When we used to return to school after Christmas we would all have exchanges around “what did we get” as gifts. It was as common a question as “what did you do last summer” when we came back in September. Fast forward many years and the refrain everywhere around me is “what did you get?” In this case did we receive the Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson covid vaccination?
We have each received whichever was available when we went to get our shots, but this doesn’t seem to have stopped the conversations. Since my friends have mainly received just the first dose, we note whether we have a three week(Pfizer) or four week(Moderna) wait until the second dose or no wait at all for the Johnson & Johnson one dose vaccine.
A year ago you could not have paid me enough to believe that there would be a vaccine, much less three, available for this scourge. And you certainly would have had me laughing at the notion I would be comparing which one I got. What a difference a year makes!
Saved By Words 
I had the Astra-Zeneca, so a 12-week wait for dose two.
Julie had the Pfizer in December, and she had the second dose last Thursday.
I posted this about vaccine snobbery, while you were indisposed.
https://beetleypete.com/2021/02/14/thinking-aloud-on-a-sunday-123/
Best wishes, Pete.
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Too funny. We don’t have any idea which is better, but we like to swap tales anyway.
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We get whatever is available…but it doesn’t stop the comparisons….
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I am just happy to have had whatever they gave me.
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Me too.
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I too signed up for the first available shot. It is indeed a topsy turvy world. I agreed to get a flue shot in August, the two Covid shots, and this week my pneumonia shot. I would have bet dollars to donuts that I was done with vaccines years ago.
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To say nothing of shingles vaccine!
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I forgot about that one. I did get the shingles shot. I had shingles Jan 2020 and it was the most horrific pain I have ever endured.
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I actually got the chicken pox(again) after I had my shingles shot. I guess it is a very rare(not rare enough)possibility.
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Wow. My daughter has had shingles three times. The won’t let her have the shingles shot until she is fifty. She has a few years to go.
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How dreadful.
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flu shot LOL
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LOL
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This scenario would be a dream in Massachusetts. I am 70 and a teacher (both qualify for the vaccine), yet every day there are no available appointments anywhere. You might have read about this nightmare. ‘Nuff said.
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That’s shocking, Jennie. All of the active teachers I know in California who want the vaccine have had one or two injections.
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It is shocking, Pete. Once March 11th hits and teachers become part of the pool, it will be worse. Hubby is retired and keeps trying every day to get an appointment.
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That is awful.
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It is. I was at it again this morning before 6:00 AM. No luck.
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Yikes.
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Here they set up special clinics for teachers at schools. The town set up a clinic just for day care providers.
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I didn’t know this. I only read that Massachusetts had opened up a lot. Makes no sense without vaccine availability.
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Exactly. I feel like Charlie, hoping for a golden ticket in a candy bar.
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We’re still waiting patiently. I’ll gladly take whatever comes my way. Considering the alternative, I don’t know why this is such a tough choice.
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We don’t have a choice, but we seem to enjoy discussing it anyway.
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Most Canadians are still waiting for our first dose. Our government has decided that it could be up to 4 months between doses so that available supplies can be used to get a first dose into as many arms as possible. I will accept whatever I am given and hope for maximum efficacy.
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I guess that one shot to lots of people is probably better though I wish they had more doses/
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It’s too bad all the states couldn’t have been on the same page, it is different everywhere. In Vermont, we just opened up on Monday for age 65 and I was able to schedule my first shot for last Friday. At that time, they scheduled me for my second shot in four weeks.
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It is very frustrating to so many people that the requirements are so different from state to state. People from out of state have tried to get shots here, but they are unqualified.
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I haven’t got nothing yet and will not for a while. On Finland we are now vaccinating elder people who have some illnesses. We have not enough vaccines yet, need more…Just have to wait… and wait some more…
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How frustrating. I just went over and read your post about the virus in Finland. I hope it comes under control sooner rather than later.
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I really do hope so too, thank you for the support!
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You are welcome.
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INDEED! this last year seems like five or six mashed into one!
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At least.
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The comparisons go. Some people are particular over the ones they don’t wanna get.
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And now there is a fuss about one of your choices I see.
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