Vaccinations

[SailinAway]

Originally Posted by tummyman

For those who have already gotten a shot, please pass on he following:

Where did you get the "shot" ?

What vaccine did you get ?

What info did you get about the second "shot" and how do you schedule that appointment?

This info would be really appreciated. And folks, keep sending along your input as it will help us all.

We are scheduled for Feb.2 in Plymouth at the Nat'l Guard Armory.

I had Pfizer in Plymouth. For Plymouth I recommend making sure that your second appointment is for the recommended 21 days rather than one month. You will need to say that to them before you get the shot, because they make the appointment simultaneous with the shot. Walgreen's was reprimanded by the CDC for schedule the second appointment at one month "because it was easier." Bring a book or a newspaper because it took me an hour and a half to get from the entrance to the vaccination station---long wait in your car, moving at a snail's pace.

[SailinAway]

Based on good information provided by folks in this forum, since I was at the Belknap Mall today at 4 pm I decided to ask if they had any leftover Pfizer vaccines. They did not, but they told me I could get a SECOND dose with NO APPOINTMENT! I was in and out in 15 minutes.

The mall size is a huge room, the size of a double gym. There weren't more than about 20 people getting vaccinated at 4 pm on Saturday. Seemed like a safe venue if you have to be indoors.

The National Guard folks were very nice, but the one unprofessional thing I did observe was the guy checking my info on his computer at the vaccination table was wearing his mask practically below his mouth. I kept my distance from him. Otherwise a very good experience---much better than the 1.5-hour wait in Plymouth.

[hilltopper]

My wife was to have a minor procedure at the end of last week which required a COVID test. She tested positive. This was 100 days after an initial infection and 13 days after the second Pfizer shot. The vaccine appears to be working as she had no symptoms and neither did I (if I in fact got it). The positive test was reported to the state and our daughter, who had two negative tests after my wife's positive test, was pulled out of school for 20 days. She was quite upset and had trouble understanding the reasoning. So the lessons learned? Nothing that we haven't been hearing. The major benefit of the vaccine is it protects you from severe symptoms. Can you still get COVID? It appears so. Can you still transmit COVID to others? This one's fuzzy. If you ask the New York Yankees organization (7 coaches recently tested positive weeks after the J&J vaccination) I bet they'd say yes. Again, the unfortunate "victim" in all of this is our daughter. . Rant over.

[FlyingScot]

Originally Posted by hilltopper

My wife was to have a minor procedure at the end of last week which required a COVID test. She tested positive. This was 100 days after an initial infection and 13 days after the second Pfizer shot. The vaccine appears to be working as she had no symptoms and neither did I (if I in fact got it). The positive test was reported to the state and our daughter, who had two negative tests after my wife's positive test, was pulled out of school for 20 days. She was quite upset and had trouble understanding the reasoning. So the lessons learned? Nothing that we haven't been hearing. The major benefit of the vaccine is it protects you from severe symptoms. Can you still get COVID? It appears so. Can you still transmit COVID to others? This one's fuzzy. If you ask the New York Yankees organization (7 coaches recently tested positive weeks after the J&J vaccination) I bet they'd say yes. Again, the unfortunate "victim" in all of this is our daughter. . Rant over.

Very interesting. Your wife was infected months (70 days or so?) before her first covid shot, and then was either infected a second time or the first infection never went away?

[hilltopper]

Originally Posted by FlyingScot

Very interesting. Your wife was infected months (70 days or so?) before her first covid shot, and then was either infected a second time or the first infection never went away?

My wife had tested positive 100 days ago, prior to any vaccination. My daughter also tested positive 100 days ago. I did not get a test...I didn't see the need...I just quarantined with my ladies. We all had the symptoms, although minor. We all lost our sense of taste and smell for a while.

I have to believe my wife was infected a second time. Her positive test last week was a PCR test. Everything I've read indicates false positives are quite uncommon, both in the rapid and PCR tests. Rapid test false negatives seem to be much more common.

It is interesting that my daughter tested negative this time around. My wife has not been isolating within the house in any way. We didn't see the need. As I said, minor symptoms for all of us the first time around and my wife and I had our two shots at the same time (I'm younger...I was her plus one and we received both shots together). I would think my daughter would have gotten it this time around unless, as you said, my wife's first infection never went away (never heard of that happening?).

Still so many unknowns......

[Newbiesaukee]

Hilltopper, your rant is noted and justified.

Two comments...your wife’s test could have been a “false positive,” less likely with PCR test but possible. And the jury is still out on the transmissability after after vaccination; although some data suggests it is less so. Your daughters school policy seems a bit harsh, but there is still a lot we don’t know.

Flying...if the tests were antibody tests, then the wife’s positive tests do not necessarily mean she was either infected a second time or the first infection did not go away. Less likely but possible even with PCR tests. Some stuff is still not known.