A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT I’m writing this with a very sore upper left bicep, from having gotten my bivalent Covid vaccine shot yesterday. That’s good news! I means I have a strong immune response to the new shot, which means I will have good protection in ten days after things have had time to settle in.
Thank you TC for spreading the word about the bivalent booster!! It is so important especially as we go into fall/winter and the flu season. Being the nurse that I am though, I hope it’s your deltoid that’s sore and not your bicep. Otherwise they hit the wrong muscle😹 Sorry, I couldn’t help my nursey self
We are booked for the latest and greatest booster on Monday. I will probably have a rough couple of days just as with the previous two boosters. But it certainly beats the alternatives. It's free, it's easy, it's fracking common sense.
And yes, we'll get the flu shot just like every year.
The thing that has surprised me the most over the last few years is just how many stupid stubborn people there are. I just don't get it.
There ARE people who for medical reasons shouldn't be vaccinated. I get THAT. But as one who fell to polio just before Dr. Salk provided his life saving vaccine, I am appalled at the insane risks people take. And they endanger the rest of us.
When the polio vaccine became available, everyone got it. Everyone. Because we believed in science and trusted our doctors.
Thanks for the sermon, TC! Would that the roll-out for this were better. America seems to have relaxed (with some potential bad results.....). I'm just pulling out of "rebound covid" but I'll be at CVS asap. My retirement community has shots for everyone coming soon. We are pro-active at Kendal at Oberlin! Unfortunately the county is at 16% test positivity so we are still masking. On and On it goes.....
Yep!!! As soon as I knew they were available at our local Walgreen's, I scheduled both mine and my partner's shot. And yes, I got more of a reaction to this one than I did any of my prior Covid vaccines and boosters. At 68 and 73 respectively, neither of us want to go down with the virus!
You're lucky you have that sore arm. I had my bivalent booster shot this morning, and I feel absolutely nothing, just like all the other vaccines. At least the flu shot on Monday gave me a sore arm for a day and a half. I remain a Covid hermit because even though quad vaxxed now, if I get it, I will not likely recover because of my illnesses. I go inside for the vet, for my own doctors and lab work, and into one small food market, where I'm usually the only one masked (with a KN-95 mask) but am in and out quickly. I get online-ordered groceries delivered into the trunk of my car, and get everything else I need online and delivered to my house. Despite that isolation, what has kept me going comfortably these last 2.5-plus years are my home and garden, my photography and sharing it here and on Flickr, my dogs, FaceTime, the amazing diversity of entertaining and informative stuff on the internet, and Substack posts by people like you, Tom, whom I may never have encountered online had I not been at the computer so much. I'm getting less book reading done, alas*, but I'm reading excellent posts and informative comments from well-read people who write well. Thank you for promoting the vaccine and the new bivalent booster. If only everyone would get all the shots, to prevent infection and thus make it less easy for the virus to mutate.
*Which is not to say I'm not still ordering books. The pile grows and grows.
I just can't figure it out. I have a neighbor in her 80's who did get the original vaccines but refused the boosters because her arm was so sore for a day that she couldn't get comfortable and lost a night's sleep. She caught Covid about a month ago and was absolutely miserable for two full weeks. And now? Refuses to get the new bivalent vaccine, ever. Go figure. She's a lovely lady in so many respects (and I do have a LOT of respect for her) but, having tried once, I don't see any value in pushing any further to get her to change her mind. Beyond sad.
I had gotten my previous shots at the very local Riteaid, which just closed. it so happens, though, that the little local pharmacy has walk-in shots five days a week, so I'll get mine right after my annual lung CT scan on Tuesday. I don't usually get my flu shot till late October, although I combined my booster last year with the flu shot. I had a pretty rotten day or so afterwards. bfd.
it does kind of amaze me that I seem to know as many stupid people as I do. amazed, then a little depressed.
Latest line in use ... "Everthing is getting blamed on Covid" as though our health and responses to viruses and infection or lifestyle are not interconnected. As in, I broke a finger and that healed up just fine, so move on.
It’s been over 30 years since I have had the flu, the last time I had it, it kicked my ass, I never want to feel that sick again, I haven’t missed the flu shot since. I’ve had 4 Covid shots now starting with the first week they became available and I will for sure get this booster, I learned in the 60’s about better living through chemistry, lesson learned.
Got both vaccines on Monday and felt a little crummy on Tuesday, but that was it. Too bad about Burl, he got a double whammy from the flu and it did him in. I still miss his sense of humor and his enthusiasm about aviation history and building plastic models.
Thanks TC. Waiting the recommended two weeks for the updated virus/ flu shots after fighting with Anthem over the shingles vaccines. Both shingles vaccines require a 3 hour round trip as for some reason pharmacies aren’t considered “participating providers “. They are for flu and Covid.
Thank you TC for spreading the word about the bivalent booster!! It is so important especially as we go into fall/winter and the flu season. Being the nurse that I am though, I hope it’s your deltoid that’s sore and not your bicep. Otherwise they hit the wrong muscle😹 Sorry, I couldn’t help my nursey self
We are booked for the latest and greatest booster on Monday. I will probably have a rough couple of days just as with the previous two boosters. But it certainly beats the alternatives. It's free, it's easy, it's fracking common sense.
And yes, we'll get the flu shot just like every year.
The thing that has surprised me the most over the last few years is just how many stupid stubborn people there are. I just don't get it.
There ARE people who for medical reasons shouldn't be vaccinated. I get THAT. But as one who fell to polio just before Dr. Salk provided his life saving vaccine, I am appalled at the insane risks people take. And they endanger the rest of us.
When the polio vaccine became available, everyone got it. Everyone. Because we believed in science and trusted our doctors.
Thanks for the sermon, TC! Would that the roll-out for this were better. America seems to have relaxed (with some potential bad results.....). I'm just pulling out of "rebound covid" but I'll be at CVS asap. My retirement community has shots for everyone coming soon. We are pro-active at Kendal at Oberlin! Unfortunately the county is at 16% test positivity so we are still masking. On and On it goes.....
Beat you to it. Local CVS Pharmacy. Easy Peasy! My arm hardly hurts at all. Get the shot
Yep!!! As soon as I knew they were available at our local Walgreen's, I scheduled both mine and my partner's shot. And yes, I got more of a reaction to this one than I did any of my prior Covid vaccines and boosters. At 68 and 73 respectively, neither of us want to go down with the virus!
Oddly, my doc told me to wait a year from my last booster to get this one. Think I'll go check the CDC recommendation.
You're lucky you have that sore arm. I had my bivalent booster shot this morning, and I feel absolutely nothing, just like all the other vaccines. At least the flu shot on Monday gave me a sore arm for a day and a half. I remain a Covid hermit because even though quad vaxxed now, if I get it, I will not likely recover because of my illnesses. I go inside for the vet, for my own doctors and lab work, and into one small food market, where I'm usually the only one masked (with a KN-95 mask) but am in and out quickly. I get online-ordered groceries delivered into the trunk of my car, and get everything else I need online and delivered to my house. Despite that isolation, what has kept me going comfortably these last 2.5-plus years are my home and garden, my photography and sharing it here and on Flickr, my dogs, FaceTime, the amazing diversity of entertaining and informative stuff on the internet, and Substack posts by people like you, Tom, whom I may never have encountered online had I not been at the computer so much. I'm getting less book reading done, alas*, but I'm reading excellent posts and informative comments from well-read people who write well. Thank you for promoting the vaccine and the new bivalent booster. If only everyone would get all the shots, to prevent infection and thus make it less easy for the virus to mutate.
*Which is not to say I'm not still ordering books. The pile grows and grows.
I just can't figure it out. I have a neighbor in her 80's who did get the original vaccines but refused the boosters because her arm was so sore for a day that she couldn't get comfortable and lost a night's sleep. She caught Covid about a month ago and was absolutely miserable for two full weeks. And now? Refuses to get the new bivalent vaccine, ever. Go figure. She's a lovely lady in so many respects (and I do have a LOT of respect for her) but, having tried once, I don't see any value in pushing any further to get her to change her mind. Beyond sad.
I had gotten my previous shots at the very local Riteaid, which just closed. it so happens, though, that the little local pharmacy has walk-in shots five days a week, so I'll get mine right after my annual lung CT scan on Tuesday. I don't usually get my flu shot till late October, although I combined my booster last year with the flu shot. I had a pretty rotten day or so afterwards. bfd.
it does kind of amaze me that I seem to know as many stupid people as I do. amazed, then a little depressed.
Latest line in use ... "Everthing is getting blamed on Covid" as though our health and responses to viruses and infection or lifestyle are not interconnected. As in, I broke a finger and that healed up just fine, so move on.
It’s been over 30 years since I have had the flu, the last time I had it, it kicked my ass, I never want to feel that sick again, I haven’t missed the flu shot since. I’ve had 4 Covid shots now starting with the first week they became available and I will for sure get this booster, I learned in the 60’s about better living through chemistry, lesson learned.
Got both vaccines on Monday and felt a little crummy on Tuesday, but that was it. Too bad about Burl, he got a double whammy from the flu and it did him in. I still miss his sense of humor and his enthusiasm about aviation history and building plastic models.
This is an excellent public service shout out for all of us. Thank you, TC.
Ok! Ok! We’re going this week 😎
I got the shot. I got the booster.
And right Now, actually 2 days ago, I tested Positive twice (to be sure)
I haven't heard of any boosters in about a year or so. Didn't know they were out there🤬🤬🤬
Thanks TC. Waiting the recommended two weeks for the updated virus/ flu shots after fighting with Anthem over the shingles vaccines. Both shingles vaccines require a 3 hour round trip as for some reason pharmacies aren’t considered “participating providers “. They are for flu and Covid.