Vaccine Pts. 3 and 4
Part 3 -
I was wrong about Indiana not having a plan - I was able to follow a few rabbit holes in the state website and find a pdf copy. It was not helpful. Lots of words but not a lot of concrete information and no schedule information - we seem to be finding out a lot of things by word of mouth. (I will say that the county north of me, where I work, is very good about keeping people updated on their health department's Facebook page.)
Part 4 -
Irish and I got the first part of the vaccine last Saturday. Hurray! My younger niece is a social worker in a nursing home about 20 miles away from us. Last Saturday, they realized they were going to have 20 doses left at the end of the day and would have to throw them away, so they told their employees they could phone family members to come in and get vaccinated. Jenna called us, we were in the car in about 15 minutes, and we got there in time to each get one. There was a large handful of people there when we arrived - I think we were among the last 1/2 dozen - and some people had already left, so I think they were able to use all 20 doses. We're supposed to get the second shot on February 27th. I'm so happy that (1) facilities aren't wasting their expiring doses and (2) Irish and I were able to get our vaccines. No terrible side effects, just annoying ones that won't last long (I'm extremely stiff and achy but it's continuing to subside; Irish had a sore arm and some stiffness and achiness, also subsiding - and we've had really cold weather too, so that probably isn't helping). I'll take a few days of feeling under the weather over the crapshoot that is covid.
Also, I find it ironic and amusing that I have a difficult time remembering what my niece's actual title is: she's the memory care facilitator.
I was wrong about Indiana not having a plan - I was able to follow a few rabbit holes in the state website and find a pdf copy. It was not helpful. Lots of words but not a lot of concrete information and no schedule information - we seem to be finding out a lot of things by word of mouth. (I will say that the county north of me, where I work, is very good about keeping people updated on their health department's Facebook page.)
Part 4 -
Irish and I got the first part of the vaccine last Saturday. Hurray! My younger niece is a social worker in a nursing home about 20 miles away from us. Last Saturday, they realized they were going to have 20 doses left at the end of the day and would have to throw them away, so they told their employees they could phone family members to come in and get vaccinated. Jenna called us, we were in the car in about 15 minutes, and we got there in time to each get one. There was a large handful of people there when we arrived - I think we were among the last 1/2 dozen - and some people had already left, so I think they were able to use all 20 doses. We're supposed to get the second shot on February 27th. I'm so happy that (1) facilities aren't wasting their expiring doses and (2) Irish and I were able to get our vaccines. No terrible side effects, just annoying ones that won't last long (I'm extremely stiff and achy but it's continuing to subside; Irish had a sore arm and some stiffness and achiness, also subsiding - and we've had really cold weather too, so that probably isn't helping). I'll take a few days of feeling under the weather over the crapshoot that is covid.
Also, I find it ironic and amusing that I have a difficult time remembering what my niece's actual title is: she's the memory care facilitator.