I've Been Vaccinated (No Politics Please)

[FigmentSpark]

I’m staying up a bit after 12 just in case it’s earlier than planned. If not will have to set the alarm. We already requested the reschedule email this afternoon after the announcement since then link is good for 24 hours. I know some people were having issues even getting their reschedule emails last update because the system was overwhelmed.

I just booked DS's new appt around 2:20am this morning. I wish I'd tried earlier. Oh well. OTMH was booking July 22, St. Voldymyr was booking July 17. Pretty happy, but the rest of us are on July 2. He's going to have to take a day off work, so I hope he doesn't get in to trouble for it.

 

[damo]

I just booked DS's new appt around 2:20am this morning. I wish I'd tried earlier. Oh well. OTMH was booking July 22, St. Voldymyr was booking July 17. Pretty happy, but the rest of us are on July 2. He's going to have to take a day off work, so I hope he doesn't get in to trouble for it.

My 3 kids got on the system right after midnight and were able to book for Monday, Monday and Wednesday all at the YMCA.

Just keep rechecking. Things change continuously on the Halton system.

 

[Silvermist999]

I just booked DS's new appt around 2:20am this morning. I wish I'd tried earlier. Oh well. OTMH was booking July 22, St. Voldymyr was booking July 17. Pretty happy, but the rest of us are on July 2. He's going to have to take a day off work, so I hope he doesn't get in to trouble for it.

The earliest day for OTMH was July 21st and I think St. Voldymyr was July 15th when I rescheduled at 12:15am. I kept refreshing but after a while, I gave up. So you actually didn’t miss out too much booking after 2am. I did notice there were lots of earlier availability at the Moderna sites. I’m going to keep checking for earlier availability, would have preferred late June or early July.

 

[damo]

The earliest day for OTMH was July 21st and I think St. Voldymyr was July 15th when I rescheduled at 12:15am. I kept refreshing but after a while, I gave up. So you actually didn’t miss out too much booking after 2am. I did notice there were lots of earlier availability at the Moderna sites. I’m going to keep checking for earlier availability, would have preferred late June or early July.

You can do Pfizer and Moderna interchangeably. My kids all got Pfizer but are doing Moderna for their second.

 

[Disneylover99]

We got an email at 5am this morning from Durham saying my son's August 17th appt. has been moved to July 6th.

 

[momof2gr8kids]

Darn it - I missed an opportunity last night for my second dose. SD's friend was working a clinic and 10 people didn't show up so they were trying to get people to not waste them. I was busy drinking wine outside with 2 friends I haven't seen in over a year. Oh well. I'll be on standby for sure next few days!

 

[Silvermist999]

You can do Pfizer and Moderna interchangeably.

When given the ability to choose, people will obviously choose the same second dose as their first dose, why not. I have heard most who received AZ are choosing Pfizer as their second, instead of Moderna. Which shouldn’t even make a difference at all.

 

[damo]

When given the ability to choose, people will obviously choose the same second dose as their first dose, why not. I have heard most who received AZ are choosing Pfizer as their second, instead of Moderna. Which shouldn’t even make a difference at all.

Yup, but when you can get a vaccine a month earlier by switching, it makes sense to switch.

 

[pigletto]

When given the ability to choose, people will obviously choose the same second dose as their first dose, why not. I have heard most who received AZ are choosing Pfizer as their second, instead of Moderna. Which shouldn’t even make a difference at all.

The initial mixing studies that came out were for AZ and Pfizer so I’m pretty sure that is what is driving that . I think that AZ people are very hesitant after the constant change in recommendations and mixed messaging , and going with what they can get some data for .

 

[bababear_50]

Guess who stalked the booking system today and grabbed appointments in town for TONIGHT?
I’m at 5:05 and Dh is 5:40 ! Perfect because I have the next three days off so if I feel sick I have some time to recover . And though we were grateful for the other appointments, they were over an hour away and on a weeknight so not ideal ( my job is pretty draining and I’m wiped out at the end of the day, never mind trying to do it if I felt sick the next day ) .
Yay yay yay !! So excited!

Sending you a Gold FastPass+
Hugs
Mel

 

[FigmentSpark]

The earliest day for OTMH was July 21st and I think St. Voldymyr was July 15th when I rescheduled at 12:15am. I kept refreshing but after a while, I gave up. So you actually didn’t miss out too much booking after 2am. I did notice there were lots of earlier availability at the Moderna sites. I’m going to keep checking for earlier availability, would have preferred late June or early July.

Thanks. I feel better, then. I wonder how many appointments were snapped up by this morning. No regrets for waiting up to book.

 

[Starwind]

FYI for anyone in the Ottawa Ontario area... I just went online and they have opened a whole bunch of new booking slots for next week, including NEW VACCINE CLINIC SITES !

Also, City of Ottawa public health just sent an email to their vaccine news email list that includes this information:

"Additional appointments
Due to the additional supply that Ottawa has now received, we are able to add more appointments and almost double the number of clinic locations for residents. Appointments have been added across the city, including new clinics located at uOttawa (Minto Sports Complex), the Canadian Tire Centre (Gate 3), the Horticulture Building (Lansdowne), Canterbury Recreation Complex and the Nepean Sportsplex Curling Rink."

I am now booked for late next week; could have booked for Monday but have work committments that would prefer not to miss if I end up reacting to the vaccine like I did to dose 1.

Good luck !

 

[Pumpkin1172]

When given the ability to choose, people will obviously choose the same second dose as their first dose, why not. I have heard most who received AZ are choosing Pfizer as their second, instead of Moderna. Which shouldn’t even make a difference at all.

In Alberta, when you go to book your appointment, you can either choose another AZ OR Pfizer. Not Moderna. They have a specific age group that they are giving the different vaccines to.

I didn't want to have another AZ shot. Even if that meant having to start over from square 1. I have the time (before we want to travel) and was willing to wait to get a different option. The only reason we got our second shot at 8 weeks post AZ, was because we could choose the Pfizer.

I was totally prepared (and told dh ) to wait until - even if it meant getting two more shots of the same vaccine. The flip flopping from Health Canada left me tooo unsettled to get another AZ shot.

 

[Aladora]

I am beyond annoyed at the news coming out about AZ, especially since I went and got my second dose of it just 2 days ago! Don't get me wrong, I am thrilled to be fully vaccinated but now I am second guessing getting 2 doses instead of waiting and mixing with either Moderna or Pfizer.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

FYI for anyone in the Ottawa Ontario area... I just went online and they have opened a whole bunch of new booking slots for next week, including NEW VACCINE CLINIC SITES !

THIS!!!! This makes me sooo happy for my fellow Ontario peeps. I hope that with all the numbers of vaccines coming in now, that they may send you guys a few extra as other parts of the country are vaccinating at a great rate now. Now we need to let Ontario catch up a little bit

Alberta as of June 16 was at 69.9% for first shot, and 24.2% were fully vaccinated. That is from 12 yrs+ I really didn't think Alberta would hit that. We tend to be the " more obtuse" Texas type Canadians Sometimes my fellow Albertan peeps are very embarrassing.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Got fed up with our Shoppers this week after one more inexcusable mistake with my scripts so I drove to the Rexall we got jabbed at and told them to transfer our scripts to their store (love the staff there but it's a PIA to get to on a regular basis) While i was there I asked the pharmacist when they were expecting to start calling/texting people for their 2nd shots and he said if you want the AZ, roll up your sleeve I have plenty. Told him we've decided to go with the mRNA and he told the tech to book appointments for us as a welcome gift (he's a hoot!) so MONDAY we're getting jabbed on MONDAY!!

 

[Pumpkin1172]

I am beyond annoyed at the news coming out about AZ, especially since I went and got my second dose of it just 2 days ago! Don't get me wrong, I am thrilled to be fully vaccinated but now I am second guessing getting 2 doses instead of waiting and mixing with either Moderna or Pfizer.

I can totally understand your frustration.

I am sooo glad that I didn't rush out to book our second shots right away as soon as they bumped up our age group. The hubby asked me, and I just said that I had wanted to sit back and wait for that first rush to get through, and also wanted to wait to hit the 8 week mark for out AZ to hit as well. I had made a decision that I thought was best for dh and I to wait for longer if we needed to, so that we wouldn't need to take the AZ again. I told dh we might need to wait until mid Aug/ Sept then go for 2 of the vaccines we wanted. And I'm still willing to go for another Pfizer if that is what it takes for us to get to travel into the US for later this year.

The flip flopping from Health Canada has me guessing about how informed they really are. Heck...it's making me second guess alot about all of our governing officials.

 

[ottawamom]

Darn it - I missed an opportunity last night for my second dose. SD's friend was working a clinic and 10 people didn't show up so they were trying to get people to not waste them. I was busy drinking wine outside with 2 friends I haven't seen in over a year. Oh well. I'll be on standby for sure next few days!

I heard this morning on the radio that with people jumping from the Provincial system to pharmacies and back that approx 20% of appointments become no shows. Please if you have more than appointment booked, remember to cancel your other appointment once you get your jab. There are lots of people out there still desperately searching for an appointment.

FYI for anyone in the Ottawa Ontario area... I just went online and they have opened a whole bunch of new booking slots for next week, including NEW VACCINE CLINIC SITES !

Also, City of Ottawa public health just sent an email to their vaccine news email list that includes this information:

"Additional appointments
Due to the additional supply that Ottawa has now received, we are able to add more appointments and almost double the number of clinic locations for residents. Appointments have been added across the city, including new clinics located at uOttawa (Minto Sports Complex), the Canadian Tire Centre (Gate 3), the Horticulture Building (Lansdowne), Canterbury Recreation Complex and the Nepean Sportsplex Curling Rink."

I am now booked for late next week; could have booked for Monday but have work committments that would prefer not to miss if I end up reacting to the vaccine like I did to dose 1.

Good luck !

Unfortunately they haven't changed the list of those who qualify yet. Time for those of us (pre April 18th) to get our second jabs before things go crazy on June 28th.

 

[Madame]

I am beyond annoyed at the news coming out about AZ, especially since I went and got my second dose of it just 2 days ago! Don't get me wrong, I am thrilled to be fully vaccinated but now I am second guessing getting 2 doses instead of waiting and mixing with either Moderna or Pfizer.

My DM got dose 2 of AZ just before the news as well - honestly, NACI’s advice shift depending on vaccine availability. We’ll all end up getting mrna boosters - some countries were indicating as early as fall

 

[Silvermist999]

In Alberta, when you go to book your appointment, you can either choose another AZ OR Pfizer. Not Moderna. They have a specific age group that they are giving the different vaccines to.

I didn't want to have another AZ shot. Even if that meant having to start over from square 1. I have the time (before we want to travel) and was willing to wait to get a different option. The only reason we got our second shot at 8 weeks post AZ, was because we could choose the Pfizer.

I was totally prepared (and told dh ) to wait until - even if it meant getting two more shots of the same vaccine. The flip flopping from Health Canada left me tooo unsettled to get another AZ shot.

With the constantly changing advice given to AZ vaccine recipients, I agree it is unfortunate that they have the burden of deciding what to do for their second dose.

In my region’s booking site, the vaccine to be given at each site is identified upfront (either Pfizer or Moderna), but again, it’s all dependent upon supply and there are no guarantees come the actual appointment time.