Getting the vaccine??

[Yppej]

Today I was getting gas and the little screen by the gas pump that plays ads to try to get you to buy snacks in the stores, or has entertainment news tidbits, ran an ad for the vaccine, among other things saying it does not contain the virus and cannot give you covid.

[jp1]

I was reading an article last week about attempts to reach people to get them vaccinated through novel outreach methods. The most successful one they mentioned was a bar somewhere that was offering a free beer to anyone that got the shot at their vaccine event. They did like 100 shots. Seemed like a cheap way to get at some some of one’s regular customers vaccinated.

Kind of gives new meaning to the phrase ‘a shot and a beer’.

[LDAHL]

I see Ohio is using some of its Covid Relief cash to fund a weekly million dollar lottery for vaccinated adults.

[happystuff]

As availability is rising in my area, I'm seeing more and more people getting the vaccine, especially at work. But they are still emailing 1-3 positive test results on people every 1-2 weeks. (And we are still required to mask up during our entire shift and that's fine with me.)

[Gardnr]

1/3 of our patients today were age 12-15

[jp1]

1/3 of our patients today were age 12-15

Awesome!

[Tybee]

I am so glad the kids can get vaccinated now, as this is the middle school high school age group, and it will be wonderful for them to be able to have normal school lives, with things like singing and playing sports. (That was the only part of school I enjoyed at that age!)

[Teacher Terry]

I felt bad for the kids losing school and their social lives. So glad that they can get vaccinated.

[Tradd]

A woman from my church has a 19 yo son going into his sophomore year of college. He has a full ride (includes room & board) to a fancy private college in the Midwest. Freshman year was all online. School has said students cannot register for fall classes (all in person) without being vaxxed. Kid flat out refuses to get the shots. Here’s the bad part - no classes this fall, kid loses his full ride. Mother is beside herself. She’s first generation American born to Eastern European immigrant parents. There was no money for college when she graduated from high school. And now she and her husband are struggling badly due to covid related job loss, so unable to help son at all. He’d have to take out school loans. If her son has told her his reasons for refusing to get vaxxed, she hasn’t said. Several elderly relatives (already in bad health) died from Covid, so you would think the kid would want to get the shot. Woman and her husband and two other teenagers have already had at least first dose.

This is not politically motivated. Family leans left.

[Yppej]

I have noticed something of a correlation between people who are not getting vaccinated and people who don't have tattoos. Could be a fear of needles.