Vaccine Availability in NYS

[sheepherder]

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[mrerick]

Health centers in our state showed no appointments for a couple weeks until I figured out that they were posting availability each morning based on expected and received vaccine supplies. I kept looking first thing in the morning and after a few days, dozens of appointment slots appeared.
Your state will administrate this differently, but it's worth checking back repeatedly.
Mine came through a regional medical center, and I accessed the appointment through their online EPIC electronic health records system application.

[Edward Tinker]

Here in Washington state, it was really screwy - state stated 75+, then 65+ - VA on the same day, was 75, 65 and 55 in different VA clinics. I reached out a couple of weeks ago and found that my email and phone were wrong, let alone the correct VA I should go to. Got it straightened out after 3 calls, then got an appt for a Johnson shot, got it 2 weeks ago saturday - get those shots... Even if you think they don't do much...

[Norme]

Here's what life is like on the other side of the syringe:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/n...gtype=Homepage

[MikeP]

I'm moving around quite a bit right now and have a hard time scheduling something. Nobody I have contacted, including the VA, will give you one and let you get another someplace else.

[spacecoast]

I plan on getting my shots right after my first flu shot.

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

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Rich, unless I'm mistaken,the page you linked lists NYS clinics. Last month, pharmacies began to vaccinate us geezers 60+. It's down to 30+ now (or 16+ if in a risk group) I was able to make an appointment at the CVS in Watkins Glen, which is about equidistant to Ithaca from me. 2nd jab was accomplished this Monday, so I'll be able to hug my grandson on his birthday in a little over two weeks.

Wal-Mart, Kinney, Rite-Aid, and many independents have pages you can watch and/or sign up for the appointment waiting list. Today, CVS seems to be mostly booked--but there are some outlets with availabilities--Ithaca is one, so is Greece. https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine

This is my county's page. Scroll down for links to a bunch of pharmacies and chains to check for appointment or waiting lists. https://www.schuylercounty.us/civicalerts.aspx?aid=469

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Rich, unless I'm mistaken,the page you linked lists NYS clinics.

I'm on both NYS DOH and Niagara County DOH lists. Both list No Appointments Available whenever I check. There is no announcements of availability, the sites just post a URL and shut it down when the vaccine allotment is met. I've actually gotten through to the sites before they could shut them down but after the allotment had been met. (Pic below).

As of this morning, most all eastern NYS sites had availability (NY City especially) but not western NYS.

My county DOH has assigned me to either Tops Supermarket or Wegmans pharmacy. I don't get a choice of others. NYS DOH has a bunch of sites, closest is in Buffalo but still no availability.

If a site gets in 1,000 doses, they post it on the site and the list is filled in less than 10 minutes (according to the local paper).

Lately, the PFizer vaccine seems to be predominant. Some Jannsen [J&J] has been distributed by NYS DOH but in lots of less than 500.

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[tomaustin]

an old-fashioned calf scramble.................

[sheepherder]

I am by nature a pessimist. (That means I hope for the best but prepare for the worst). The nearest facility that most often appears to have vaccine available is in Rochester [Henrietta], which is about an hour and a half drive away from me. That's in good weather, with no road construction. I do not know what the window of opportunity is for the vaccination appointments but I expect that if I chose this facility I would have to leave at least an hour early. It's listed as a PFizer vaccine.

One of my lady friends (the only one, actually ) has advised me to wait for the Janssen/J&J vaccine, so I checked the CDC site on that vaccine option -

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...s/janssen.html

Only 66% effective in clinical trials??? I'll make sure I get the Moderna or PFizer vaccines...whenever they become available...

[tomaustin]

I get my second Moderna on 4-9...then wait patiently for another 3 weeks for the curing period, as one of my friends called it....then I should be good to go, with continued precautions from the building crowds at the spring festivals and picnics......

[spangy]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

I am by nature a pessimist. (That means I hope for the best but prepare for the worst)

Only 66% effective in clinical trials??? I'll make sure I get the Moderna or PFizer vaccines...whenever they become available...

Pessimism
Pessimism is a negative mental attitude in which an undesirable outcome is anticipated from a given situation. Pessimists tend to focus on the negatives of life in general.

Your philosophy is not that of a pessimist ... your philosophy is much like my own which I call pessimistic optimism ... prepare for the worst so as to be ready should that occur but believe that it won't so as not to be a 'downer'. Works for me.

As to 'efficacy' ... those numbers are completly misleading and really have nothing to do with choosing the best vaccine. Remember Trillions of dollars are at stake as big pharma competes for the billions of doses needed ... the LIE Olympics have begun.

I urge you to watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3odScka55A
before making such an important decision.

[Kiwi]

Do you get a sample 'blue pill' with the Pfizer vaccine?

[Norme]

Hi Rich;
It sounds like you live in a lightly populated part of the country, if you steer clear of discos and karaoke bars you should be OK.
Norm

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Norme

Hi Rich;
It sounds like you live in a lightly populated part of the country, if you steer clear of discos and karaoke bars you should be OK.
Norm

Norm, I wouldn't know where to find a bar any more. All my old haunts closed up even before the pandemic. And I don't dance, can't sing, look like a sno-cone left out in the sun, and am slowly losing my cognitive powers, memory, and what little personality I had....

The only course left open to me...is politics! Biden is 78; there's no way he'll last two terms...There should be an opening somewhere along the line...

[Norme]

Hi Rich,
Congratulations! Don't you feel better already? Just a word of warning, both my wife and I felt no ill effects after our first shots but had a couple of bad days after our second ones.
Norm

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Norme

Hi Rich,
Congratulations! Don't you feel better already? Just a word of warning, both my wife and I felt no ill effects after our first shots but had a couple of bad days after our second ones.
Norm

Norm -

Was that the Pfizer vaccine??? I just noticed that Pfizer used to be Upjohn. Not relevant, just something I didn't know...

[rolandtg]

Got my second Moderna shot Thursday.
Yesterday I felt tired and a bit achy, but it's hard to tell if that was because of the vaccine.
I took some ibuprofen and went to bed.
Today I feel fine.
I would recommend it for everyone.

[sheepherder]

Here's a quote from -

https://www.statnews.com/2021/02/02/...hnson-johnson/

The most common side effects are injection site pain, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, and joint pain. Some people in the clinical trials have reported fever. With the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, side effects are more common after the second dose. Younger adults, who have more robust immune systems, reported more side effects than older adults.

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[sheepherder]

This looks like someone is anticipating 'proof of vaccination'...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vaccination...G/265088511873

I guess you'd show it to the bouncer at Norm's 'discos and karaoke bars'...