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Post by kds on Oct 19, 2022 18:26:55 GMT
I got my booster through a Walgreen's, and made an appointment for 4:45pm on their website. Good to go.
So, I get there a few minutes prior and there are probably four people ahead of me in line for flu or COVID shots, at least two of whom also had 4:45pm appointments.
Oh, I also had to fill out the same form that I'd previously filled out online when I came the appointment.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 20, 2022 16:11:53 GMT
OK, appointment made for next Wednesday. I couldn't stomach the idea of wasting time with another failed walk-in! Still plenty early to be protected before the holidays.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 26, 2022 11:50:55 GMT
Today's booster day. My fourth chance to see whether I have any side effects beyond a modestly sore shoulder.
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Post by kds on Oct 26, 2022 13:42:08 GMT
Today's booster day. My fourth chance to see whether I have any side effects beyond a modestly sore shoulder. Best of luck. I had fatigue the following day, but was fine the next day.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 26, 2022 13:48:11 GMT
I'm also looking forward to any administrative nonsense: as you had mentioned, things like giving again info already given during the online signup, that sort of thing. Maybe waiting in line while the nurse/pharmacist/whoever stands around gabbing.
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Post by kds on Oct 26, 2022 14:03:27 GMT
I'm also looking forward to any administrative nonsense: as you had mentioned, things like giving again info already given during the online signup, that sort of thing. Maybe waiting in line while the nurse/pharmacist/whoever stands around gabbing. The good news is they don't make you sit around for 15 minutes after the shot anymore.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 26, 2022 18:42:48 GMT
Can't say it inspired much confidence when I handed back the form (which repeated most of what I filled out online), waited a few minutes, and was greeted by a woman who said, "so, we're here for a flu shot..."
Uh, nope. I corrected her (and wondered what part of the form about covid boosters was unclear...), she went to get a different shot, and I hoped I wasn't about to be injected with smallpox or something!
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Post by kds on Oct 27, 2022 12:51:13 GMT
An unpleasant side effect of the COVID restrictions of the last several years is the recent rise of RSV, a respiratory infection that is similar to a cold, but can be dangerous to the very young and very old.
Apparently, two years of distancing and masking, especially for infants in the COVID era, had allowed cases of RSV to rise since immune systems haven't really been put to the test.
My son's got a bit of a cough. I really don't think its RSV as he doesn't seem to have any of the other symptoms, but since there have been some cases in his school, I have to take him to get tested later this morning.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 27, 2022 13:00:41 GMT
I literally just heard a story on the radio about RSV, with the interviewee saying we could face a triple-threat season of covid, flu, and RSV. Apparently experts are expecting both of the latter two to be more severe this year than usual, while with covid it isn't something they can point to, but are just anticipating it could be likely based on the past couple years.
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Post by kds on Oct 27, 2022 13:21:34 GMT
I literally just heard a story on the radio about RSV, with the interviewee saying we could face a triple-threat season of covid, flu, and RSV. Apparently experts are expecting both of the latter two to be more severe this year than usual, while with covid it isn't something they can point to, but are just anticipating it could be likely based on the past couple years. Not to mention strep and stomach bugs, and all the other crud that flies around this time of year. Yet another reason I prefer summer to any season.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 28, 2022 14:19:19 GMT
Disclosure, this may be better left to the politics thread. But... Yesterday the Minority Oversight Staff of the Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor, and Pensions released an interim report tentatively concluding that the origins of covid-19 lay in a lab leak in Wuhan, not natural crossover from animals. The political angle, though, is that this was not released by the full committee, but by the minority--i.e., Republican--members' staffers. Media speculation of a more liberal persuasion suspects it is intended to benefit the GOP in the upcoming midterms. I would note that this committee has members who are among the most centrist, least inflammatory sort of Republicans: Susan Collins (ME); Mitt Romney (UT); Lisa Murkowski (AK); and it was signed by Richard Burr (NC). These aren't Marjorie Taylor-Greenes or Lauren Boeberts. Here is an article from Science that all but dismisses it, however. (That said, the progressive-political biases of Science have been noted in the past couple years, too.) Personally I continue not to have a strong position on it. It seems entirely possible that it came from a lab leak, and it seems entirely possible that it was a natural crossover.
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Post by kds on Oct 28, 2022 18:56:25 GMT
At this point, three years in, seems kind of silly to point fingers.
Along the same lines, I heard a political radio ad the other day talking about how a candidate for congress was going to lead the investigation into Fauci, and how he violated our freedoms and shut down our schools, businesses, and churches.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 28, 2022 19:00:41 GMT
I agree it's silly to point fingers, but I do think it's worthwhile knowing the reality behind it (if it's knowable). That said, I don't think making it into a propaganda or campaign slogan is a good idea, and unfortunately we've got our share of those candidates, too.
btw, I was yet again spared any real side effects from my booster. Just a sore arm (still a little tender even today!).
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Post by kds on Oct 28, 2022 19:23:14 GMT
I agree it's silly to point fingers, but I do think it's worthwhile knowing the reality behind it (if it's knowable). That said, I don't think making it into a propaganda or campaign slogan is a good idea, and unfortunately we've got our share of those candidates, too.
btw, I was yet again spared any real side effects from my booster. Just a sore arm (still a little tender even today!).
It's sort of hypocritical too when you think about it. During the 2020 campaign cycle, the far right were crying about the left using COVID to their benefit for the election. Now, in the 2022 cycle, the far right are using two year old COVID talking points to try to use to their benefit for the election. Glad to hear about the side effects, or lack of.
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Post by Kapitan on Dec 13, 2022 12:44:05 GMT
My parents, both in their latter 70s, both tested positive for covid. My mom had been under the weather already last week, but her covid test was negative. The illness persisted and my dad caught it, and then they both took another test: both positive. Thankfully they're both vaxxed/boosted, and the symptoms have been pretty mild. But considering their ages and especially my dad's pretty poor health the past half-decade, I can't help but worry a little.
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