Vaccination free for-all

[disneysteve]

Good points and good insights that the average Joe wouldn't know about.

About 1 in 1,000 women on birth control will develop a clot each year. There are about 50 million women on birth control. I don't feel like doing the math but that's a fair number of clots.

[QuarterMillionMan]

I wonder how many of them were on birth control as that increases your clotting risk, as does smoking.

Good points and good insights that the average Joe wouldn't know about.

[disneysteve]

This JJ pause could be enough to scare reluctant people from being vaccinated at all, causing illness/deaths to way more than 6 people.

That's a legit concern. Bad press doesn't help the vaccination efforts.

[disneysteve]

More info on CNBC, 6 women out of 6.8 million J & J vaccines administered, and all were 18 - 48 women.

I wonder how many of them were on birth control as that increases your clotting risk, as does smoking.

[Snydley]

This JJ pause could be enough to scare reluctant people from being vaccinated at all, causing illness/deaths to way more than 6 people.

[QuarterMillionMan]

More info on CNBC, 6 women out of 6.8 million J & J vaccines administered, and all were 18 - 48 women.

[disneysteve]

The CDC said 6 people thusfar have gotten blood clots, which is extremely rare, but out of an abundance of caution they are halting the J & J vaccine.

I personally have seen 2 patients who got blood clots from COVID.

6 people getting it from the vaccine is concerning but likely insignificant in the grand scheme of things. I suspect the pause will be temporary.

[QuarterMillionMan]

The CDC said 6 people thusfar have gotten blood clots, which is extremely rare, but out of an abundance of caution they are halting the J & J vaccine.

[Like2Plan]

Breaking news: US halts J & J due to blood clots.

That's not good. I wonder if the way it works is similar to the AstraZeneca ?

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/hard-choices-emerge-link-between-astrazeneca-vaccine-and-rare-clotting-disorder-becomes

[QuarterMillionMan]

[QuarterMillionMan]

Breaking news: US halts J & J due to blood clots.

[Like2Plan]

"How I Got My Covid-19 Vaccine: Tales of Getting the Shot"

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-i-got-my-covid-19-vaccine-tales-of-getting-the-shot-11618240904

[disneysteve]

Found some appointments this morning and snagged them. Whoo hoo!

That's great.

I did hear on the news today that a lot of appointments are getting cancelled due to the drop in supply of the J&J shot. They had to destroy millions of doses due to a production issue. I think there are also some side effect concerns arising with J&J similar to those with Astra Zeneca in other countries, so that's going to slow things down for a bit unfortunately.

[Petunia 100]

Found some appointments this morning and snagged them. Whoo hoo!

[LivingAlmostLarge]

We did ours through a mass vaccination site as well. On one of the sheets they handed us, in small print towards the bottom, it said, "see you back here on April 25th for your second dose!". It wasn't exactly obvious, and there were no other instructions. A volunteer said no appointment is necessary, just bring your CDC card as proof that you received your first vaccine here.

I couldn't believe it would be that easy, or that we weren't required to make a 2nd appointment. But, everybody I've since called and talked to says it really is that easy. Sure enough, the app we used (Solv) to schedule our first dose just emailed a reminder and confirmation for our upcoming slot on the 25th!

I think it's badly run. They should have made appointments because it's not through solv but prepmod. The fact there are 4 different sites to check is part of the insanity. I also think that the appointments should just be done because it'll hold the spot. A lot of friend were told show up in 3-4 weeks. Most get email 2-3 days and then they book. I snagged one today from Kroger 10 days out 4/19 which is my 3 week deadline. I was up at midnight and just secured one closer to home and I'm more comfortable. DH wants a 4/23 friday shot so I'm going to be watching and then snagging him one. So we don't have to go back to the mass vaccine or worry about it.