Getting the vaccine??

[Tybee]

On a lark, I just logged into a nearby mass vac site and got an appt in a week for the J & J vaccine. Yeah!!

Hooray!!

[LDAHL]

I see Vermont will be prioritizing BIPOC people. The argument being they are at greater risk than their paler neighbors. And there are more brown trout than brown people in the state. I can understand their reasoning, but have to wonder about the optics.

[catherine]

...there are more brown trout than brown people in the state. I can understand their reasoning, but have to wonder about the optics.

True, so it shouldn't take too long to check off that box and move on to less at-risk populations.

We're pretty much through all the groups anyway--I think the optics are moot:

Eligible Now

People 50 years and older
People 16 years and older with high-risk health conditions
Parents and primary caregivers of children with high-risk health conditions
Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC)
English language learners and people in immigrant/refugee communities
Health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities
Public safety system workers
School staff and child care workers

Registration opens at 8:15 a.m. on April 5
People 40 years and older

Registration opens at 8:15 a.m. on April 12
People 30 years and older

Registration opens at 8:15 a.m. on April 19
People 16 years and older

[Tybee]

My kids here just got their first shots early--they got a call from the state that said they expected such a rush on Wednesday when they open up for 30 and up, did they want to come this morning, so they drove an hour and a half to the state capitol.

So happy for them!

We got our second Pfizers yesterday so am really happy for us, too! Hopefully, soon we can get together with the other grandparents at their house for dinner.

[happystuff]

Rogar - children. They mostly can’t be vaccinated yet, exist in public places, can and do get sick and do die. They are also the reason you should be sure you are up to date on pertussis. I am fully vaccinated. I expect to be teaching in a mask at least in my younger classes in the fall. Because he odds of me getting sick are very low, and the odds of me being contagious are a low portion of that, but my freedom to uncover my face is not worth the life of one kid. So enjoy the bars, but grocery stores, libraries, places indoors that kids visit....please mask up.

I agree and thank you!

[happystuff]

If we all had a scarlet letter V on our foreheads then we wouldn't have stupid regulations like vaccinated people have to wear masks and can't go to parties. There are public officials who have been honest enough to admit widespread restrictions remain in place for everyone because they do not trust unvaccinated people to follow them, so the vaccinated must suffer too.

ETA: I have a mark on my arm showing where I got the smallpox vaccine as a child, that I can roll up my sleeve and show to anyone who might doubt that I did. Showing my age here as vaccines no longer leave that circular mark.

Actually I think the scarlet letters NV would be more revealing and more informative to the general public - who to avoid, again for their own sake as well as others.

[sweetana3]

A friend is going to embroider "vaccinated" on her mask. She wants to wear it to prevent as many colds and other respiratory diseases due to health condition.

[frugal-one]

I apparently tarried too long thinking I could get the J & J vaccine. Now that it is open to all ages here, I will have a tough time finding a spot even as an older person. DH still refuses to get one so it remains a real sore spot in our dialogue. Every person I know including friends and relatives have gotten at least one shot but he still thinks it is bogus.

Why? Because of trump? If so, trump made sure he got vaccinated. That should tell him something.

[Yppej]

I saw on the news that the CDC may finally be getting ready to admit that vaccinated people are not a risk to others. Hopefully the stupid mask mandates will go away. It's pretty simple -

If you are vaccinated, no need.
If you don't want a vaccine go around others at your own risk.
If you want a vaccine but haven't been able to get one yet stay 6 feet away from other adults and 3 feet away from children.

[happystuff]

I saw on the news that the CDC may finally be getting ready to admit that vaccinated people are not a risk to others. Hopefully the stupid mask mandates will go away. It's pretty simple -

If you are vaccinated, no need.
If you don't want a vaccine go around others at your own risk.
If you want a vaccine but haven't been able to get one yet stay 6 feet away from other adults and 3 feet away from children.

ROFLOL.

Just take your mask off already, stop complaining, and accept the consequences of your actions - be that getting yourself sick or making someone else sick, or - if you and those you come in contact with get lucky - everyone LIVING happily ever after.