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JonnyRI said:
Has anyone on this board gotten a Booster shot yet ??? I don’t really want to debate the morals of getting one
And yeah, I got the third one two weeks ago.
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Without commenting on morals of a 3rd (or 2nd J&J) booster innoculation (don't really care), but where were you able to obtain a booster vaccination, e.g., chain pharmacy, small pharmacy, hospital, other source)? What if any questions were asked, or were you eligible due to pre-existing immune-deficiency considerations?

When/if a J&J 2nd vaccine becomes available, or more info is shared regarding mixing J&J 1 with a MRNA or PFE booster, I may join the queue especially if Delta, Delta+, Lambda, etc #s go even crazier near us. Due to too many self-centered, don't give a crapper people and rising #s nearby, we already transitioned back to ordering groceries and take away meals with parking lot pick up. Guess 2-3 month of nearer normal activities was just too much to expect. SMH
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Without commenting on morals of a 3rd (or 2nd J&J) booster innoculation (don't really care), but where were you able to obtain a booster vaccination, e.g., chain pharmacy, small pharmacy, hospital, other source)? What if any questions were asked, or were you eligible due to pre-existing immune-deficiency considerations?

When/if a J&J 2nd vaccine becomes available, or more info is shared regarding mixing J&J 1 with a MRNA or PFE booster, I may join the queue especially if Delta, Delta+, Lambda, etc #s go even crazier near us. Due to too many self-centered, don't give a crapper people and rising #s nearby, we already transitioned back to ordering groceries and take away meals with parking lot pick up. Guess 2-3 month of nearer normal activities was just too much to expect. SMH
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Pretty easy.

1 - go somewhere they don’t have a record of prior ones (ie go to a state clinic if you got at cvs before, etc).

2 - on the line where they ask if you have been vaccinated yet you say no.

that’s it. They’ll have you schedule your next shot and just don’t show up for it.

I would have preferred waiting for a tailored booster or official okay to do it, but seems CDC dragging its feet very badly on this. I am not a doctor or healthcare worker or that smart, so don’t listen to me, but to me all data out there made it a no brainewhen shots are being thrown in the trash every day.
 
This is where I see things going the next few years. You'll take a test at your Dr's office and based on the results, they'll determine a booster periodicity or strength of booster.

This article quotes a couple of different docs saying the antibodies are only a portion of a person's immune system response. T Cells and memory B cells also aid in fighting off catching and the strength of the infection.

Study showing antibody levels protecting against COVID-19 could speed creation of new vaccines, boosters
 
I received my second shot 2 weeks ago. Took some time to get it. I wasn't self entered as one stated above. It was keep an eye out on what is happening. First, I am 70, and a lite diabetic. When this first started I was labeled prime target for COVD. Well nothing happened. I did follow the rules. Store said mask, I masked. For many years I take vitamins, natural herbs, and pills or liquid to build up immune system. So, happy to say that any type of illness have been rare if not zero. I live in Savannah now where my son is. Weeks ago he asked me if I was vaccinated. I said no. Then he said, "Dad I know you, you love to travel, and if you are intending to do that, you need to be vaccinated." I thought, he is right so I did it. My. plans for Atlantis are in the works.
I DO NOT IN ANY WAY blame the unvaccinated for all our problems. It is a personal choice. I respect that. In conversations I have had with people I know explained to me why they will not get it, as of now. All the reasons I have heard had zero to do with being self-centered or having a huge ego. I read this morning of some of the after effects of the shot. One was DVT. Gee, what a coincident, I went to the ER almost two weeks ago for a superficial blood clot. Which at first was thought of DVT. So, in ending, let's leave people alone. I don't anybody has a handle on it 100% yet. If you mask, you can still get it, if you are vaccinated you still can get it. Rules are changing and higher ups are looking for an excuse. So, I wish everyone good health. You know yourself best.
 
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temery said:
'How does it work? Home kit, or go to a lab?
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JonnyRI said:
1 - go somewhere they don’t have a record of prior ones (ie go to a state clinic if you got at cvs before, etc).
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Did you do this? If yes, which vaccine and any side effects? How did the side effects compare to the 2nd shot? I am considering doing this but waiting until Oct/Nov. I’d like to send my mom also.
 
Hankster said:
Gee, what a coincident, I went to the ER almost two weeks ago for a superficial blood clot.
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Last year a significant number of unvaccinated, remember no vaccine at this time, were dying from bloodclots while in ICU. It’s all about percentages. Glad you are ok now.
 
Let me get this straight. When folks here are saying they got a booster are they saying they went and got a third shot pretending they didn't get the first two? A DIY booster? Besides the fraud, that's not the way the vaccine works does it?
 
temery said:
'How does it work? Home kit, or go to a lab?
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On-site / appointment based. Results within about a day. $10 is worth it in my opinion to get a baseline of where you are.
 
Stinger92860 said:
Did you do this? If yes, which vaccine and any side effects? How did the side effects compare to the 2nd shot? I am considering doing this but waiting until Oct/Nov. I’d like to send my mom also.
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Yes. Got my first shot at my wife’s work same time she did. Same with second two weeks later (Pfizer), a private company did the shots. Got my “booster”, also Pfizer, a few weeks ago at a state run mobile clinic (six months after my second dose).

Effects from third shot were similar to second, but like 60 percent less severe and shorter in duration.
 
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Waquoit said:
Let me get this straight. When folks here are saying they got a booster are they saying they went and got a third shot pretending they didn't get the first two? A DIY booster? Besides the fraud, that's not the way the vaccine works does it?
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Yes. A DIY booster, the same exact thing they are doing in many other counties right now (Europe, Israel). If that’s a crime so be it, I feel did nothing morally wrong and am fine with that. Would have gladly paid out of pocket if that was an option but it ain’t.

from what I have seen less than ideal but better than doing nothing based on declining efficacy. But ain’t a doctor.
 
RayRay19 said:
On-site / appointment based. Results within about a day. $10 is worth it in my opinion to get a baseline of where you are.
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Registered and I was sent to the link I originally posted. What I don't understand is the fee. It looks like the vaccine - If you have insurance they have to pay, otherwise the gov pays.
 
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temery said:
Registered and I was sent to the link I originally posted. What I don't understand is the fee. I looks like the vaccine - If you have insurance they have to pay, otherwise the gov pays.
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I’d like to know if its a baseline number or pass/fail? Good luck!!
 
I got the second Moderna shot back in May. First shot made my arm hurt a lot more than the second. I’m 44 and had no issues after either shot. Didn’t even feel tired. I’m not interested in getting any boosters. I thought the vaccines would be ineffective from the start. This virus adapts constantly and the vaccines won’t work. Corona is never leaving us and eventually will get a hell of a lot more dangerous.
 
Masks are back. I was out at a store today and almost everyone was masked. I got my 2nd shot on 2/3. Starting to think a booster might by nice soon.
 
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UCTitleTown said:
Masks are back. I was out at a store today and almost everyone was masked. I got my 2nd shot on 2/3. Starting to think a booster might by nice soon.
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Not here in South Carolina. I would estimate less than 5% of people are wearing masks indoors.
 
Already got an email that my school in central MA is fully masked up regardless of vaccination status until further notice. No surprise.
 
Flying up to CT tonight. I never get lucky and get on flights with fights over masks.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Flying up to CT tonight. I never get lucky and get on flights with fights over masks.
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Really? How'd it go down?

I've flown twice this summer and had no issues on either flight, thank goodness.
 
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Got the first shingles shot (Like COVID it's a two dose regimen) yesterday and it's worse than the Pfizer I got months ago. Arm hurts like hell, similar to the typhoid shots I got back in the day. Then again I hear shingles hurts a whole bunch worse.
 
UcannUconn said:
Not here in South Carolina. I would estimate less than 5% of people are wearing masks indoors.
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Edit - meant to reply UCTitletown.

Wish I shopped where you did. In RI maybe 15 percent are wearing masks, and that’s probably high.
Doesn’t make you feel good knowing double that number of adults still aren’t vaccinated.
 
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boba said:
Got the first shingles shot (Like COVID it's a two dose regimen) yesterday and it's worse than the Pfizer I got months ago. Arm hurts like hell, similar to the typhoid shots I got back in the day. Then again I hear shingles hurts a whole bunch worse.
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Could not agree more. Second shingles shot was only slightly better. No real symptoms, just an inflamed and really painful arm for a week.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Really? How'd it go down?

I've flown twice this summer and had no issues on either flight, thank goodness.
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Word fail on my part.

I meant I'm never lucky enough to get on flights with fights. Mine are always normal.

Still mad that guys over the age of 12 think flying in flip flops and tank tops is acceptable. I'd much rather be near someone with 'rona on a flight than dudes who looked like they walked off the beach and on to a plane.
 
boba said:
Got the first shingles shot (Like COVID it's a two dose regimen) yesterday and it's worse than the Pfizer I got months ago. Arm hurts like hell, similar to the typhoid shots I got back in the day. Then again I hear shingles hurts a whole bunch worse.
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I got my shingles shots 5 years ago. I had chicken pox as a kid and I am no kid now, and I heard that shingles causes severe pain for maybe 2 months.

I also got a Rubella shot for measles because I never had measles. First, you get a blood test to see if you have immunity to measles. If the test shows no immunity, then they give the shot.
 
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