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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOn the day this 75-year-old man gets his second Covid vaccination,
The Governor of Minnesota, my adopted state, opened up vaccinations to everyone 16 years of age and over, beginning on March 30.
Bravo to him!
Although vaccinations started rather slowly in MN, they have accelerated rapidly, thanks to sensible, doable strategies that began shortly after President Biden took office.
Now, the vaccine supply has increased. Now, 85% of 65+ Minnesotans have received at least one shot, along with teachers, health-care workers, and those with co-morbidities. Now, everyone who is at least 16 years of age can schedule their vaccination appointments.
My sincere thanks go to to Governor Walz and President Joe Biden!
catbyte
(34,325 posts)Governor Whitmer loosened restrictions in the state. It's completely logical that the areas spiking the most are GQP strongholds where they think Covid is either an overblown hoax or the vaccine is a plot by Bill Gates and the Democrats to track and mindfuck us all.
Good luck and congratulations! I'm waiting until next week to ease up my self-quarantine. Next week will be two weeks after my second Pfizer vaccine so my immune system should be percolating nicely by then. But I'm still going to be super cautious.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)It's the only path that will work. I hope every Minnesotan lines up for a shot, ASAP.
Siwsan
(26,241 posts)No appointment necessary - from 9 to 3, drive through or walk up.
catbyte
(34,325 posts)walking around. Is it the Johnson Johnson vaccine? I would imagine that the single-dose would be better for a transient population than trying to followup with a second dose.
Siwsan
(26,241 posts)I know they are using it, here, because that's what a friend of mine received.
As you know, it's an unfortunately miserable day, weather wise, in Michigan. Hopefully the rain will subside long enough for people to get to the clinic.
catbyte
(34,325 posts)It's supposed to get up to 51F today, but I don't think it's gonna make it. It's only 37 now.
Siwsan
(26,241 posts)I'm glad they are really hardy flowers. Fortunately, tomorrow should be nicer but we're in for a real roller coaster of weather, over the next 10 days, or so.
catbyte
(34,325 posts)that all of the fruit trees started budding out. Then we got a cold snap and the crop was devastated.
jmbar2
(4,859 posts)Congratulations
justhanginon
(3,289 posts)at 1:30. Then the two week countdown begins. Unfortunately nothing much will change except that with care I can now visit my kids and friends. I Will still masking and avoiding crowds for the foreseeable future.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)Doesn't matter. They're all effective.
justhanginon
(3,289 posts)MineralMan
(146,248 posts)is going to open new doors to a new generation of vaccines for many things, including cancer.
It's ground-breaking and should be a cause for hope in many areas.
Hurrah for Science!
Politicalgolfer
(317 posts)had a strange reaction.....no side effects but made me feel like I was 20 years younger!!! Go figure! No usual aches or pains and full of energy. Would like a weekly shot of that stuff😋
Aristus
(66,274 posts)Be prepared for some serious fatigue tomorrow. Hit me like a southbound freight train. Rest, drink plenty of water, and you'll feel 100% by Sunday.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)A little Tylenol and taking it easy should do it.
retread
(3,760 posts)after immunizations. I have a mental picture of placing borders on my immune response. I am retired and had I been working after my first and second shots, my response to the vaccines would have been lost among the hectic, crazy shit that was daily work. Being retired I was able to "contemplate my navel" and noticed symptoms.
On the other hand, I do take a combo of acetaminophen and ibuprofen before each dental visit.
DinahMoeHum
(21,769 posts)plus the usual soreness in the upper arm for a few days.
BSdetect
(8,994 posts)Am I wrong about this?
ananda
(28,831 posts)a doctor on one of cable news channels addressed this
possibility saying that different vaccines work in different
ways, and that an antibody test might test for the wrong
thing in a vaccine which could end up falsely showing no
antibodies.
She said that if you get the vaccine, you will be properly
vaccinated and not to worry.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)More effective would be to track COVID-19 cases in vaccinated people and compare those with unvaccinated people. That will provide a better way to look at effectiveness, I think.
luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)Some studies are showing that the elderly (75+) are slower at developing antibodies, which perhaps accounts for fewer symptoms post-shot than younger folks. Because we don't yet have manufacturing facilities up here in the GWN, we're dependent on external vaccine supplies. Because Pfizer and Moderna have been slower at delivering than predicted/promised, people receiving those vaccines are waiting 4 months for second shot as a precaution against scarcity of supply.
So, it's imperative that a reliable antibody test be available to everyone -- especially the older folks.
In Ontario, all long-term care residents, healthcare workers, first responders, indigenous peoples,
plus those 80+ have been vaccinated first. In my region, this week it was 75+; next week (fingers crossed) it's 70+!
However, in some areas (i.e. ) the Astra Zeneca vaccine is available to those 60+.
I'm holding out for Pfizer or Moderna!
BannonsLiver
(16,288 posts)DenaliDemocrat
(1,474 posts)You have to be careful which antibodies are tested as some are INFECTION specific.
Plus there are other cellular pathways involved in immune response, not just antibodies.
If you receive the vaccines, you are protected! You may STILL catch COVID-19,but you will not die. ALl are 100% effective in preventing death!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,811 posts)I rather like one and done, but I'd have been happy with any of them.
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,883 posts)My youngest got her second Moderna vaccine yesterday
DinahMoeHum
(21,769 posts), , ,getting ready to join the herd of immunity.
sarge43
(28,940 posts)Starting next week all Graniteheads 16 and older can have the Covid vaxx.
Deepest thanks to all who made this happen.
Getting my second shot 7 April.
Kaleva
(36,239 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,558 posts)Congratulations to everyone! It really is a win for all Minnesotans.
We here in BC, as the rest of Canada, are still slogging along at a relative snail's pace. The government is celebrating an impending shipment of vaccine that is sufficient for just over 5% of the total population.
We, sadly, are envious.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,558 posts)Dr. Bonnie Henry, our Provincial Health Officer did such a great job early on that she got a feature article in the NYT. Pretty big deal for a bureaucrat in a small market like Vancouver Island.
I think I'm right when I say that the highest active case count in our area (South Island) has been well under 300, and maybe under 200, in a population of about 350,000. Currently, we have 118 active cases, and have had about 870, all told.
Not exactly a dire pandemic, but it would be hard to convince someone that's had it that it's not that bad....or someone's survivors.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)Distribution of the various vaccines is not uniform. That's for certain. I hope that evens out over time. Production is ramping up, and some places are beginning to have vaccinated a sizable percentage of certain demographic groups. At some point supply and demand charts will cross and distribution will be easier.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,558 posts)We must rely on importing the vaccine, and, amazing though it seems, the producers seem to want to take care of their own people first.
I don't begrudge that at all. I'd want our hypothetical pharma producers to do the same.
speak easy
(9,171 posts)or an unfair stereotype
Grasswire2
(13,565 posts)You won't die from it, we are told, but you can still get it. Like the flu.
That's why we still need to mask, even though vaccinated.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,580 posts)I got my second Pfizer shot Wednesday. I had minor arm soreness.
Initech
(100,027 posts)Thanks President Biden!