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KY_EnviroGuy

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35. Yea, I was a spur of the moment decision.
Wed May 24, 2023, 07:24 PM
May 2023

I have to travel across the county to get to a drug store where I can get Moderna shots and when I arrived for my appointment, I asked for a review of my other vaccinations. When I got my first shingles shot years ago, I was still traveling and never got the required second shot, so I started over and they felt it wise to renew my pneumonia. So, in typical boy-style, I said "what the hell, let's git-er-done.".......

In hind-sight, I should have just got the COVID booster as planned and I could have gotten the other two later at my drug store close to home. That way, If I had bad side-effects, I would know what caused it. Thank goodness, I didn't have any severe reactions. One of the two in my right arm did make that area sore for about a week.

Although I carry a vaxx record card in my wallet, it has become a mess. I wish the drug stores could print out a wallet-size current vaxx record card for customers to carry, especially to present in case of medical emergency.

KY.........

Yes! riverbendviewgal May 2023 #1
You should definitely get it! Why wait and risk getting sick? Get it now, get protected sooner! ♥ CaliforniaPeggy May 2023 #2
I understand. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2023 #3
It's also not just about ourselves, hippywife May 2023 #5
If we want to protect those people Dorian Gray May 2023 #17
Things can happen though. Elessar Zappa May 2023 #14
You should definitely get it Ms. Toad May 2023 #4
Yes, wait till a new strain formulation, that was my thinking, still giving same variant booster Shanti Shanti Shanti May 2023 #6
COVID is not the flu Ms. Toad May 2023 #24
Curious to know why you don't get the flu vaccine? flamingdem May 2023 #26
I have immune system irregularities Ms. Toad May 2023 #28
Thanks so much for that flamingdem May 2023 #29
If you go to the CDC website, you should be able to get information about the current flu shots Ms. Toad May 2023 #30
I thought about getting the under 65 last year flamingdem May 2023 #32
It hasn't been 50% effective since around 2013. Ms. Toad May 2023 #33
I got it the first week viva la May 2023 #7
My sister and her husband never got Covid ... until February. So it's still around. They spent progree May 2023 #11
Yes! At Xmas last year. I was at my daughter's home. There were 6 of us. 3 who's covid vaccines PortTack May 2023 #8
I'm planning on it as soon as I'm eligible, already got the first one (my fifth Moderna shot) Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #9
I'm precisely where you are, Rhiannon. KY_EnviroGuy May 2023 #12
Yikes! You got them all at once?! Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #34
Yea, I was a spur of the moment decision. KY_EnviroGuy May 2023 #35
I got my FIRST bivalent booster yesterday. Yes, I know about how the strain it was targeting progree May 2023 #10
I got my sixth shot three weeks ago, haven't had Covid, went to a wedding last week still not sick Walleye May 2023 #13
Got it. No problem. ananda May 2023 #15
My decision would be based on 2 factors: Dorian Gray May 2023 #16
County latest reports Covid levels decreased and community level remains low Shanti Shanti Shanti May 2023 #19
I got my second booster LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #18
Why wouldn't you? WhiskeyGrinder May 2023 #20
CDC is saying , "allowed" not, " recommended", they are letting us over 65 decide to take it Shanti Shanti Shanti May 2023 #22
Ask your doctor. MissMillie May 2023 #21
I got mine on May 2 before coming to Europe. sinkingfeeling May 2023 #23
I got my second booster. MineralMan May 2023 #25
Good resource for Covid news - Michael Osterholm MD flamingdem May 2023 #27
I don't even have to think about it. I figure I am almost a sure bet to get GoodRaisin May 2023 #31
I'm in my mid-50s. I'm going to wait a bit for the new formulation. Maru Kitteh May 2023 #36
There will be another new variation in the Fall. Do it. Get that 6th shot. nt albacore May 2023 #37
I'm not getting any more unless it's vastly improved. I had severe side effects and a flare of my liberal_mama May 2023 #38
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