Covid-19 Vaccine Information

[FighttheGoodFight]

If I am reading this right, the two big implications here are:

1. You are pretty much "vaccinated" two weeks after your first shot, right? I had not seen a lot of clarity on this previously. You still need to get your second shot as the study only measured the time between shots, not beyond that. And, of course, keep being responsible by wearing a mask even if just as an important social signal to others.

2. The early data are holding up... these vaccines are incredibly effective. Great news!

Is that about right?

Pretty much. Making the UK plan of single dose and waiting 42 days for the second a good plan for getting this under control quick. Everyone still should get the second dose but with supply constraints at the beginning they might have had a good plan there.

[OKC Guide]

I had my 2nd Moderna Saturday morning at Integris. Incredibly well-organized just like my first experience. I woke up at 6 a.m. on Sunday with a slight headache and shivering uncontrollably, which is not like me at all. I had to use a couple of extra blankets to warm up but never had a fever. That was pretty much it for me. I maybe felt a tad rundown on Sunday, but we had been on a college campus walking around all day on Saturday so it certainly could have been that. I feel great today.

[David]

Had my second shot at Integris on Saturday as well, no serious reactions so far other than a sore arm and a light achy feeling that evening that went away with some ibuprofen.

[jccouger]

I thought you were supposed to avoid painkillers after the vaccine? Don't want to spread misinformation but I thought it kind of deminished its efficacy?

[FighttheGoodFight]

I thought you were supposed to avoid painkillers after the vaccine? Don't want to spread misinformation but I thought it kind of deminished its efficacy?

As I understand it is not recommended to take them *before* the vaccination. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ect/after.html

[David]

Yeah, that is what I found when I googled about it, I was similarly worried before I checked.

[FighttheGoodFight]

Press conference from the Governor today. He will be getting the J&J on camera today. Happy to see that and hopefully we can get more people encouraged to get the poke.

[PoliSciGuy]

By far the most effective thing he's done to deal with the COVID crisis

[kukblue1]

Still over 4,000 shots open at Immy labs fairground event. I really hope they all get filled. Surly there still have to be over 4,000 in the Metro that want the vaccine?

[DoctorTaco]

Still over 4,000 shots open at Immy labs fairground event. I really hope they all get filled. Surly there still have to be over 4,000 in the Metro that want the vaccine?

I think they may have maxed out on the population who is willing to check 4+ portals (State, VaxOKC, Walmart, Immylabs, Mercy, Tribes, Twitter, Facebook, etc.) to find a vaccine. People forget what a pain in the ass that is. Just because people aren't willing/tech savvy enough for this doesn't mean they don't want a vaccine. It just means it has GOT to become easier for them.

[FighttheGoodFight]

I'd also say people are just waiting until they can pull up to their local Walmart and get it and leave. Some people will not go out of their way to get it at all. I think there is still good demand.

[Pete]

I think they may have maxed out on the population who is willing to check 4+ portals (State, VaxOKC, Walmart, Immylabs, Mercy, Tribes, Twitter, Facebook, etc.) to find a vaccine. People forget what a pain in the ass that is. Just because people aren't willing/tech savvy enough for this doesn't mean they don't want a vaccine. It just means it has GOT to become easier for them.

Yes, before long it will be like getting a flu shot which for me has always been at Sam's picking up a prescription and them asking me if I wanted it for free then and there. That process couldn't be easier taking literally 5 minutes with no prior planning.

Also, the single-dose J&J vax will soon be much more available and easy to obtain.

[kukblue1]

https://kfor.com/news/coronavirus/lu...-in-free-play/ Now were talking.

[dankrutka]

https://kfor.com/news/coronavirus/lu...-in-free-play/ Now were talking.

Social scientists actually caution against offering incentives to get something like a vaccine. It can convey the perception to some that if you're being given a reward that there must be a downside. Not saying it's necessarily a bad idea, but businesses should be careful about how they go about it.

[Bill Robertson]

2nd Pfizer shot scheduled for Wednesday morning. I've very excited to be fully vaccinated in 2 weeks. I did have Covid, so I'm assuming I still have antibodies; it's a huge relief to see friends and other vulnerable people soon.

I hope your 2nd goes as uneventful as mine did. But since you also had COVID pre- vaccination I have questions. Did you have after-effects. And if so did they change after the first shot. Reason being that I'm on a couple large forums that have people who believe the after symptoms lessened after the first shot. Some of mine definitely have. But others, like brain fog, are as bad as ever. Just a for instance. I have a very routine every morning ritual of things I do and have done for years to get ready for work. Since last April I'm doing good to do half of them. I usually realize the things I forgot sometime in the morning. Yeah' I'm no spring chicken but I was mentally fine prior to April last year.

[DoctorTaco]

Social scientists actually caution against offering incentives to get something like a vaccine. It can convey the perception to some that if you're being given a reward that there must be a downside. Not saying it's necessarily a bad idea, but businesses should be careful about how they go about it.

Those folks are gonna lose way more than $25 to the casino on average if they stick around to play! I think this is clearly just a marketing thing more than a public health move. But to your point I agree these things are tricky from an unintended consequence/mixed signals kind of thing. Relatedly, for a lot of prescriptions it is totally feasible and simpler for Medicare/insurance companies to simply pay for all of it, but they've found that making patients $1 for their meds results in more people taking them. In case you ever wondered, "why bother charging me $1.37 for 90 days of blood pressure meds?" this is why.

[Thomas Vu]

Really streamlined operation in Mustang. Just had a sore arm yesterday, and maybe still lingering today? All in all still feel slightly remorseful that I'm getting in cause of the amount of people turning it down though.

Help the people who want it /shrug

[kukblue1]

Still tons of shots open at immy labs. 3,600 when I checked this morning. Couple mornings ago it was around 4,400 so people are signing up. However that still seem a lot. Is it time to start giving it to doctors offices? How would they store it though?

[FighttheGoodFight]

Still tons of shots open at immy labs. 3,600 when I checked this morning. Couple mornings ago it was around 4,400 so people are signing up. However that still seem a lot. Is it time to start giving it to doctors offices? How would they store it though?

I'm sure most doctor's offices would get the J&J

[Bunty]

With an online appointment that took two days, I got my first Pfizer shot Tues. morning at the Expo Center, Payne County Fairgrounds, east of Stillwater. No real wait, even though I was there 5 minutes early. In and out in little more than 20 minutes. So quite well streamlined. It's been no worse than getting a flu shot, or the after effects, now with shot site sore. The only waiting was expected where they have you go into a large room after the vaccination to sit with a bunch of other people spaced 6 ft. apart to wait 15 minutes for possible bad side effects. Nobody had any while I was there. The only strange part is how few appointments ever come up for Stillwater on the vaccines-alert page. Smaller towns tend to have considerably more available.

After my 2nd Pfizer shot and when the local city mask ordinance expires on May 23, I look forward to quit wearing a mask in stores and getting back to the good old normal days. One of my favorite local restaurants, Mexico Joe's, put salt and pepper shakers back on the tables, so that is a good sign that restaurants are getting anxious to get back to normal.

[Pete]

^

I was in Stillwater last Saturday and by 11AM there was a line out the door of Eskimo Joe's.


As a side note, my restaurant-owning friends all report banner business.

[mkjeeves]

State Health Department Facebook page:

ATTN: Unable to register online for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment? TODAY's vaccine event run by IMMYLabs, INTEGRIS and OSDH at the OKC Fairground's Bennett Event Center is offering walk-up assistance with on-site translators for booking same day appointments between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Learn more: portal.immylabs.com/vaccine

[DowntownMan]

^

I was in Stillwater last Saturday and by 11AM there was a line out the door of Eskimo Joe's.


As a side note, my restaurant-owning friends all report banner business.

That’s really good signs. One people are comfortable getting out again. And two- if people are getting out and our numbers continue to drop that’s really good

[kukblue1]

https://www.king5.com/article/news/h...7-91725282c24b I'll take those numbers. 8 hospitalizations out of 1.2 million people.

[soonerguru]

In two weeks, my wife will be a week past her second Moderna shot. I'm planning a nice restaurant date for the third week of April to celebrate.