D has Aetna (Penn student health insurance) and her fiance has a Blue Cross employer based plan. They had appointments at CVS this morning. D was told her shot was covered but that fiance’s plan had not yet authorized it. They told him it would be $169 and he actually considered paying for it because they’re going abroad for their honeymoon soon. But then they said they weren’t set up for self pays. So in the end just D got her shot.
We got Pfizer because that’s what CVS had and in two weeks we’ll be flying to Europe. We’re covered by medicare now and didn’t have to pay.
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I, too, was scheduled for Monday (tomorrow) and got the Urgent test yesterday that the vaccine was not yet available. Yet my friend got the new vaccine at the same location last week.
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Maybe we have to start thinking about this annual Covid shot like the flu shot. We generally get the flu shot in the fall - just once a year - it probably doesn’t protect us for 12 months but it protects us through the higher volume time - fall-winter/early spring.
Covid may be the same. We have work to go to, school to attend, travel to do - there will ALWAYS be something we don’t want to be sick for! But by targeting fall, that gets you that most likely contagious time - we are indoors more, more people are sick, etc.
There is no perfect method!
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We have appointments for tomorrow. Last week, we got flu and RSV vaccinations. We are heading to Europe in a few weeks and I will be glad to get this vaccination.
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How was the RSV vaccine? I have heard reports of strong reactions such that you wouldn’t want to do it if you have something important going on within the next 4-5 days. But that was a very anecdotal report so I wasn’t sure how much to credit it.
Does anyone know if there is a difference between the current Pfizer and Moderna Covid boosters (in terms of ‘active ingredient’ dose) as there has been in the past? Haven’t found any comparisons of the 2.
Also, if you get a vaccine out of your home state, are any record keeping complications likely? Thanks.
4-5 days? Wow!
I asked that and was referred to post # 243
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My mother-in-law (81) just got her RSV shot. She was very nauseous and fatigued for 24 hours
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If you care about and did not opt-out of records in state vaccine registries, then if you get vaccines in various states, those state vaccine records will be scattered across different states.
Of course, regardless of where you get vaccinated, you can inform your primary care physician to include that in your medical record.
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No reaction to the RSV at all. Nothing. Off for Covid now.
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Went to Publix pharmacy for the >65 flu shot today and was told they still haven’t received the new Covid vaccine. They hope to get the Moderna version later this week, although the pharmacy manager sounded dubious. Appointments won’t be scheduled until it arrives.
In line for the booster after a large group of vaccine tourists. Nice chat about current conditions in Mexico City. Not sure why it is still free for them, but they were told it is.
I had barely any reaction to the RSV vaccine or the newest Covid vaccine. A pleasant surprise. (I ran fevers for the first couple of Moderna vaccines and for both Shingrex.)
CVS was accepting appointments on their website last week, so we made one for last Thursday. They called the morning of the appointment and said they did not have enough vaccine. So we made one for Walgreens for today–same thing, early morning phone call cancel.
Have one for Wednesday back with CVS–we shall see.
If the supply isn’t there yet, why take appointments???
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That was my gripe. Why take appointments if you don’t know you’ll have the vaccine? We showed up on Saturday at a CVS for a sheduled appointment fot the new Covid and they didn’t have it. No notice at all even though they had our contact information.
Have rescheduled for Friday at CVS and RiteAid for Saturday in case we get to CVS again and they don’t have it. Will cancel the Saturday RiteAid immediately if we get the vaccine on Friday at CVS. With all these glitches that many have experienced, I’m getting more doubtful either date will come through!
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Note that the original Moderna doses had 100μg of mRNA, while subsequent Moderna booster doses had 50μg and all Pfizer doses had 30μg. So the original Moderna doses may have caused greater fevers or other reactions for this reason.
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I got the updated shot at Walgreens this afternoon with no problems. My arm is not sore yet (edit: it is now several hours later, but not too bad). I did have an appointment and I suspect that the appointment was probably necessary.
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We got ours today at Walgreens. I made an appointment last night. A lot of people were coming in to get one. The girl giving the vaccinations told me that she had 30 appointments booked when she arrived at work and that tomorrow (Tuesday), they wouldn’t be able to do any as there wouldn’t be a pharmacist. Good to see so many people want the vaccine though!
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