Who's been covid vaxxed? Stand up and be counted.

[jimmyjazz 46968]

Texas is moving to 50 and older.

[Napoleon 8801]

I waited in line at least 5 minutes before a lady took me out of line to go up a separate elevator. 

Then it was 45 to 60 long seconds before a lady checked me in.

Next, after nearly a 1 1/2 minute wait that felt like all the world like it was 2, a booth opened up and I could finally get my vaccine. 
 

SIDE NOTE: I need to start working out. 💪

[The Dog 44771]

44 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Just heard from my son who happened to be driving by Kelly Reeves and says there was a 4 car wreck outside the stadium on Parmer.

there was one Monday morning as well. They really need to get some traffic control over there because it's a clusterfuck turning into that place. Everyone in a hurry.

[Hate 20232]

I waited in line at least 5 minutes before a lady took me out of line to go up a separate elevator. 
Then it was 45 to 60 long seconds before a lady checked me in.
Next, after nearly a 1 1/2 minute wait that felt like all the world like it was 2, a booth opened up and I could finally get my vaccine. 
 
SIDE NOTE: I need to start working out.

And tanning.

[Napoleon 8801]

36 minutes ago, Hate said:

...And tanning.

My head practically screams “Southern Italia!” compared the face of the lady who gave me my shot. 

But yes, I am on the pale side of the Caucasian spectrum at this time. I’m not British-level white, but perhaps my arms are “winter Dutch”.

[gmr548 16681]

Louisiana has smokers or former smokers eligible for the vaccine now.  In other words, they have opened it to everyone.

My mom smoked and I hit a joint now and then in college. Good enough for me!

[Jerry Callo 8952]

there was one Monday morning as well. They really need to get some traffic control over there because it's a clusterfuck turning into that place. Everyone in a hurry.

At 2:35 a motorcycle cop showed up to direct traffic. Complete clusterfuck prior to that.

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2153]

1 hour ago, Napoleon said:

My head practically screams “Southern Italia!” compared the face of the lady who gave me my shot. 

But yes, I am on the pale side of the Caucasian spectrum at this time. I’m not British-level white, but perhaps my arms are “winter Dutch”.

So you see, way back then Southern Italians were like wops from Northern Italy. They all had blonde hair and blue eyes, but then the Moors moved in there, and they changed the whole country.

[BigDHornfan 6625]

24hrs in from 2nd Pfizer dose.
Slept all day with body aches.
Fever broke a couple hours ago and I am starting to feel normal again.

['stache 22115]

Getting my first Moderna shot on Friday morning. I expect side effects because I'm a pussy and get completely shut down by the flu or sinus infections. Maybe it'll be a nice opportunity to sleep all day.

[Bevo Num1 1061]

Over 24 hours since first Moderna shot. I couldn't sleep for shit last night because my arm was fucking killing me. Woke up at 1230 am and couldn't get comfortable enough to fall asleep until 2 am. Mild headache today, which could be allergies, but nothing else to report.

[Izhmash 577]

4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Nothing screams "great idea" in a pandemic like "portapotty".

Saw several folks going in them with no masks, while waiting to get vaxxed. Found that a little perplexing...

[Kyrie Eleison 9312]

I waited in line at least 5 minutes before a lady took me out of line to go up a separate elevator. 
Then it was 45 to 60 long seconds before a lady checked me in.
Next, after nearly a 1 1/2 minute wait that felt like all the world like it was 2, a booth opened up and I could finally get my vaccine. 
 
SIDE NOTE: I need to start working out.

so many questions...

[StruggleBus 3922]

11 minutes ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

so many questions...

I thought every surly poster looked like that. Except fatter and older.

[Kyrie Eleison 9312]

I thought every surly poster looked like that. Except fatter and older.

admittedly i do sport the Playboy medallion...

[Hate 20232]

nm.

 

Edited March 11, 2021 by Hate

[APMP 688]

There will probably be mutations and boosters. And we still have a lot of shoulders to jab. But in America there's been a death a minute for the last year (525,600, as the song goes). And most of us know someone that didn't make it.

So cheers to y'all for doing what you had to and getting to this point. May we all soon be in a sea of vaccinated burnt orange at DKR, where the only sick feelings are on the visitor's sideline as Bijan breaks off long runs again and again.

[South Austin 53153]

10 hours ago, OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys said:

They all had blonde hair and blue eyes, but then the Moors moved in there, and they changed the whole country.

I’m sorry, the correct answer is “the Moops.”

['stache 22115]

10 hours ago, StruggleBus said:

I thought every surly poster looked like that. Except fatter and older.

I’m fatter, older, and much more hairy.

[midtown 3350]

I completely agree with this article.  I've said the same thing on surly and I've said it to my friends and family.   So tired of the continual doom and gloom even as one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of disease is in the process of being rolled out.     I realize its behind a paywall but I assume everyone on surly has subs to WSJ and Financial Times

https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-prescription-get-the-vaccine-wait-a-month-return-to-normal-11615401516?mod=opinion_lead_pos5

Edited March 11, 2021 by midtown

[Guest Lobo]

Does that dude shave his entire body?  And did he bring the martini glass with him, or is that fanciest urine receptacle the nurses had?  

[Buzzrock 15115]

Thought I was having side effects this morning but it turns out I just got hammered last night.

[Hanrahan 1306]

Now 46 hours out from Moderna number two and nada. Sore arm has resolved and so other side effects. Same for my wife.

[Armybrat 41316]

13 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

15 hours ago, The Dog said:

there was one Monday morning as well. They really need to get some traffic control over there because it's a clusterfuck turning into that place. Everyone in a hurry.

At 2:35 a motorcycle cop showed up to direct traffic. Complete clusterfuck prior to that.

There were two motorcycle cops inside the parking lot when we left. They were apparently engaged in a training session by riding around some traffic cones set up in the southernmost part of the lot that was vacant.

[South Austin 53153]

35 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Thought I was having side effects this morning but it turns out I just got hammered last night.

I was the opposite after Shot No. 2.  I woke up the next morning around 7am feeling like shit and thinking it was just the Scotch.  By 10am, I was still lying in bed and knew it wasn't a hangover.  Flu-like symptoms all day. 

[Beau Vine 55816]

16 hours ago, kevwun said:

Louisiana has smokers or former smokers eligible for the vaccine now.  In other words, they have opened it to everyone.

What about that one guy who lives in Louisiana who has never smoked?

[kevwun 16269]

He's still eligible because of 2nd hand smoke.

[Neonmoon 38130]

2nd shot yesterday. Went to bed with some body aches but woke up in the middle of the night with fever and chills. Fun times. Feel better now but still sluggish. 

[Hate 20232]

Just got my first shot of Moderna. We’ll see how it goes. I was hopeful I was getting the J&J so I didn’t have to come back, but I’m not going to complain.

[Brisketexan 106615]

1 hour ago, midtown said:

I completely agree with this article.  I've said the same thing on surly and I've said it to my friends and family.   So tired of the continual doom and gloom even as one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of disease is in the process of being rolled out.     I realize its behind a paywall but I assume everyone on surly has subs to WSJ and Financial Times

https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-prescription-get-the-vaccine-wait-a-month-return-to-normal-11615401516?mod=opinion_lead_pos5

Yeah, I can't really disagree.  Vaccination is THE silver bullet here.  Get them, and be rewarded.

We can offer some voices of moderation about protecting those who can't yet be vaccinated (kids....who are also the least vulnerable.  Truly, for THEM, it's not as serious a risk as the flu), and some advance thoughts on how to quickly tamp down future outbreaks (again, we have periodic flu outbreaks that we tamp down -- we shut down a school for a few days, we might require students to wear masks for a couple of weeks, maybe do the same thing with an office, that sort of thing), but the message should be that if enough of us get vaccinated, ESPECIALLY anyone particularly vulnerable, we can knock this down to being just another seasonal respiratory illness, which is still dangerous, but no more dangerous than what we've long since learned to live with.

Because on the other side of the equation is a healthy and happy functioning humanity and human economy.  Those things matter.  We can and should be willing to restrict them temporarily, with clearly articulated goals in sight, but a message of "this is indefinite" is counter-productive.

[Hate 20232]

Ok, now I’m a little worried about side effects. I’m at Walmart waiting out my 15 minutes and I saw a man walk by wearing a Tim Couch Cleveland Browns jersey. Are hallucinations one of the side effects??

['stache 22115]

36 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Yeah, I can't really disagree.  Vaccination is THE silver bullet here.  Get them, and be rewarded.

We can offer some voices of moderation about protecting those who can't yet be vaccinated (kids....who are also the least vulnerable.  Truly, for THEM, it's not as serious a risk as the flu), and some advance thoughts on how to quickly tamp down future outbreaks (again, we have periodic flu outbreaks that we tamp down -- we shut down a school for a few days, we might require students to wear masks for a couple of weeks, maybe do the same thing with an office, that sort of thing), but the message should be that if enough of us get vaccinated, ESPECIALLY anyone particularly vulnerable, we can knock this down to being just another seasonal respiratory illness, which is still dangerous, but no more dangerous than what we've long since learned to live with.

Because on the other side of the equation is a healthy and happy functioning humanity and human economy.  Those things matter.  We can and should be willing to restrict them temporarily, with clearly articulated goals in sight, but a message of "this is indefinite" is counter-productive.

Having become more comfortable wearing masks (most of us at least), I can forsee in the future intermittent mask wearing during the height of flu season. It's really not that difficult and would help a lot. I'm curious if we can truly stamp this thing out of existence through vaccines or if we are going to have to get revaccinated on a regular basis.

[Brisketexan 106615]

1 minute ago, 'stache said:

Having become more comfortable wearing masks (most of us at least), I can forsee in the future intermittent mask wearing during the height of flu season. It's really not that difficult and would help a lot. I'm curious if we can truly stamp this thing out of existence through vaccines or if we are going to have to get revaccinated on a regular basis.

We can't stamp it out through vaccines.  At least not anytime soon.  If we can get it knocked far enough back to where additional variants stop cropping up, then we'll have a shot...but see what Pods noted in another post.  The virus can live in a reservoir in the animal population.   So, if it's still out there getting transmitted between ferrets and whatnot....it's still out there, and can crop back up.

One day, long ago, the flu leaped from animals to humans (probably umpteen thousand years ago, when we started domesticating pigs and such).  Once that happened, it became endemic.  We just saw that happen with a new virus, COVID.  It's going to follow the same path as the flu -- it's going to be with us in some way probably forever.

[kevwun 16269]

The key difference is that it doesn't mutate as much as the flu, so vaccines can very effectively control it and keeps it's spread among human at a low level.

[Pescado_Rojo 19557]

I suspect we will end up needing boosters once in a while for new mutations and such. I wonder if we will ever get to a point that it could be added to a flu shot where it's one injection they recommend you get annually. 

[Brisketexan 106615]

13 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

I suspect we will end up needing boosters once in a while for new mutations and such. I wonder if we will ever get to a point that it could be added to a flu shot where it's one injection they recommend you get annually. 

Oh, that's a GREAT idea.  Let's get the flu and COVID together, where they can have drinks and come up with a way to fuck us over TOGETHER.  No, nope.  I'm on to you, good sir.  Not gonna take that bait.

[Hate 20232]

I suspect we will end up needing boosters once in a while for new mutations and such. I wonder if we will ever get to a point that it could be added to a flu shot where it's one injection they recommend you get annually. 

There are already two different drugs due out this fall that stop Covid from becoming serious similar to Tamiflu for the flu. I don’t think we will need more vaccinations going forward because of that. It may require someone that has tested positive to isolate for a few days until the medicine has done what it needs to do, but I don’t see a vaccine being necessary. I could absolutely be wrong about that as I am not a doctor nor did I stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.

[EuroHorn 3287]

1 hour ago, Hate said:

Ok, now I’m a little worried about side effects. I’m at Walmart waiting out my 15 minutes and I saw a man walk by wearing a Tim Couch Cleveland Browns jersey. Are hallucinations one of the side effects??

Was it Johnny Manziel?

[South Austin 53153]

29 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

The virus can live in a reservoir in the animal population. 

[Marcusshelton 86]

First shots in arms of me and my wife. 3 minutes left of the watch period and back to work. 

[BearSchlong 8231]

Ditto here, me and the wife, Pfizer dose 1.

[gmr548 16681]

The virus can live in a reservoir in the animal population. 

The obvious answer has been hiding in plain sight the entire time. For the good of humanity, aggy must be perma-quarantined.

[Homercles 10206]

18 hours ago, The Dog said:

there was one Monday morning as well. They really need to get some traffic control over there because it's a clusterfuck turning into that place. Everyone in a hurry.

Both times I’ve had to drive over there it was a cluster getting off Parmer (driving south) because people don’t properly use the shoulder to pull over, slow down and turn in...some slow way down in traffic while looking to see if it’s the correct entrance, some slam on the brakes and wheel in suddenly, others pull over a quarter mile early and slow to a crawl, and the second time a lady pulled past it on the shoulder before reversing back against traffic.  Just dumbassery all around 

[Shoxthemonkey 1992]

Just had the first dose of Moderna. I hate to give credit to our state/county but the process was pretty well run. They were set up in the activity center of our local college with 18-20 stations for giving shots. A dozen people were guiding traffic in and out of the parking lot, 10 people were checking people in. Got the shot and waited by the snack bar for 15 minutes, ate a couple of homemade cookies and came back home. No signs of side effects other than typical arm soreness at the injection site. There was a steady stream of people moving through so it won't take long to get everybody in our county (15K or so) that wants it. Hopefully the supply issues that Kansas has had are in the past. Get the vaccine, get normal.

Edit to add that it was less than an hour from leaving the house to returning including a 12 mile drive each way.

Edited March 11, 2021 by Shoxthemonkey

[Marcusshelton 86]

44 minutes ago, Marcusshelton said:

First shots in arms of me and my wife. 3 minutes left of the watch period and back to work. 

Forgot to say we got Moderna. 

[Armybrat 41316]

22 hours after jab, no more sore arm, but was very unsteady on my feet in the shower just now.

Am a bit more tired than usual. Pulse rate 92 bpm.

Just old probably.

Edited March 11, 2021 by Armybrat

[PantsTent 2003]

1 hour ago, Armybrat said:

22 hours after jab, no more sore arm, but was very unsteady on my feet in the shower just now.

Am a bit more tired than usual. Pulse rate 92 bpm.

Just old probably.

92 bpm is 5G speeds

[sidis 9990]

20 hours ago, Napoleon said:

I waited in line at least 5 minutes before a lady took me out of line to go up a separate elevator. 

Then it was 45 to 60 long seconds before a lady checked me in.

Next, after nearly a 1 1/2 minute wait that felt like all the world like it was 2, a booth opened up and I could finally get my vaccine. 
 

SIDE NOTE: I need to start working out. 💪

so you are one of those Argentinians, eh?  Ones with that skin complexion that decided South America was looking a bit nicer than northern Europe in the mid-1940's?

[NeverMarryAStripper 22241]

Got my first Pfizer shot this morning.  It made my blood pressure skyrocket and and caused me to be very angry.  That was either a reaction to the vaccine or from dealing with the Harris County Tax Office, I'm not sure which.

[jimmyjazz 46968]

3 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

I suspect we will end up needing boosters once in a while for new mutations and such. I wonder if we will ever get to a point that it could be added to a flu shot where it's one injection they recommend you get annually. 

Bill Gates is gonna be so fucking rich.  

Well, so fucking richer.