higher on the list than you think, you should be!

I just found a more detailed plan put out in early December... assuming we're included in the "Food and Agriculture Sector," then we're in Phase 1B. But PA then goes on to say this about that category: "Meat processing and other food processing facility workers." If that's their limited definition of food and agriculture, then that would put grocery workers in general population, b/c we're not mentioned anywhere else in the plan.

 

[DeannaInTheWest]

I received my first shot (Pfizer) last week & have my 2nd one scheduled. My arm was sore later that day, and I was feeling a little under the weather. So I took a nap & massaged my arm. Good as new!

 

[MissySki]

I just found a more detailed plan put out in early December... assuming we're included in the "Food and Agriculture Sector," then we're in Phase 1B. But PA then goes on to say this about that category: "Meat processing and other food processing facility workers." If that's their limited definition of food and agriculture, then that would put grocery workers in general population, b/c we're not mentioned anywhere else in the plan.

That sure is limited.. hopefully it’ll be expanded!

 

[Tvan]

Based on the guidance published by the CDC today, it looks like I will be able to have the mRNA vaccine when my turn comes. I need to confirm with my doctor, but I'm hopeful. What a relief this is to me!

 

[ski diva]

Got mine tonight!

 

[bambam]

Got mine tonight!

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Good for you

 

[newboots]

Wahoo! So glad for you, and for your parents.

 

[Jenny]

First Pfizer shot in my arm today! So far, so good.

 

[newboots]

Shot #2! Expect serious whining tomorrow if I get the @SallyCat version of side effects. I’m swinging my arm as we speak.

@Jenny - swing your arm around for less soreness!

 

[SallyCat]

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Shot #2! Expect serious whining tomorrow if I get the @SallyCat version of side effects. I’m swinging my arm as we speak.

I sincerely hope my experience will be rare! Good luck!

 

[ski diva]

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Shot #2! Expect serious whining tomorrow if I get the @SallyCat version of side effects. I’m swinging my arm as we speak.

@Jenny - swing your arm around for less soreness!

Good luck! I get my second shot April 1, and while I'm looking forward to getting vaccinated, I'm not looking forward to the potential side effects. Still, better than getting the virus.

 

[Abbi]

I’m up next Thursday. Hoping for limited side effects. I have it scheduled to maximize recovery time and be able to ski later.