Getting Moderna Vaccinations in the Los Angeles area ... other areas feel free to jump in

[awty]

I just had my second dose yesterday. Australia's at 70% of over 16's double dosed and should hit 80% in the next few weeks. Bit slow to begin with due to supply and hesitancy, but now theres a big push to get the country opened up and moving again.

 

[MattKing]

88.5% of Canadians over 12 have received one dose.
83.1% of Canadians over that age are fully vaccinated.

 

[wiltw]

My wife and I are early 70s, my mother is 97. All three of us got our booster shot (3rd dose) of Pfizer a couple of weeks ago For the 2nd shot, we had sore arms the day after, but no other symptoms. 3rd shot was no different from 2nd shot for symptoms after shot. Time to get our flu shot now. If it had been already stated that flu and COVID shots could be gotten on same day, we would have tried, but our usual healthcare provider was not yet giving boosters to anyone but immunosupressed patients, and they did not yet have sufficient doses available for boosthers. So we went to the local drugstore for the booster shots.
Following the boosters, I was talking to our nextdoor neighbor who is an RN. Expressing puzzlement about why no mix-match for booster, my neighbot speculated that there simply had not yet been sufficient testing of mixing vaccines. Sure enough, two weeks later they approve mixing the vaccines, particularly for the J&J one-shot, because Moderna booster causes a far stronger immunity.

 

[MattKing]

We here in BC have been both extending the time between shots and mixing the sources since the beginning, because getting vaccine was incredibly difficult at the beginning.
Both approaches had logic behind them, because they were supported by other experiences in the past with respiratory viruses and related vaccines, including the SARS-1 virus, which actually formed the basis for a lot of the Covid-19 virus work.
Relatively speaking, we have done well in the Covid-19 fight (~2,100 tragic deaths in a population of 5 million) and I expect our data is an integral part of what has been submitted to the FDA and various other international bodies.

 

[wiltw]

Relatively speaking, we have done well in the Covid-19 fight (~2,100 tragic deaths in a population of 5 million) and I expect our data is an integral part of what has been submitted to the FDA and various other international bodies.

Here in SF Bay area, the population is about 8 Million, with 591k cases and 6578 fatalities, or 1.1% of confirmed cases. SF Bay area is relatively low, compared to other population centers. So for you in BC to have 32% of the SF Bay fatalities with about 63% of the population indeed is something to be proud of.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I am scheduled for my Moderna booster 1 November.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I imagine once they've given boosters to the most vulnerable, then we'll be scheduled. One great side effect of this pandemic, is that I have not gotten sick since 2019. That's probably down to masks, physical distancing, and the constant hand sanitising. Booked the flu shot tomorrow, anyways!

 

[wiltw]

Interestingly, here in the SF Bay area folks were pretty responsive about getting vaccinated, and were often frustrated at the rationing out the doses causing inability to get appointments for vaccination. Now, for the Pfizer boosters, there has been a slowness in the same population to get the boosters!
It wll be interesting to learn about any changes in reluctance as a result of Moderna booster OK and J&J booster OK, especially with folks who got J&J shots now learning about their own low immune responses are being so strongly bolstered by Moderna booster.

 

[wiltw]

Back in march 2020, I got a lot of flack from folks with the simple calculation that

1. If 6% of the 329 Million in US got COVID
2. And if 3.5% of those who got COVID were to pass away from the virus (equallying the percentages seen worldwide at the time!)

...the US fatalities from COVID would surpass the 675k fatalities caused by Spanish Flu 100 years ago.

The US has had 13.7% of its population get COVID so far. And only 1.6% of them have succumbed, and now we have 732k deaths, and about 1500-2000 more daily.
In spite of 100 years of medical advancement, our fatailities have surpassed Spanish Flu. States like FL has 40% higher case count per population than states like CA. The doubters should simply look at the statistics to realize what works, and let politics completely fall out of their thinking on how to handle the pandemic, which has not yet gone away. They do not need to understand science. Look at the observable facts!

 

[Sirius Glass]

Back in march 2020, I got a lot of flack from folks with the simple calculation that

1. If 6% of the 329 Million in US got COVID
2. And if 3.5% of those who got COVID were to pass away from the virus (equallying the percentages seen worldwide at the time!)

...the US fatalities from COVID would surpass the 675k fatalities caused by Spanish Flu 100 years ago.

The US has had 13.7% of its population get COVID so far. And only 1.6% of them have succumbed, and now we have 732k deaths, and about 1500-2000 more daily.
In spite of 100 years of medical advancement, our fatailities have surpassed Spanish Flu. States like FL has 40% higher case count per population than states like CA. The doubters should simply look at the statistics to realize what works, and let politics completely fall out of their thinking on how to handle the pandemic, which has not yet gone away. They do not need to understand science. Look at the observable facts!

You are erroneously assuming that antivaxers and doubters have the intelligence to make logical decisions.

 

[Pioneer]

You are erroneously assuming that antivaxers and doubters have the intelligence to make logical decisions.

And you are mistakenly assuming the same for those who have been vaccinated.

 

[Vaughn]

And you are mistakenly assuming the same for those who have been vaccinated.

But at least we have an example of the vaccinated thinking logically at least once...twice if they got their second shot.

 

[wiltw]

You are erroneously assuming that antivaxers and doubters have the intelligence to make logical decisions.

OTOH, we know that many high visibility folks graduated from college, and in spite of apparent intelligence they direct those living in their states to not wear masks and not get vaccinated, in spite of the statistics proving mask effectiveness and vaccine effectiveness. Lack of common sense is an explanation for thei lack of logical thinking in these college grads.

 

[Fritzthecat]

What does this have to do with photography? You're all a bunch of chicken littles.
This is what we protested against and fought to stop in the 60's and 70's, WTF happened to all of you.

 

[Sirius Glass]

And you are mistakenly assuming the same for those who have been vaccinated.

In general the antivaxers are on the left side of the IQ distribution. Are there excepts yes, both ways.

 

[awty]

Theres strong bipartisan super in most of the major parties to get everyone vaccinated here, they squabble over other covid related things. A few of the bottom feeders try to get a few votes from the few remaining princesses, but as you get past 80% vaccinated the rest of the population start to get very weary of those who think they are extra special. Personally I would force them to wear their tiaras so the rest of us can jeckle them as they go past. Actually their will be so many restriction for the unvaccinated it will be impossible to stay anonymous.

 

[doughowk]

In my late 70's and booster shot scheduled for this Tuesday.
A couple of weeks ago there was an interesting article by John Nolte in Breitbart News that Liberals "own" the conservatives. All we liberals have to do is proclaim the importance of vaccines and masks, and conservatives will play Russian Roulette with the virus.