Where did you receive your Covid vaccination shot?

[NurseJackie]

Last edited Wed Mar 31, 2021, 06:23 AM - Edit history (2)

Okay, sure... "in your arm"... right! Hardy-har-har!

I guess a more precise question would be: "In what type of setting did you receive your Covid vaccination shot?"

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	Pharmacy
	44 (23%)
	Doctor's Office
	4 (2%)
	Clinic
	23 (12%)
	Hospital
	27 (14%)
	Walk-in Mass-Vaccination Site (repurposed: store/gym/community-center, etc)
	53 (28%)
	Drive-through Mass-Vaccination Site
	28 (15%)
	Senior Living / Assisted Living / Nursing Home Facility
	1 (1%)
	At work.
	7 (4%)
	On base / on board ship.
	1 (1%)
	Other military setting.
	2 (1%)
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[Hugin]

1. I had my pants half way down...

and arrows drawn so they couldn't miss.

Before they could tell me it was unnecessary.

My bad.

[NurseJackie]

5. Could You Get the Vaccine Injected in Your Butt?

https://slate.com/technology/2021/02/can-you-get-the-vaccine-in-your-butt.html

Could you get the benefits of a COVID vaccine by having it injected into your butt instead of your arm, if for some reason you wanted to do that and were capable of finding a medical professional who would do it?

Let’s get straight to the point here: Yes. The COVID vaccine would still work if you had it injected in your butt. But for most people—not all people, but most people—this would be an anti-social thing to do, and for more than the obvious reason.

A posterior injection would work, as Dr. Robert Amler explains, because the available COVID vaccines are “intramuscular.” (Amler is the dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College and a former chief medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.) They will function wherever there’s enough muscle tissue to absorb them. (The Pfizer vaccine dose is 0.3 milliliters of liquid; the Moderna dose is 0.5 milliliters.) “From that tissue, the body and, basically, the bloodstream gradually passes it around,” Amler says. “As it passes around, the immune system detects it and says hey, there’s something here from someplace else.”

[Hugin]

22. What can I say?

I was overcome with excitement.



They could have been clearer in the instructions. Also, how long am I supposed to leave on this plaster?

[NurseJackie]

86. I left mine on for 24 hours.

Not even a dot of blood on the pad, and no bruising. (Normally I bruise easily for things like this... and most times a pinhead of blood will leak before it clots.)

[Hugin]

109. I'm considering getting mine bronzed...

like a pair of baby shoes.

[NurseJackie]

110. I thought about putting it mine in a scrapbook...

... but then I realized that I had a digital photo of me showing off the bandage AND my CDC card... so I figured that would be enough.

[Hugin]

113. Yeah, that will store and display better over time...

Mine was a high end rectangular job that unless it were stabilized would turn into a crusty sticky shapeless blob in a couple of weeks.

Some people I know got 'dots'... And, those have long term possibilities.

[mbusby]

28. When I was in post surgery...

...with a nodule taken off of a gland, the nurse came in and told me "have it while it's legal...". So I got a morphine shot in my butt cheek. After I took it, I felt like busting a jig on the floor.

[ret5hd]

20. We're the arrows necessary for...

such a large target???

(gawd I kill me!)

[Hugin]

26. I'm glad I didn't get the bullseye tattoo I was considering...

That would have been difficult to explain down at the swimming hole.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My husband and I are members of a hospital group.

And they required us to get our vaccines in one of their hospitals, so we did. Everything was orderly and organized, both times we went.

We were very happy!

[Beaverhausen]

3. Getting mine on Thursday

sort of a drive in/walk in hybrid situation.

[NurseJackie]

18. I was hoping to avoid getting my shot in my left (dominant) arm...

... but getting out of the car would have delayed the very efficient assembly-line they had in place, so I just let them jab my left arm. Oh well.

No issues so far and MUCH EASIER and FAR LESS PAINFUL than the Shingrix vaccination (shingles).

[DFW]

4. Nowhere. We live in Germany

Ask me next year.

[NurseJackie]

9. Sorry.

What's the hold-up? (Limited supply? Not the right age-group? Not a Deutscher Staatsbürger?)

[DFW]

33. No supply here at all.

The German bureaucracy, already outrun by even aging snails, was asleep at the wheel.

We are both 69. So far, unless you are a special hardship or a caregiver, only the over-80 crowd gets it here.

I am not a German citizen, but I do hold legal residence and a work permit. This means I get no social security and no health insurance, but the "right" to pay full German taxes (actually, even more than that, but that's another story)--AND get vaccinated when my age group come up for eligibility. So far, that is not on the horizon here. Not even 70 and over is up until the summer. The "everything-is-free-in-Europe" crowd never quite has the whole story.

[piddyprints]

10. I wish

I could get you one of the vaccinations they're refusing in droves here in the back woods of TN.

Things are going quickly as far as age groups because so many people won't get vaccinated.

[DFW]

25. I wish, too!

We're planning to go to the USA at the end of next week. My office is looking for something, either in Dallas (where I have a residence), or in New York, where we have an office, and my daughter lives.

[piddyprints]

27. Good luck!

You'd be eligible to get on in TN without a problem. As of April 5, all adults over 16 are eligible and there doesn't seem to be a residency requirement. We didn't have to show any kind of ID, but that's for the mass sites. Likely the pharmacies are different.

[DFW]

37. We'd have no problem showing our ID

My wife even has a US Social Security number. It's not valid for working in the USA, but when I told the US embassy I wanted one for her because so many forms demanded my wife's SS# when I checked "married," they said hold on, and got one for her within 20 minutes. Of course, this was in 1985. Today, she's probably have to make an online appointment, bring a stack of documents, wait six months, and then be refused because the allowed time had elapsed.

[piddyprints]

42. Yeah, but I was thinking ...

there was a post not long ago about someone whose address on the ID needed to match where they were getting vaccinated. Like, maybe they had to live in that county or something. There is no such requirement here.

A lot has changed since 1985, to be sure. I'm glad your wife got a SS# back then. You're right, it could be a lot more complicated now.

[DFW]

46. Each time my wife had a baby here

I went down to the US Embassy without an appointment, and was home by 2 PM the same day with their US Birth Certificates, their first passports, their social security numbers.

For my Germany-based daughter, it took her 11 months to get citizenship for her first daughter. For my other daughter, who will have her first baby in the next few weeks (which is why we're headed over), that won't be an issue. She might run into bureaucratic snags getting German citizenship for her baby (if she wants it), but I know the Germans will give it to you if one parent is German, and even if one grandparent is German. Plus, if he has U.S. and German nationality, the Germans won't tax him if he lives outside Germany. Only three countries in the world do NOT recognize residence-based taxation: Eritrea, some other small African nation (I forget which), and the USA.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

57. I hope you can find a place that gives the Johnson & Johnson brand.

One shot and done, no need to schedule another visit in 3 or 4 weeks.

Best of luck getting your shots.

[DFW]

65. We'll be looking, believe me

My office says it is nearly impossible to schedule a vaccination more than 5 days out, and we need two weeks.

A real mess, though here it's worse.

[barbtries]

107. you can get it here I'm sure.

I don't think pharmacies care where you live.
anyway i hope so! Will you be here long enough for 2 shots?

[DFW]

112. Where are you?

We intend to stay in the States for four weeks.

[barbtries]

115. I'm in NC.

Walgreens and CVS are doing them, although the CVS near me doesn't have it yet, Walgreens does. I'm pretty confident you'll be able to get jabbed while you're here. Maybe try to get an appointment now to be sure you'll have enough time. Best case you get the Johnson jab and don't need 2 shots though.

[csziggy]

31. How is the vaccine distribution in Europe?

Obviously not great since you can't get one there.

My niece spent the last year in Prague rather than come beck to the US and have to be in quarantine where she does not have a place to live anymore - her condo in Washington DC has been leased out for years. Now the NGO she works for is sending her off to Ethiopia without a vaccination and that worries me, perhaps more than the danger she might be in at her posting. She is in her 30s so not in a priority group even in the US at this point.

She was ready to move into an administrative role but after being cooped up for a year, she wanted posting abroad before she makes that move.

[DFW]

38. There is hardly any to distribute!

It is total chaos here. Even Merkel went on TV last Sunday and scolded the German bureaucracy for being so inefficient.

I would NOT go to Ethiopia without a vaccination, even if she never sets foot outside of Addis. I'd refuse that one outright. I'd tell her outfit, get me vaccinated or get someone else.

[csziggy]

43. Unfortunately, I am not direct contact with her

My sister stays in touch more and she's already said what you said, but my niece is independent and will do what she wants with what she can get.

She's used to tough assignments, having worked with refugees in Afghanistan, Baghdad, in turkey across the border from Aleppo, Syria, and Cox's Bazaar (Myanmar). But she's now in her thirties and is not as blindly confident as she was. I hope she stays safe in this assignment.

[DFW]

52. A friend of mine used to jump into dangerous situations like that

When he was ambassador to Zaire, he'd hear about epidemics here and there, and head right there with medical delegations from his country (Canada). He even did so one time while he was their ambassador to France. He and I used to meet up in Paris occasionally when he was ambassador there. Best foreign service officer of ANY country ever met. i was really jealous. I met hm when he was ambassador to the USA (and his uncle was PM), and we've stayed in touch ever since. Wonderful guy!

[csziggy]

58. Those people are the best! They are the ones who should be leading the world, not ornage mango types

I admire my niece tremendously and worry about her a lot. But she wouldn't listen to me even if I were in contact.

She also was the first in the family to see her mother what she was - a narcissist like the former guy. She has not spoken to her mother in decades now. Once she pointed out what her mother was, I understood a lot about how my sister fucked up my childhood and why.

Now my niece is talking about maybe going to law school - she's worried about returning to school at her age. My older sister told her to go for it - she's not too old and she'd be brilliant. Maybe she'd even return to her childhood ambition of being the first US president to give birth in orbit!

[DFW]

63. Well, there certainly is precedent for THAT!!

During law school, students are expected to clerk for judges or firms. But my daughter was in law school during the Cheneybush recession, so she volunteered for the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal in Sierra Leone (as in Ebola!). Crazy kid, thought she was immortal. She got some deadly infection in Senegal and was half dead by the time she got back to Sierra Leone. She told us she got some antibiotics from a local Sierra Leone doctor but they weren't helping. DUH! The locals sell the real medicine on the black market and sell sugar pills instead. I demanded she go to the UN doctor. She was reluctant to bother him, but I insisted. I had no choice, as I had no idea where to find her even I were to make the trip myself. She finally did with her last strength, and recovered. She came back as if nothing had ever gone wrong, went on to complete law school at a "second tier" school in the USA, got sneered at by the Harvard Law and Yale Law grads, and within 6 years became the youngest partner ever at the Frankfurt arm of the top New York firm of White and Case.

A friend of mine, who is unfortunately no longer with us, once decided he wanted to broaden his knowledge, and entered law school at age 50. He didn't need to, he just wanted to. He was a brilliant, very soft-spoken (but very humorous) man, and I enjoyed his presence immensely. A film was once made about his time in the army as a radio announcer in Vietnam, and the portrayal of him (by Robin Williams, of all people) could not have been more UNLIKE my friend if they had tried. The character portrayed in the film would never thought to enter law school at age 50. My friend did just that.

Tell THAT to your niece!

[csziggy]

116. I'll have to tell her your daughter's story!

Your daughters are amazing people. I think my niece could live up to that standard.

Cronauer was a pretty cool guy but my niece is young enough she may not know who is was. But there have been lots of people that have gone back to college as they get older that she may know about. Probably the biggest adjustment for her will be to catch up with American culture since she's mostly been abroad for the last fifteen years.

[DFW]

132. Adrian used to tell people

He’d say that if he had done half the stuff shown in the film, he would have spent the rest of his life in a cell in Leavenworth. So much for Hollywood.

Your niece sounds like she could adapt to anything—maybe even the USA!

[MissB]

6. Mass vaccination site run by the national guard

Well run by them.

[NurseJackie]

11. Our local FEMA/National Guard center was run well also.

It was very organized and very impressive. (I thanked and complimented as many people as I could through the process.)

[piddyprints]

13. Same here.

They're doing an excellent job. If only they could educate the yahoos around here who refuse to do the right thing.

[BornADemocrat]

84. Same

"ID please" Yes sir!

I enjoyed the experience, the NG made everything feel well structured.

[sarge43]

95. Same here

I too was impressed how well organized it was. Even with the 15 minute wait post shot, in and out in an half hour.

[polmaven]

7. I have had both Moderna shots

from a local community health center.

[Polly Hennessey]

8. In a hospital. Organized and friendly.

A doctor was present.

[Throck]

12. Waiting, waiting, waiting

I'm signed up with 6 pharmacy groups, the county and state. Daily site scans. No appointments available and no appointments being taken.

Given this last year I wouldn't mind avoiding people for the next 30 years.

[Wingus Dingus]

23. You might try popping in to various grocery pharmacies in person during the day--

and ask if you can sign up for an appointment in person for a vacant slot that day. On the day I got my first shot they had a lot of cancels and no shows. I don't know if that will work but certainly if you might be there at the store for other stuff, it doesn't hurt to ask.

[Throck]

55. Great idea. I knew a few people who have scored this way.

My boss says to flex my lunch as needed, no problem. (Cool boss.)

I have become a vaccine hunter.

The good news is all the local pharmacies automatically sign you up for the second shot once the first one is in your arm.

[Wingus Dingus]

14. Wally World pharmacy.

[Hawker123]

15. Fort Sill clinic

[PJMcK]

16. Your joke made me laugh!

Thanks 'cause today's been rough.

We went to a NYC-run Jax site in the South Bronx. It was well-organized, the staff were wonderful and we were in and out in less than a half hour.

[HipChick]

17. State government headquarters

[arlyellowdog]

19. My sister found out about a teaching site

George Mason School of Public Health was training student nurses to run a clinic. It was a great find. We did not jump the line as we were old/eligible, but got vaccinated in February.

[luvs2sing]

21. Werner Medical Center in Columbus.

They have a mass vaccination site set up at Schottenstein Arena. Hubster and I both went there and were very impressed. It was a great, upbeat, happy experience.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

24. 1st one at a drive thru, 2nd thru a walk thru. My 2nd was canceled & rescheduled

so I scrambled and found the walk through for a more timely vax. I worry that the county has no way of tracking my 2nd vax, but I've got my shot card! - yes! Moderna

[Chautauquas]

29. Walgreens pharmacy

Walgreens is doing a lot of vaccines in Wisconsin. Everyone in my family was able to get appointments this week. Had my first Moderna shot yesterday.

[beaglelover]

30. Got my first Moderna shot yesterday at CVS.

[central scrutinizer]

32. My status (fully vaccinated) is on my chart already

Got my second Pfizer on 20 March. Drive thru site. I went to my local clinic for another reason today and took my completed card so they could scan it and add it to my chart. It was already there because the county health department had uploaded it.

[Pugee]

34. Mine was given by a hospital group.

But the location was a mall.

[lpbk2713]

35. Sam's Club Pharmacy

I go in for my 2nd Moderna April 02. All I got out of the first one was a sore shoulder for 24 hours.

[NurseJackie]

47. By appointment only, or just as a walk-in?

[lpbk2713]

62. I got an appt on my second visit to their website.

That was on a Monday. I got my shot in their pharmacy on that Friday. I had been on the
county's appt waiting list for about a month. Thursday night before my Sam's Club appt I
got an email from the county telling me there was an appt available in about two weeks
about thirty miles from my home. Sam's Club is less than two miles from my home. After
I thought it over for about a second and a half I decided to go with Sam's. I cancelled
out on the county's waiting list so someone else could take it.

FWIW: I'm a 77 yo male with three comorbidities other than my age.

[GoCubsGo]

36. In one of the gyms at the local university.

It was/is a mass-vaccination clinic operated by personnel from the local hospital across the road, assisted by nursing students from the university. I get my second dose on Thursday afternoon.

[frazzled]

39. Mine was pretty normative, at the hospital ... but

I was jealous of my relatives. My sister got hers at Disneyland and my mother on the track of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Sweet!

[CaptainTruth]

60. Disney World here in FL should do that.

I've seen pics of the crowds there, it's crazy, no way in heck I would go there now.

If they could get the J&J 1-shot a lot of people could leave FL vaccinated, instead of leaving FL with COVID.

[frazzled]

64. Well, it wasn't inside

Disneyland. It was just tents in the parking lots.

[Leith]

40. At a nearby CVS

I tried to get an appointment at Walgreen's, but they required me to join their "prescription club." That kind of shit pisses me off.

My wait on Saturday was a little longer than I expected, but I survived. The guy who gave me my shot was a Star Trek Deep Space 9 fan (he asked me what I was doing the rest of the day and I told him I was binge-watching DS9 and he said he liked that show).

[Amishman]

41. nowhere, not allowed to get it. probably will be months

young and healthy, I'm at the back of the line.

[NurseJackie]

51. I hope Joe Biden's goals are met... if so, everyone who wants a vaccine...

... will be able to get one by July (or something).

But I understand that the waiting can be excruciating, maddening, worrisome. Hang in there.

[Amishman]

66. Honestly, doesn't bother me much.

My parents and my in-laws all have their shots, plus some other friends and family. We're able to be more social if its just my household that don't have the vaccine.

I work from home without issue, and I loathe cities and crowds, so not missing anything there.

But thank you for the kind thought

[Tracer]

44. Gillette Stadium mass vax site.

An hour's drive from my house, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get the vaccine back in early February.

[ornotna]

45. Walk in mass vaccination site run by the county health dept at a mall.

Got the first one just a little over two hours ago. Very quick and efficient. In and out in about half an hour. One down and one to go.

[frogmarch]

48. First one inside the hospital, and the second one

at the drive-thru just outside the hospital.

Each took about 5 minutes, and with the 15 minute post-vac wait to make sure I was okay, I was on my way home in 20 minutes.

It was in Thornton, CO.

[CaptainTruth]

49. County health department clinic.

Our appointment for 1st Moderna shots is this Friday.

It's the same county facility where my wife got all her booster shots when she applied for her green card.

[NurseJackie]

54. Outstanding!

I almost cried when I got my first shot... but I held back the tears (of joy). --- And perhaps some of those would have been tears of sorrow for all of those we lost needlessly.

I'm glad you're on the way and "in-line" to get your shots.

I tried to get an appointment for myself AND the Mister at the same time... but it was all online automated, so, you get what you get... and you make separate trips to the mass vaccination sites.

[CaptainTruth]

139. I figured we would have to go to different locations on different dates too.

We were both repeatedly trying CVS & Publix online signups but not finding any open appointments.

However, my wife pre-registered both of us on the FL state vaccine web site a few weeks ago & a county representative called us. While we were on the phone she was typing furiously to find 2 time slots for us. Other people were booking appointments too so we started at "8:15, is that ok?" [30 seconds later] "Darn, that one's gone." [furious typing] & finally ended up at 10:15 & 10:30.

We were all laughing about it & she was saying things like "Hold on, my little fingers are flying, I'll get this for you!" It was hysterical & it was great. I told her she must have one of the best jobs right now because every day she's making so many people happy, she's like the Vaccine Santa Claus.

[multigraincracker]

99. Got my first one there and

the second one at the casino.

[Maeve]

50. Sort of a doctor's office converted to a clinic

In that part of the office has been strictly doing vaccines for the past month (separate door from the main office, multiple docs)

[BayAreaAtLast]

53. UNLV Student Union

Got my second jab an hour ago! There was no wait for my first, but today there was a long line. Fortunately it moved fast. Today there were mostly people getting their first. The worst part was finding a parking spot. I'm so grateful.

[Bettie]

56. Sometime in the future

possibly distant future the way Iowa's going.

[Elwood P Dowd]

59. The pharmacy last week. Got the Bill Gates-George Soros Moderna version with the chip

that allows Hillary and Obama to track my every move.

[SeattleVet]

61. Mass vaccination site in Seattle...

made an appointment online (super easy, and plenty of open slots!). They have 140 stations, and did about 2500 the day we went (opening day, it turned out). They have things running very smoothly - from the time we parked in the garage until we got back to our car to leave was a little less than a half hour. They are able to ramp up to around 22,000 per day as vaccine supplies become available.

We have the appointment for our second Pfizer shot on this Saturday.

[xmas74]

67. At a private clinic run by my employer

Only open to front line government workers back in December.

[Celerity]

68. Wifey and I just got our first variant tweaked Moderna trial vaccine shots 8 hours ago. So far all

is fine, slightly sore arms, northing else. Crazy amount of blood samples initially drawn though. 22 vials each. Arfff. The next time (10 days for the next blood draw) will be only 8 vials or so drawn. Then we get 2nd vax 18 days after that. The study will run for at least 6 months. Neither one of us has the slightest fear of needles or blood, so no issues from that end. We had been giving blood samples for the last 10 months as part of a long term immunity study anyway, so this will be basically the same.

[Meowmee]

69. At a pfizer pod

At the uni / hospital site near me. Run by ng and police, staffed by nurses/ students/ hcw /volunteers etc.

[Demovictory9]

70. mass vaccination site at local university.

[Brother Buzz]

71. In our high school gymnasium

Those poo poo heads running the show would not let us finish our game of H-O-R-S-E!

[NurseJackie]

75. Find out what they drive...

... and TP their cars.

[pwb]

72. Our Veterans Administration.

They called me.

[NurseJackie]

74. That's fantastic!!

[Tree Lady]

73. Pediatric doctors office

Which was extra cool because my small round bandaid had tiny balloons on it 😁

No patients so I guess on vaccine days they didn't see them.

[tapper]

76. County health/hospital team

I was Vaccinated as part of phase 2, organized jointly by the County health department and the hospital. Luckily, before my name came up, it got too cold to use the big tent.

[twodogsbarking]

77. Maybe I will draw a bullseye on my arm for the second one.

Maybe.

[bill]

78. Bucks Community College

scheduled walk up

[iscooterliberally]

79. I got mine in a county park. It took about 45 minutes total.

I never got out of the car. There were lots of cars too, but they kept everyone moving. It was in Tree Tops Park in Broward County Florida. I was never so excited to have someone stick a needle in my arm. I get to go back in three weeks and do it again too!

[ancianita]

80. Mine and spouse's are at in Manatee County, FL, public health building's drive-in mass vaccination

field, 3 record keepers and vaccine card tents before the shot tent and 15-minute waiting area.

It's organized. To the locals' credit, not to DeSenseless' credit.

[ProfessorGAC]

81. Mass Walk-In Site

Next county over. The biggest town built a new big school, K-8.
So the old middle school was bought as a satellite location for the community college from the county we live in.
The gymnasium is essentially unused now, so they turned that into a vax site.
I got my shot out of county because I sub in 7 schools located there. The Regional Office of Education arranged for any school employee, of any description, to get appointments.
I have to wait until April 7 for my 2nd injection.

[AllaN01Bear]

82. in the right shoulder and at a drive thru clinic. get my next one on the 13 of this month

@ 0930.

[ybbor]

83. Got my second today 😀

In a local pharmacy.

We’ll see how I feel in a few hours. Pfizer, and I know people who were knocked down pretty good from theirs.

Still happy as a clam to have them! Thank you science!

[TygrBright]

85. In a High School Gym. But it wasn't a "mass vaccination site" just a DoH temporary site. n/t

[yellerpup]

87. I got mine at the Claremore Indian Hospital.

I vaccinated all tribal members (any tribe) by age first. I completed both shots by 3/4/2021 and had to wait for my husband, who is not a tribal member, to get his, which he finshed his second shot last Friday at a clinic.

[NurseJackie]

88. Fantastic news!

How many in your tribe were vaccinated?

[yellerpup]

98. I meant to include that in my post!

All tribal members have been vaccinated (I'm Cherokee) and our tribe has the lowest death rate of all other tribes with 161 since the beginning of the pandemic. As of this week, they have set up vaccination spots are are inviting anyone from 18 up to get the vaccine. You don't have to be a tribal member, just show up and get your shot! The tribe has been fabulous during this time, distributing food, issuing checks for help with utilities, and special programs for veterans. We have a very progressive government.

[NurseJackie]

101. That makes me happy!

I got goosebumps reading that. Congratulations on all the successes!

[yellerpup]

121. I am thankful and humbled by the care they provide.

I am extremely happy!

[spooky3]

89. County-organized site. Walk-in but must have timed appointment. Nt

[mnhtnbb]

90. At the County Department of Health building

after they called me to ask if I wanted an appointment. I had registered online with them to be on a waiting list. My first appointment was Feb 12 and they scheduled my second appointment when I was there for March 15. Moderna. My 2 weeks post second shot was yesterday.

According to the CDC Director, I am now 90% unlikely to contract Covid if exposed, or to need hospitalization or die from it if for some reason I actually get it.

Hooray! I'll take those odds, here in Durham, NC.

[GoneOffShore]

91. At the gymnasium attached to the Bouches du Rhone fire service in Coudoux.

The Sapeurs et Pompiers are running the vaccination center on the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence. Efficient, friendly, and fast.

And they are using the Pfizer.

Didn't get a cookie though.

[lunatica]

92. Had my first Moderna shot last Tuesday

It was in the pharmacy in Anderson’s Market in Santa Fe, NM. I had a sore arm for a couple of days but feel fine otherwise. They told me they would contact me for my second shot.

[SergeStorms]

93. Other: In an office.

My neighbor owns a company that travels from nursing homes/assisted living facilities to vaccinate the residents. There are some who don't want the vaccine, believe it or not, but since they already had the vaccine thawed out (Pfizer) and rather than waste the vaccine, he had a list of those over 65 in the employee's families (and in my case neighbors) who would come at a moment's notice to their office to grab the leftovers. I was never as happy to have leftovers as I was the day he called. 😁

[Marcus Pullarius]

94. county health dept. by appointment. n/t

[Treefrog]

96. Might be interesting to include haven't got it yet.

Some of us haven’t.

[OriginalGeek]

97. at work, on site - paid for by work

but administered by a local pharmacy.

I mean, our employees did not give the shots or record the information. Although we did have many of our nurses at the various main hubs for after-care in case anyone had a bad reaction.

[aggiesal]

100. I wouldn't know which one to vote for ...

I went to a stadium site that had both walk-up and drive-up lines.
Both needed reserved appointments. No appointment, no shot.

The line for drive up where hugely long, while the walk-up was long
as well, but it took me 2 hours to get through the walk-up line.

No telling how long the drive-ups took.

[NurseJackie]

103. Interesting! I had not yet heard of a dual service mass-vaccination site...

... but it certainly makes perfect sense in areas where people might uber-in or taxi-in or use public transportation to get to the site.

[aggiesal]

123. So which should I vote for? n/t

[NurseJackie]

125. I'd choose the "walk in" option, since that's the service you received.

[Wild blueberry]

102. Our excellent county health department

Wish that option were on your poll.

[Lasher]

104. Walgreens

2nd Moderna shot last Friday.

[barbtries]

105. i passed.

it was at a Duke medical building set up to handle mass vaccinations. I was completely finished with both shots and a 2 week wait by 21Feb2021, was very lucky. i just didn't see an option, but "doctor's office" might be the closest thing.

[NurseJackie]

106. I should have added an "on campus" option... but it's too late now.

I didn't think about it. (Thanks for checking-in.)

[Biophilic]

108. County health department with set up timed appointment.

Really well set up in large college athletic building. Lots of volunteers and lots of distancing. Somebody thought this through well. Had a separate section for those unable to walk the distance or otherwise needing assistance.

[Ilsa]

111. SCHEDULED Mass Vaccination Site with

National Guard. Very well staged, well-run. Moved like clockwork.

[bullwinkle428]

114. Not sure if mine was technically a "walk-in mass vac. site", as I was required to schedule

the appointment in advance online (clicked on that choice anyway), but it was very easy to do so. The first shot occurred just around 2 hours ago (Pfizer), and I'm not feeling a single thing right now as far as side effects!

[honest.abe]

117. Got mine at a church.. "mass" walk-in.

Very efficient, very well organized. Got the JJ vax.

[NurseJackie]

118. I didn't think to add "house of worship" to my poll... sorry.

Thanks for checking in! (Glad you got your vaccine shot!)

[GulfCoast66]

119. FEMA site in Orlando. Second one this morning!

Both jabs given by members of the 101st Airborne.

[NurseJackie]

120. Congratulations!

I'm finally allowing myself to be a little hopeful.

I'm glad you got both shots!

[GulfCoast66]

122. Thank you. Even better the wife got the J&J over 2 weeks ago.

[NurseJackie]

124. My sister received her Pfizer shots in a memory-care/nursing home setting.

This particular facility has had 2 residents contract covid. Two employees test positive. Zero "outbreaks" (hot spots) between residents. --- The two residents who got covid were on different floors and different staffs.

I'm very impressed by how they've handled their facility. (I'm disappointed that I haven't been able to visit my sister in over a year... but their prompt and strict actions is very likely the key to their successes.)

In an email that was forwarded to me by my niece, it explains how they've isolated the staffs of each floor to work ONLY on their assigned floor. They do not allow extra shifts on different floors, or schedule swapping with different floors. The dining rooms were closed and all meals are delivered. The activities (sadly) were discontinued, but they still found creative ways to have hallway activities with residents still remaining in their rooms (prior to the vaccine).

I've spoken with my sister on the telephone... and in spite of her dementia, she understands and recalls that something scary is going on with the covid virus. --- She tells me that she's had THREE covid shots.

I asked my niece about this and she explained to me that the "third covid shot" was actually a steroid injection.

I'm very much looking forward to being able to visit my sister again. I hope she still remembers me by the time I get there. Her mind is going quickly. I will ALWAYS HATE TRUMP for denying me this precious time before she fades away.

I guess we're lucky that she's still alive. We should count our blessings.

[Wounded Bear]

126. Yep, got mine at the Seattle VA Hospital...

not sure if that means "hospital" or "other military setting."

Checked hospital.

[NurseJackie]

128. That makes the most sense to me too. That's the one I'd have chosen.

[krispos42]

127. Walgreens

Not the one a block from my house, God no, that would be convenient.

But about 5 miles away. Last Sunday morning.

[NurseJackie]

129. Isn't that always the way?

I had a choice of a drive-through mass vaccination site that was 20 miles away in one direction or 22 miles away in the other direction. --- I chose the FURTHEST location because I know that the DC beltway is always a nightmare. Why risk it? Two lane "country roads" are faster than the beltway... almost always.

[George II]

130. Our doctor works with a large medical office (30-40 doctors in the building) I got my shot there....

....and coincidentally it was in the waiting room of our own doctor, so it was familiar surroundings.

Oh, and I got mine in my arm!

[ga_girl]

131. Local tri-county health department

Renovated defunct Sears store for both Pfizer shots. Had the second shot last week, 30 check in stations, 25 injection stations all at full staffing. Had to wait for 30 minutes due to admitting to carrying Epipen's, but even then was in and out in just under an hour.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

133. Minute Maid park in Houston

[whistler162]

134. Let me put it this way

[NurseJackie]

135. I loved that!

Great way to start my Wednesday... with a hum and a smile.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

136. From a dart, shot at me by government agents.

They were so desperate to get that chip in me!


I had it done at a nearby pharmacy.

I almost made the mistake of wearing a sweater that was tight around my neck, since it was chilly, but then realized that looser clothing would be a wiser choice.

Given that the shot was administered so high in my shoulder, I probably would've needed to be topless at the pharmacy if I'd worn the sweater.

[NurseJackie]

137. Haaaa! (That's a good idea!)

[Shrek]

138. Former public library

We got a new library a while back so the old one is vacant while they figure out what to do with it. With no books or shelves there's plenty of open space, so it makes for a decent vaccination site.

Pretty efficient setup from what I saw. Staffed by Army National Guard, regular Air Force, and civilian volunteers who had a good routine going.