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mcgruff10 said:

Just found out that my wife and I get our first Pfizer vaccination shot this Thursday!

Awesome!  I just got past the 2 week after my 2nd dose, so should be fully vaccinated.  It’s a pretty great feeling, not gonna lie.

cincybearcat

Are you all really that old? How the hell are you getting the vaccine?

mace1229

cincybearcat said:

Are you all really that old? How the hell are you getting the vaccine?

A lot of essential workers, including teachers, have gotten the vaccine. They did 19,000 teachers in Colorado in 1 weekend. That was about 2 weeks ago

cincybearcat

mace1229 said:

cincybearcat said:

Are you all really that old? How the hell are you getting the vaccine?

A lot of essential workers, including teachers, have gotten the vaccine. They did 19,000 teachers in Colorado in 1 weekend. That was about 2 weeks ago

Yeah well I know plenty of people that were considered essential when the shit hit the fan, and never stopped working, who wait and wait

yesh I know states are doing it differently...and I know how some of you got yours. But man it’s stuff like this that makes me hate the lack of a federal plan 

cincybearcat

mace1229 said:

cincybearcat said:

Are you all really that old? How the hell are you getting the vaccine?

A lot of essential workers, including teachers, have gotten the vaccine. They did 19,000 teachers in Colorado in 1 weekend. That was about 2 weeks ago

There are doing all teachers and staff in Ohio this month (1st shots). Moved ahead of the line, ahead of 65 year olds, ahead of people that have been making the food you eat and the tp you wipe with.

mace1229

cincybearcat said:

mace1229 said:

cincybearcat said:

Are you all really that old? How the hell are you getting the vaccine?

A lot of essential workers, including teachers, have gotten the vaccine. They did 19,000 teachers in Colorado in 1 weekend. That was about 2 weeks ago

There are doing all teachers and staff in Ohio this month (1st shots). Moved ahead of the line, ahead of 65 year olds, ahead of people that have been making the food you eat and the tp you wipe with.

What was and wasn't labeled essential when this all first started never really made sense to me. But my assumption is teachers are rushed to get vaccinated so we can reopen schools. Ours is set to open fully in about a months. We've been hybrid almost all year, except for the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas. But with the vaccine push we've been told we're going back 100% in March. 

dankind

We got the survey yesterday from our school district about whether we'd send our kids back to school if they reopen in April. 

We opted for fully remote in that event. The town's school buildings were questionable before Covid-19. Kids were passing out in two of the elementary schools, and, of course, the folks the district engaged to investigate found no causes for concern.

We'll send them in September when more people are vaccinated, including mom and dad (we hope!).

Spunkie

^It's a tough choice, for sure. As cases in school mirror that of the community, its nice we're presently on the safer side again.

mace1229

What doesn't make sense to me is only focusing on the teachers. Our superintendent has said for months that once teachers have an opportunity to get vaccinated, we'll return to 100% in person. Completely ignoring the community. The fact that for every 1 teacher theres about 50 or 60 parents, dozens of grandparents these kids go home to. And the teacher's families. Its still believe you can catch and carry the virus once vaccinated, so opening schools based on one small population getting vaccinated doesn't make sense to me. That could be one factor, but not the only factor. 

F Me In The Brain

dankind said:

We got the survey yesterday from our school district about whether we'd send our kids back to school if they reopen in April. 

We opted for fully remote in that event. The town's school buildings were questionable before Covid-19. Kids were passing out in two of the elementary schools, and, of course, the folks the district engaged to investigate found no causes for concern.

We'll send them in September when more people are vaccinated, including mom and dad (we hope!).

Yeah, our school goes back to 4 days a week soon and we still have the option to keep at home.  Will do so for the remainder of this semester and hope that everyone has vaccine access by fall - seeming like that should be the case.

F Me In The Brain

cutz said:

F Me In The Brain said:

mcgruff10 said:

Just found out that my wife and I get our first Pfizer vaccination shot this Thursday!

Good news!

That is GOOD news!!

I'm in NJ and  my 82 year old Mom hasn't got  her first shot. I signed her up about 2 weeks ago, after trying for 3 weeks or so. Seems to be no rhyme or reason how this is getting done? A friend of mine who's 81 , and retired, has already got both his shots.  A friends-Friend , who is 66, and retired, got both of his shots too. 

Damn, how could that be?  Is her group eligible, there just isnt an appointment open?

I am in 1C but not eligible yet.  A neighbor is 1C and for some reason is eligible (she had some health issues in the past) but is younger than me...although she is driving 45 mins to a spot that had openings.

bootlegger10

cincybearcat said:

Are you all really that old? How the hell are you getting the vaccine?

Some places will let anyone get a vaccine if there are cancellations so that the vaccine doesn’t go to waste.  You might ask around if you want the vaccine sooner.  Better than it going to waste.

Weston1283

A piece of good news

We get a daily or every other day update from hospital admin outlining the number of COVID inpatients and what not, and these numbers have been quickly trending down

Today, we have the fewest number of COVID inpatients admitted to our main hospital since this started in March 2020 (Community hospital in Massachusetts)

bootlegger10

That is good news.  Hope the trend continues.

F Me In The Brain

Great to hear!

Poncier

Weston1283 said:

A piece of good news

We get a daily or every other day update from hospital admin outlining the number of COVID inpatients and what not, and these numbers have been quickly trending down

Today, we have the fewest number of COVID inpatients admitted to our main hospital since this started in March 2020 (Community hospital in Massachusetts)

That is good. Been checking the dashboard daily and hospitalizations state wide are declining at a steady pace. Getting folks vaccinated and being 2 months clear of the holidays is getting things back on track. Positive test rate back under 2% after getting up to 8% range in early January.
Lets hope the vaccine roll out gets a bit smoother (so Chuckles Baker doesn't have to tell us he's pissed off after a web site crash) and we can be back to some semblance of normalcy by summer.

dankind

Poncier said:

Weston1283 said:

A piece of good news

We get a daily or every other day update from hospital admin outlining the number of COVID inpatients and what not, and these numbers have been quickly trending down

Today, we have the fewest number of COVID inpatients admitted to our main hospital since this started in March 2020 (Community hospital in Massachusetts)

That is good. Been checking the dashboard daily and hospitalizations state wide are declining at a steady pace. Getting folks vaccinated and being 2 months clear of the holidays is getting things back on track. Positive test rate back under 2% after getting up to 8% range in early January.
Lets hope the vaccine roll out gets a bit smoother (so Chuckles Baker doesn't have to tell us he's pissed off after a web site crash) and we can be back to some semblance of normalcy by summer.

Winter break just ended, though. Hope things still look good in two weeks.

Poncier

dankind said:

Poncier said:

Weston1283 said:

A piece of good news

We get a daily or every other day update from hospital admin outlining the number of COVID inpatients and what not, and these numbers have been quickly trending down

Today, we have the fewest number of COVID inpatients admitted to our main hospital since this started in March 2020 (Community hospital in Massachusetts)

That is good. Been checking the dashboard daily and hospitalizations state wide are declining at a steady pace. Getting folks vaccinated and being 2 months clear of the holidays is getting things back on track. Positive test rate back under 2% after getting up to 8% range in early January.
Lets hope the vaccine roll out gets a bit smoother (so Chuckles Baker doesn't have to tell us he's pissed off after a web site crash) and we can be back to some semblance of normalcy by summer.

Winter break just ended, though. Hope things still look good in two weeks.

Yep, let's hope so.
We seem to have avoided a Super Bowl spike (snowstorm probably helped), hopefully Feb vacation spike doesn't happen.

cutz

F Me In The Brain said:

cutz said:

F Me In The Brain said:

mcgruff10 said:

Just found out that my wife and I get our first Pfizer vaccination shot this Thursday!

Good news!

That is GOOD news!!

I'm in NJ and  my 82 year old Mom hasn't got  her first shot. I signed her up about 2 weeks ago, after trying for 3 weeks or so. Seems to be no rhyme or reason how this is getting done? A friend of mine who's 81 , and retired, has already got both his shots.  A friends-Friend , who is 66, and retired, got both of his shots too. 

Damn, how could that be?  Is her group eligible, there just isnt an appointment open?

I am in 1C but not eligible yet.  A neighbor is 1C and for some reason is eligible (she had some health issues in the past) but is younger than me...although she is driving 45 mins to a spot that had openings.

Good question because, like I said, I know a friend of mine who's a year younger(81) then my mom(82) and he's retired and has no underlying health issues. I'd have to think her group is eligible since my friend got his shots, and their both in the same Group. 

My friends friend who is 66, retired, no underlying issues, has gotten both of his shots too. GREAT for them, but I admit I have no clue how it's being done in NJ. 

What Group is in 1C ? 

23scidoo

My father did his first dose yesterday..no side effects yet..