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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:22 AM

quickesst (6,275 posts)

The VA called me yesterday.

I have an appointment tomorrow at 9:15 a.m. to receive the first round of the Moderna vaccine which was my personal preference. I asked, and was assured there is definitely going to be enough for the second injection. I was very happy to receive the call.

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The VA called me yesterday. (Original post)	quickesst	Feb 2021	OP
That's so awesome	soothsayer	Feb 2021	#1
Good news!	True Blue American	Feb 2021	#3
I am an official....	quickesst	Feb 2021	#7
congrats. I am on several lists waiting waiting	riversedge	Feb 2021	#2
Keep checking back.	True Blue American	Feb 2021	#4
hopefully....	quickesst	Feb 2021	#8
Help is on the way.	gab13by13	Feb 2021	#12
Me too. Monday at 11;15 for me.	pwb	Feb 2021	#5
Haha....	quickesst	Feb 2021	#9
Getting my vaccine!	Nuffer	Feb 2021	#6
Congrats....	quickesst	Feb 2021	#11
Good for you.	Corgigal	Feb 2021	#10
congrats to you as well	quickesst	Feb 2021	#13
Congrats! I get my 1st at 10 am today.	mnhtnbb	Feb 2021	#14
At least one VA office (Bedford, MA) is offering shots to 50+ vets and all workers.....	getagrip_already	Feb 2021	#15
Is that the VA cut off?	Corgigal	Feb 2021	#20
Apparently it is set locally based on vaccine supplies...	getagrip_already	Feb 2021	#30
Good News indeed. Does the VA give you a choice of which microchip you get?	Chainfire	Feb 2021	#16
Excellent! ❤ nt	littlemissmartypants	Feb 2021	#17
My brother got his first shot yesterday...	Wounded Bear	Feb 2021	#18
they are getting there	quickesst	Feb 2021	#24
Its nice to see a plan and see it work. Biden/Harris all the way!	marble falls	Feb 2021	#19
Best of luck and I wish you no adverse effects.	Lunabell	Feb 2021	#21
I'm not a social animal either....	quickesst	Feb 2021	#25
yay!!!!! its a good feeling isnt it?	samnsara	Feb 2021	#22
it is a great feeling	quickesst	Feb 2021	#26
I was on a waiting list at my VA but GF had an appointment elsewhere earlier.	Ligyron	Feb 2021	#23
smart to take advantage....	quickesst	Feb 2021	#28
Got mine yesterday, too!	Uben	Feb 2021	#27
right place, right time....	quickesst	Feb 2021	#29

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:23 AM

soothsayer (38,601 posts)

1. That's so awesome

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:30 AM

True Blue American (17,597 posts)

3. Good news!

They will make your second appointment when you get your first.

The vaccine seems to be moving now. I received my second Pfizer yesterday.

Several family members received their first. Pharmacies are getting the vaccine, Walgreens, Walmart, CVS, my local Kroger.

Isn’t it great to have a competent President in charge? Saying everyone should be vaccinated by July! Congrats on your first.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:47 AM

quickesst (6,275 posts)

7. I am an official....

.... Happy Camper!

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:29 AM

riversedge (67,577 posts)

2. congrats. I am on several lists waiting waiting

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:31 AM

True Blue American (17,597 posts)

4. Keep checking back.

They are getting more each day.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:00 AM

quickesst (6,275 posts)

8. hopefully....

.... your wait won't be very long, especially since President Biden has secured 200 million more doses for distribution.
I have been working on getting my wife on waiting lists. Since Joe was elected my confidence that every American will be vaccinated if they so desire has increased exponentially.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:15 AM

gab13by13 (18,164 posts)

12. Help is on the way.

When they opened up to people 65 and up I registered right away. I live in rural Pa. in a small county. The pharmacy I registered at had 2,000 doses and got 12,000 applications, their system crashed. 3 days ago I got my first appointment for Feb. 23rd.

Not to worry, help has arrived. We have someone in charge now who is moving us away from herd mentality.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:38 AM

pwb (10,434 posts)

5. Me too. Monday at 11;15 for me.

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I was surprised going on a holiday but happy for the call. Either they are paying overtime or they contracted it out. Follow up second shot is exactly a month later and they scheduled that also. It is in an out building on the Medical center grounds. I was hoping to go in and NOT see Trumps face welcoming me.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:04 AM

quickesst (6,275 posts)

9. Haha....

I was just thinking earlier, that on my many visits to the VA, the only downside was walking in and seeing the traitors face staring back at me. For me, that ends tomorrow.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:39 AM

Nuffer (40 posts)

6. Getting my vaccine!

I too got a text telling me to schedule...I go tomorrow at 9:45 in Pa. Its like Xmas Eve anticipation! Can't contain myself!

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:10 AM

quickesst (6,275 posts)

11. Congrats....

I am in Louisiana, and I have to say the VA where I'm at has been outstanding since I've been here.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:07 AM

Corgigal (9,291 posts)

10. Good for you.

That’s how it worked for me too. VA called, got my first dose 4 days later and my last dose will be on the 21st. It took all of 20 mins to be completely done on the first visit. I got the Pfizer shot, no reaction to me on the 1st dose. VA is on top of this. You’ll see, and congrats.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:16 AM

quickesst (6,275 posts)

13. congrats to you as well

I don't expect anything else but a smooth, and efficient visit. The VA? I'm a believer.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:29 AM

mnhtnbb (30,855 posts)

14. Congrats! I get my 1st at 10 am today.

Will leave in less than an hour. Got the call earlier in the week from being on a waiting list for my county health department. Don't know whether it will be Moderna or Pfizer until I get there as the scheduler said they've been getting supplies of both.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:29 AM

getagrip_already (11,768 posts)

15. At least one VA office (Bedford, MA) is offering shots to 50+ vets and all workers.....

My wife is a remote IT contractor to the va, and she and all of her coworkers are getting shots.

MA is still on the first category, 70 and over. We have a repug governor who just doesn't seem to give a shit about distribution. We have plenty of doses, just no way to efficiently administer them. Baker actually bristled and gave a sarcastic answer to a reporter who asked why.

I don't know why people like this guy. He is a lazy corporate bastard.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 10:03 AM

Corgigal (9,291 posts)

20. Is that the VA cut off?

I didn’t know, I thought I was a little young. My husband can’t get a vaccine anywhere. I just got an email from the VA and put myself on the list. My doctor pulled my name. Yeah, I was going even if I’m a little younger then the cut off in my state, and don’t have any big medical issues. Unless taking a thyroid pill daily is now a thing.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 12:25 PM

getagrip_already (11,768 posts)

30. Apparently it is set locally based on vaccine supplies...

Bedford must have enough to do that, but fall river is still 70+.

My wife has had multiple co-workers and friends who are veterans get vaccinated there this week.

Oh, and apparently you shouldn't feel guilty if you get a shot out of line. My bil is a big wig epidemiologist and his position is that if you can get a shot, go for it. Every person who is vaccinated puts us further down the road to general immunity. I mean don't knock an old person off their walker to get ahead, but if an opportunity comes up you should go for it.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:37 AM

Chainfire (15,195 posts)

16. Good News indeed. Does the VA give you a choice of which microchip you get?

I opted for the Microsoft.

I am due for my second Moderna vaccine next week. I am waiting for the county to call and getting a little worried about it.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:41 AM

littlemissmartypants (21,148 posts)

17. Excellent! ❤ nt

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:45 AM

Wounded Bear (57,212 posts)

18. My brother got his first shot yesterday...

and said his second shot is definitively scheduled for mid-March.

They're getting there.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 11:13 AM

quickesst (6,275 posts)

24. they are getting there

I have to wonder where I would be if the traitor was still in the White House. I'm pretty sure I would not be going to the VA tomorrow morning for my first shot of the vaccine.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 09:59 AM

marble falls (52,859 posts)

19. Its nice to see a plan and see it work. Biden/Harris all the way!

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 10:09 AM

Lunabell (4,763 posts)

21. Best of luck and I wish you no adverse effects.

My wife gets hers at the VA today. I will get mine soon as I am a nurse, though not on the front lines.

I'm so excited!! I just can't wait for this whole pandemic to be over. I'm not a real social person, but we miss dinners out.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 11:17 AM

quickesst (6,275 posts)

25. I'm not a social animal either....

....but I am pissed the reason I can't socialize is something other than I just don't care to.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 10:12 AM

samnsara (17,219 posts)

22. yay!!!!! its a good feeling isnt it?

..i get my 2nd Pfizer tuesday. Hubby has had both his. I do miss going out to dinner

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 11:21 AM

quickesst (6,275 posts)

26. it is a great feeling

Looking forward to going out to dinner again. Our son and daughter-in-law gifted us with several gift cards to some nice restaurants. Can't wait to use them.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 10:27 AM

Ligyron (7,460 posts)

23. I was on a waiting list at my VA but GF had an appointment elsewhere earlier.

Drove there with her and they asked if I wanted one too so I took it.

Soon these vaccines will be available everywhere thanks to President Biden and his competent team. t.What's scary is I saw an article with a poll saying around 1/3rd of the US population will refuse to get one due to CT's no doubt

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 11:29 AM

quickesst (6,275 posts)

28. smart to take advantage....

.... of the opportunity. It is extremely difficult for me to wrap my head around CTS in this country. The thought process is something completely alien to mine. The closest I can come is a willful ignorance beyond anything I've ever witnessed or could imagine.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 11:24 AM

Uben (7,719 posts)

27. Got mine yesterday, too!

Totally unexpected! I was signed up but figured it would be March before my little town got vaccine. I'm 65, so my group was up when it arrived. 600 doses for a county of 20K.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 11:36 AM

quickesst (6,275 posts)

29. right place, right time....

....right age.

I figured I would be near the front of the line after Frontline workers, and those with medical problems worse than mine. Didn't think it would happen so soon though, but I'm grateful.

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