If you plan on getting the vaccine, when do you think you will be able to get the shot(s)?
My husband is high risk, but at home and I'm over 65, but I don't think we will be able to get the vaccine until March-April at the earliest.
I’m not sure what the schedule is in my area but Im sure front line and older are first.
My wife is a teacher and has just gotten over covid and has now tested negative. I’m curious about her chances of catching it again. Hopefully she is as good as having got a vaccine.
Unfortunately, you can have it more than once. My girlfriends boss has had it twice since October.
shareI wonder how common that is.
shareProbably not that common, but also common enough to worry about it, if you know what I mean?
shareI do know what you mean and after having my wife get it, my family is being even extra careful.
shareI read an article today that basically said that even those who have had Covid should still get vaccinated. I imagine we'll have to see if that opinion is confirmed in the future. Scientists are still learning more every day about Covid.
shareI don't know if I need it, I feel fine but they really do need to stomp the pedal on this...we all know people who have gotten sick or even died
March or April sounds about right, according to the gov't and media chatter
Nurses, cops, store clerks, the aged or ill (and other at risk groups) should probably get it first
I work in healthcare so I assume I'll be one of the first ones. It will probably be required in our facility.
share> My husband is high risk, but at home and I'm over 65, but I don't think we will be able to get the vaccine until March-April at the earliest.
I'm in my late fifties, and I was guessing March as well. We had a news report here that made it sound like those over 50 were to be given higher priority than younger people, and those over 80 were to be given higher priority still. But I just found this article:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/03/opinion/covid-19-vaccine-timeline.html
It's speculative but based on some proposals by CDC and other groups. There's an interactive tool you can plug your own information in to which tells you where you'll be in line to get the vaccine. The article makes some interesting points, that the proposals aren't so much concerned with protecting individuals most at risk but rather using the vaccine to slow the spread of COVID until the whole population can be vaccinated. If their speculations are correct, for example, people my age would be vaccinated after thirty year olds, because thirty year olds are more likely to be asymptomatic carriers who could infect lots of other people without knowing it.
If things play out that way, I might not be able to get the vaccine until next fall.
> If you plan on getting the vaccine
I'm amazed that there are quite a few people who plan on not getting vaccinated. Hey, sounds great to me -- just means I'll be able to get my shot that much sooner.
I know quite a few people who won't be getting the vaccine - friends and family members. IMO, they are being foolish and somewhat selfish because the more people who are immune the faster we can all get our lives back to normal.
shareThe Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended administering the vaccine in this order:
1. Health care personnel, which includes an estimated 21 million people working in health care settings.
2. Other essential workers, including 87 million people “who conduct operations vital for continuing critical infrastructure,” such as those who work in food, transportation, and education.
3. Adults with underlying health conditions (such as diabetes and heart disease) that put them at a higher risk for COVID-19 complications, which could include more than 100 million people.
4. Adults over the age of 65, who are also considered to be high-risk, which includes about 53 million people.
Full article here: https://www.self.com/story/who-gets-covid-19-vaccine-first
I don't see it happening for the average citizen on a massive roll out scale till next fall.
I wish they'd follow some of the better scary fiction and just invent a lottery for it. Then we could have some real fun.
Here in the UK, everyone will get an invite to attend an appointment with the most urgent cases being done first. My family will wait our turn.
shareIt will take a few months here in Canada. We have no domestic vaccine manufacturing capability. When it is available my wife will get it long before me as she works in airport operations and is deemed essential. I am at the back of the line.
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