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Spouse and I are in our 70s with no obvious underlying conditions. The state folks keep changing the system on the fly, so we know weāll be allowed to get one as of January 28. No, wait, make that February 7th. No, wait, make that February 15ā¦ no wait, make that sometime after February 7th, but we arenāt going to say how LONG after. No wait, now itās probably before the end of March. No waitā¦
The operative word, quite apparently is āwaitā.
My VA center says it will contact us when they get to our age group, taking into account other conditions. Currently they are at 75 years old. I am 73.
And Iām 71 with three underlying conditions, but I went into allergic shock over a flu vaccine. So Iāve been advised to avoid the vaccine. Guess I live whatās left of my life wearing masksā¦
Got my first jab last Tuesday, so by March, one year to the day, Iāll be (mostly) out of house arrest.
Iām sufficiently of age & have the requite handful of co-morbitities, but it was 10% pluck, 90% luck. I made āem promise me that it wouldnāt make me (any more) autistic, and Iām really not too worried about Bill Gates tracking me. Smartphones & Facebook already do a great job of thatā¦
My state, Georgia, thanks to its dysfunctional state system, has everyone playing the phone lottery. Takes 100, 200, or more redials to get through, if youāre lucky. I finally got to a human being on Friday who told me they werenāt making appointments until they got their next shipment of vaccines which would be sometime next week. Itās TFU.
When people are fully vaccinated (a week or two after the second dose), but most others arenāt yet, their lives probably shouldnāt change very much, experts say. It will most likely be safer for them to do things like visit the grocery store or the post office. People who work in places that leave them highly exposed will significantly decrease their risk ā which is why frontline workers are among the first to be eligible for the vaccine. But vaccinated people should still wear masks and avoid large groups and indoor gatherings when possible.
Qualifying to be vaccinated and finding an appointment to GET vaccinated are not the same. I qualify and I am currently on three waiting lists. I have been on them for three weeks! There are no vaccines available, so I wait. And wait . . .
When I helped my mother get the vaccine, I was amazed at how simple it was, especially in NYC. There are so many horror stories in the news. But the hardest thing about getting the shot was the cab ride to the health center.
My mom has been vaccinated and is 99 living in a facility in St Louis which has had a few outbreaks. They are also tested twice a week. My brothers are in their 70s and have been vaccinated and one goes to the VA in St Louis while the other waited in a very long line in Florida. My husband was vaccinated very soon after it came out since he is an MD at 2 different hospitals in KCMO. I have held my breath every time he went to work for the last several months. Iām 61 and in good health so I will be patient and careful. My daughter is 23 and has moderate asthma and otherwise good health and she is being very careful. None of the people I know have had side effects other than a sore arm for about 24 hours.
In my county, they are ignoring the CDC guidelines and requiring age 75, and give no consideration to health markers. Given that they also apparently have no doses available anyway, Iāve got my fingers crossed for late springā¦2022.
I got my immunity the ādown homeā way ā contracting the virus from The Bride, who got it from her chiropractorās office. The receptionist had his mask hanging off his ear. People in the waiting room without masks. That was her last visit.
Daily dose of vitamin D may have resulted in mild cases for us. Doc said the vaccine will give us a LOT more antibodies than the virus, so weāre not in a big hurry. You people can go ahead of us.
Donāt you know that those vaccines contain microchips!! Biden is sitting in the White House listening to every conversation and controlling your thoughts! The second dose will control how you vote. The only safe place now is in Brazil!
jersey made āsmokingā an underlying condition. a self inlficted wound lets you jump the line on people who cared for themselves? How many people start smoking just to get on the line?
Donāt see any comments about the idiots who caused the vax center at Dodger Stadium to close down for several hours as people had already been waiting for hours.
The rock and hard place for those in line. If it became a mob vs mob then the insane would have a high chance of infecting the sane.
This comic is about (in some communities, like mine) white people not being first in line. If this bothers you, then it is an opportunity for you to check your ingrained racism.
Iām an Uber driver, I follow the rules and wear a mask, noone gets in without one.. had a scare last week and was deactivated for a while, someone came in with Covid19.. got my test, and thankfully tested negative. Iām back to driving again but now I have a plastic screen up between me and my riders. Glad to be working.
One key thing to remember is that being vaccinated will not prevent you from getting CV19, but it will make a huge difference in your bodyās response if you do get. The anti-bodies in your system will identify and attack it quickly once they have reached their maximum level. You can still get sick, but the odds of dying are greatly reduced. That is reason enough for me.
My wife is a Nurse and has been fully vaccinated. So has my Brother who works for a Hospital from his home and theyāre both 3 years younger than me. Even my stepson at 24 yo who works at a retirement home is fully vaccinated. None had the virus and I got it early last year. Iāll be lucky if I get vaxxed before Summer
If you are sleeping well then donāt read this. Another epidemiologist doing an interview stated that his decades of experience leads him to believe that in 6-14 weeks the mutant strain is going to make things far worse than they have been to date. Oh joy!
Itās like living in a horror movie. Letās all hide behind the rack of chainsaws in the garage.
By now, Iāve got an almost intuitive sense of how far 6 feet is. (Idle curiosity: Is it 2 metres elsewhere on Earth, where everybody uses the sane system of units?)
With new Covid variants popping up every week, working for a national grocery retailer, dealing with some seriouslyā¦serious f _ _ ked-upāviolent!āmentality ill customers and trespassers, as a wage, barely above minimally required āessential worker,ā Iām doubling up my mask usage and praying everyday! Please do as well so I, and the rest of my food-chain professionals, can keep food and essentials in your home.
So Iām sitting there with the wife, Doctor gives me bad news, I say; āI want a second opinion.ā Doc says āOK..you got lousy taste in women.ā Badump Bump.
Good news, BD ā if youāre over 65 (and since you were in Nam, you probably are), and get your healthcare through the VA ā weāre having another walk-in clinic this Saturday.
BE THIS GUY about 4 years ago
My father got vaccinated and all it took was for him to be 80+ years old with a serious heart condition.
Concretionist about 4 years ago
Spouse and I are in our 70s with no obvious underlying conditions. The state folks keep changing the system on the fly, so we know weāll be allowed to get one as of January 28. No, wait, make that February 7th. No, wait, make that February 15ā¦ no wait, make that sometime after February 7th, but we arenāt going to say how LONG after. No wait, now itās probably before the end of March. No waitā¦
The operative word, quite apparently is āwaitā.
DennisinSeattle about 4 years ago
Vax envy! I love it!
RAGs about 4 years ago
My VA center says it will contact us when they get to our age group, taking into account other conditions. Currently they are at 75 years old. I am 73.
eromlig about 4 years ago
I get my first shot Wednesday, and Iām only 67 ā still wet behind the beardā¦
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member about 4 years ago
We have problems here in Europe . Iām 63 and Iām waiting ā I hope ā for October .
Argythree about 4 years ago
And Iām 71 with three underlying conditions, but I went into allergic shock over a flu vaccine. So Iāve been advised to avoid the vaccine. Guess I live whatās left of my life wearing masksā¦
braindead Premium Member about 4 years ago
Another reminder that there was NO Trump plan.
Fortunately, we donāt know if he would have sabotaged administration of the vaccines like he did the attempted responses to the pandemic.
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Maybe they would have been sold to highest bidders, with the profits going to the crime family.
Troglodyte about 4 years ago
Better than some other kinds of envy, I suppose.
Alexander the Good Enough about 4 years ago
Got my first jab last Tuesday, so by March, one year to the day, Iāll be (mostly) out of house arrest.
Iām sufficiently of age & have the requite handful of co-morbitities, but it was 10% pluck, 90% luck. I made āem promise me that it wouldnāt make me (any more) autistic, and Iām really not too worried about Bill Gates tracking me. Smartphones & Facebook already do a great job of thatā¦
katzenbooks45 about 4 years ago
My state, Georgia, thanks to its dysfunctional state system, has everyone playing the phone lottery. Takes 100, 200, or more redials to get through, if youāre lucky. I finally got to a human being on Friday who told me they werenāt making appointments until they got their next shipment of vaccines which would be sometime next week. Itās TFU.
jrlind55 about 4 years ago
Just saw a story on Fox News that ādude[s] of colorā are not being vaccinated proportional to their population.
Joseph Shelby about 4 years ago
Bit premature ā just saw an article yesterday that there are still bureaucratic roadblocks for vaccines to get to minority communities.
yankfan25 about 4 years ago
Unfortunately the pandemic has forced us into a new ānormalā in life. Sad, but we all must adjust to changes in our world.
superposition about 4 years ago
When people are fully vaccinated (a week or two after the second dose), but most others arenāt yet, their lives probably shouldnāt change very much, experts say. It will most likely be safer for them to do things like visit the grocery store or the post office. People who work in places that leave them highly exposed will significantly decrease their risk ā which is why frontline workers are among the first to be eligible for the vaccine. But vaccinated people should still wear masks and avoid large groups and indoor gatherings when possible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/upshot/after-vaccine-recommendations-experts.html
Mary Finkelstein Premium Member about 4 years ago
Qualifying to be vaccinated and finding an appointment to GET vaccinated are not the same. I qualify and I am currently on three waiting lists. I have been on them for three weeks! There are no vaccines available, so I wait. And wait . . .
Linguist about 4 years ago
Well played, Mr. Trudeau. This was truly a Laugh Out Loud satiric jab. Well done. Subtle and ironically funny on so many levels.
wdgnas about 4 years ago
@susan00100: there is no such thing as evolution. the new and deadlier strains are intelligently designedā¦
carlzr about 4 years ago
When I helped my mother get the vaccine, I was amazed at how simple it was, especially in NYC. There are so many horror stories in the news. But the hardest thing about getting the shot was the cab ride to the health center.
Masterskrain about 4 years ago
Iām 67, but itās a moot point, since the last time I checked, there were NO DOSES of the Vaccine available ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE!
notjimothy about 4 years ago
Weāll be wearing masks etc. until the world wide infection rate falls to herd immunity levels. What ever that is!
montessoriteacher about 4 years ago
My mom has been vaccinated and is 99 living in a facility in St Louis which has had a few outbreaks. They are also tested twice a week. My brothers are in their 70s and have been vaccinated and one goes to the VA in St Louis while the other waited in a very long line in Florida. My husband was vaccinated very soon after it came out since he is an MD at 2 different hospitals in KCMO. I have held my breath every time he went to work for the last several months. Iām 61 and in good health so I will be patient and careful. My daughter is 23 and has moderate asthma and otherwise good health and she is being very careful. None of the people I know have had side effects other than a sore arm for about 24 hours.
comixbomix about 4 years ago
In my county, they are ignoring the CDC guidelines and requiring age 75, and give no consideration to health markers. Given that they also apparently have no doses available anyway, Iāve got my fingers crossed for late springā¦2022.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Boomers lead the way. ā¦again.
Bruce388 about 4 years ago
I got my immunity the ādown homeā way ā contracting the virus from The Bride, who got it from her chiropractorās office. The receptionist had his mask hanging off his ear. People in the waiting room without masks. That was her last visit.
Daily dose of vitamin D may have resulted in mild cases for us. Doc said the vaccine will give us a LOT more antibodies than the virus, so weāre not in a big hurry. You people can go ahead of us.
swanridge about 4 years ago
Donāt you know that those vaccines contain microchips!! Biden is sitting in the White House listening to every conversation and controlling your thoughts! The second dose will control how you vote. The only safe place now is in Brazil!
Wizard of Ahz-no relation about 4 years ago
jersey made āsmokingā an underlying condition. a self inlficted wound lets you jump the line on people who cared for themselves? How many people start smoking just to get on the line?
Cactus-Pete about 4 years ago
Vaxxed? Sounds like being hit by an old DEC minicomputer.
admiree2 about 4 years ago
Donāt see any comments about the idiots who caused the vax center at Dodger Stadium to close down for several hours as people had already been waiting for hours.
The rock and hard place for those in line. If it became a mob vs mob then the insane would have a high chance of infecting the sane.
reedkomicks Premium Member about 4 years ago
This comic is about (in some communities, like mine) white people not being first in line. If this bothers you, then it is an opportunity for you to check your ingrained racism.
Eric S about 4 years ago
Iām an Uber driver, I follow the rules and wear a mask, noone gets in without one.. had a scare last week and was deactivated for a while, someone came in with Covid19.. got my test, and thankfully tested negative. Iām back to driving again but now I have a plastic screen up between me and my riders. Glad to be working.
cracker65 about 4 years ago
Folks this thing is going to be with us for a long time. Stay safe, and get on with your lives.
Oarsman about 4 years ago
One key thing to remember is that being vaccinated will not prevent you from getting CV19, but it will make a huge difference in your bodyās response if you do get. The anti-bodies in your system will identify and attack it quickly once they have reached their maximum level. You can still get sick, but the odds of dying are greatly reduced. That is reason enough for me.
TheWildSow about 4 years ago
Is Elias 75? Weāre doing a walk-in clinic for veterans 75 and up. BDās not 75 though, is he?
Dapperdan61 Premium Member about 4 years ago
My wife is a Nurse and has been fully vaccinated. So has my Brother who works for a Hospital from his home and theyāre both 3 years younger than me. Even my stepson at 24 yo who works at a retirement home is fully vaccinated. None had the virus and I got it early last year. Iāll be lucky if I get vaxxed before Summer
admiree2 about 4 years ago
If you are sleeping well then donāt read this. Another epidemiologist doing an interview stated that his decades of experience leads him to believe that in 6-14 weeks the mutant strain is going to make things far worse than they have been to date. Oh joy!
Itās like living in a horror movie. Letās all hide behind the rack of chainsaws in the garage.Richard S Russell Premium Member about 4 years ago
āGot a measuring tape?ā
By now, Iāve got an almost intuitive sense of how far 6 feet is. (Idle curiosity: Is it 2 metres elsewhere on Earth, where everybody uses the sane system of units?)
Bicycle Dude about 4 years ago
With new Covid variants popping up every week, working for a national grocery retailer, dealing with some seriouslyā¦serious f _ _ ked-upāviolent!āmentality ill customers and trespassers, as a wage, barely above minimally required āessential worker,ā Iām doubling up my mask usage and praying everyday! Please do as well so I, and the rest of my food-chain professionals, can keep food and essentials in your home.
Redd Panda about 4 years ago
Every time I call, I get to the point where I say āIām a 70 year old pandaā¦ā they hang up. Should I not say my age?
Redd Panda about 4 years ago
So Iām sitting there with the wife, Doctor gives me bad news, I say; āI want a second opinion.ā Doc says āOK..you got lousy taste in women.ā Badump Bump.
TheWildSow about 4 years ago
Good news, BD ā if youāre over 65 (and since you were in Nam, you probably are), and get your healthcare through the VA ā weāre having another walk-in clinic this Saturday.