Getting the vaccine??

[Yppej]

Finally a glimmer of common sense. Vermont says if you are fully vaccinated you can travel there without being quarantined or tested upon arrival. No such logic in my state, so EVEN IF vaccinated and I went there I would still need to be quarantined and/or tested upon my return. What a waste of tests, which are still scarce some places.

My governor continues to implement new restrictions. Last week we could visit North Dakota, Puerto Rico or Hawaii, but this week North Dakota is forbidden again. We can't have people from sparsely populated Massachusetts going to densely populated North Dakota. Being around all those people could make us sick.

[herbgeek]

My governor continues to implement new restrictions.

And he's removing some prematurely. On Monday, the limitation on restaurants capacity is being lifted. Despite the number of new cases still being relatively high.

[jp1]

Yes, having the normal side effects from the vaccine is fine. Another example of that is the shingrix vaccine side effects. With both shots I had a moderate fever for about 24 hours.

[herbgeek]

Catherine and others- I have found this site describes each of the vaccines's, the trials, and results in language that I can understand, as a non medically educated person- this link is for the J+J vaccine : https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/sc...id-19-vaccine/

[Rogar]

Heard on the news today that one of the Moderna side effects is a very itchy rash around the injection site. Hadn't heard of that before. YLMV

A friend who is a health care worker got what is being called "Covid arm", which is inflamation and rash around the injection site and could occur up to a week after the Moderna vaccination and could last for up to a week. Apparently it is most common after the first dose and the estimate I saw was 1% of those vaccinated. The example I saw when I looked it up showed pretty significant swelling. She reported the symptoms to the CDC. I've not seen anything similar with the Pfizer.

[KayLR]

Finally a glimmer of common sense. Vermont says if you are fully vaccinated you can travel there without being quarantined or tested upon arrival. No such logic in my state, so EVEN IF vaccinated and I went there I would still need to be quarantined and/or tested upon my return. What a waste of tests, which are still scarce some places.

My governor continues to implement new restrictions. Last week we could visit North Dakota, Puerto Rico or Hawaii, but this week North Dakota is forbidden again. We can't have people from sparsely populated Massachusetts going to densely populated North Dakota. Being around all those people could make us sick.

Dang! There goes my North Dakota spa vacation!

[Yppej]

KayLR are you talking this place? It looks pretty cool.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...7&ff=119662151

[Yppej]

Today I met with my parents and DB who lives with them parked in our respective cars with the heat on and the windows down. Once my parents are fully vaccinated he is fine with me going to their house to visit. He is like me, sees the risk as mainly to the elderly, believes vaccines work, and thinks only N95 masks are effective at stopping covid. He says he and I can sit at opposite ends of their living room. So if the weather is good we will meet outdoors but if not indoors. I realize I am probably the last person here to not socialize with anyone outside my household indoors since the pandemic began, so maybe no big deal to you, but living in a cold climate it is huge to me. The only reason I would postpone this is if I or DB have a pending appointment ourselves for a shot, because then the end is in sight. Otherwise being away from my family for over year will be time enough.

If we get another pandemic in the future I might do like everyone else and socialize anyways. I don't know. I feel with climate change we will have more and more of these issues and I don't want to live in isolation the majority of my life.

[bae]

I haven't socialized indoors with anyone outside my household since the pandemic began.

Except for one other person, who I virtually-joined our two households with shortly after the pandemic began. We travel back-and-forth freely, in a covid-safe fashion. It's as if we are living in the same house, transmission-wise.

Kind of put a damper on my Tinder game. :-)

[dado potato]

Kudos to the Walla Walla County (Washington) Volunteer Corps.

Walla Walla County Health Department operates a COVID vaccination center at the fairgrounds with 1,800 local volunteers. They administer 12,000 doses of vaccine per day (as of 2/28/2021). An article in the Union-Bulletin says they feel they have enough vaccine for residents of other counties, and they welcome "vaccine tourism ...from all over the state".

Medical Volunteers, all with active licenses:
administer vaccines
watch people after vaccination in a waiting area for possible reactions

Pharmacists (volunteering in 3-hour shifts):
mix vaccine with saline

General Volunteers:
direct traffic
give rides from parking areas to entrance in golf carts, as needed
greet people (Spanish-speaking translators are at every clinic)
screen for COVID symptoms
help people fill out paperwork

The public health officer for Walla Walla County, Dr. Kaminsky, starts every morning with a pep talk for the volunteers. I presume the general volunteers may vary in their commitment of time to the vaccination center, and they are coordinated by a stalwart employee of the heath department, but the articles I saw in the newspaper did not get into these details.