Vaccination
Woo-Hoo! Today I got my first Covid vaccination (Moderna), with follow-up appointment in 4 weeks, April 8th. My best guess for why I got an email inviting me to sign up is having Kaiser medical coverage via Stanford University (as an early retiree, but I won't question it). California is currently limited to age 65+ or essential workers including all education jobs. I'd looked for appointments with pharmacies (Rite-Aid, CVS, Walgreens), but the web checklists only seemed to include staff at grades K-12, not colleges.
Meanwhile, Jonathan (age 65+) got his first shot via the county health department, and was due for his second shot today. Yesterday, they sent email to cancel his appointment (lack of vaccine supplies), saying he should use Kaiser. Kaiser's web forms only show an option for a first vaccine dose. I asked about that while waiting the 15 minutes afterward (no side effects at all yet), and they said just sign up as a 1st dose, then bring the previous vaccination card and let them know it's really a 2nd dose. That's about what I guessed last night when we booked his appointment for tomorrow.
We're using the Fremont/Pacific Commons Kaiser clinic in Alameda County even though we live in Santa Clara County (but we're near the border -- the houses across the street have their back yards in Alameda County). It's less than 15 minutes away by car, and seemed very streamlined for vaccinating, as opposed to the Gilroy Valley Health Center at the far end of the county, 45 minutes away (plus Friday evening rush hour traffic), where they seemed slow and disorganized, and his follow-up appointment had already been moved to Gilroy High School.
Meanwhile, Jonathan (age 65+) got his first shot via the county health department, and was due for his second shot today. Yesterday, they sent email to cancel his appointment (lack of vaccine supplies), saying he should use Kaiser. Kaiser's web forms only show an option for a first vaccine dose. I asked about that while waiting the 15 minutes afterward (no side effects at all yet), and they said just sign up as a 1st dose, then bring the previous vaccination card and let them know it's really a 2nd dose. That's about what I guessed last night when we booked his appointment for tomorrow.
We're using the Fremont/Pacific Commons Kaiser clinic in Alameda County even though we live in Santa Clara County (but we're near the border -- the houses across the street have their back yards in Alameda County). It's less than 15 minutes away by car, and seemed very streamlined for vaccinating, as opposed to the Gilroy Valley Health Center at the far end of the county, 45 minutes away (plus Friday evening rush hour traffic), where they seemed slow and disorganized, and his follow-up appointment had already been moved to Gilroy High School.