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Got the email this morning so I guess there's just 1 day delay??
Glad you got it. Their system may have gotten bogged down.
Got the email this morning so I guess there's just 1 day delay??
Thanks for pointing out the availability on vaccine spotter for South Florida! I had been trying there again and again without success over the last few days, because we are currently scheduled for the second Pfizer more than 150 miles away. Now I could scoop up two appointments just 5 miles away!Yes, Walgreens has some lag on emails in their system. If you got the confirmation number you should be fine.
Vaccinespotter came thru for us again, my sister booked this morning for monday, a walgreens 5 mins from her house! Looks like they load up new availability on the weekends, at least in S. Fla. Tons of green dots today!
21 is the recommended interval for Pfizer. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7011e2.htm . In the study they did 17-25 days for Pfizer, and they say up to 42 days is ok. Unless there's more current info?It’s OK to get the Pfizer shot 4 weeks later. 3 weeks is a minimum. 4 weeks may even be better.
It’s OK to get the Pfizer shot 4 weeks later. 3 weeks is a minimum. 4 weeks may even be better.
21 is the recommended interval for Pfizer. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7011e2.htm . In the study they did 17-25 days for Pfizer, and they say up to 42 days is ok. Unless there's more current info?
Yeah WG offered me 28 days apart.
At least they let me pick a second shot appt.
Rite Aid said they will give you appt. when you get first shot.
Maybe WG is standardizing on 28 days so they don’t have to automate between 2 different intervals for their scheduling system.
Hmm, Walgreens requires me to complete a Vaccine Administration Record.
Asks for all kinds of personal info but a lot of it may be to harvest info. to try to make you a pharmacy customer.
Rite Aid doesn't have such a form requirement.
We don't have any available appointments coming up within your area.
You can change the location or check back soon!
Appointment availability updates hourly.
Just be aware that if you get the Shingrix vaccine, depending on your luck or lack thereof, it may knock you out for several days, you may want to read up on this. And because of the waiting time windows between vaccines, it may push back your Covid shot even further....
I'm thinking of scheduling a shingles vaccine for next Saturday or Sunday and when I get there telling them my sob story about missing the 50 and over period and now that it's 30 and over I can't find an opening and I need something walking distance because I don't drive. Maybe then they'll sign me up and I could postpone the shingles vaccine.
Just be aware that if you get the Shingrix vaccine, depending on your luck or lack thereof, it may knock you out for several days, you may want to read up on this. And because of the waiting time windows between vaccines, it may push back your Covid shot even further.
I think there's nothing wrong for you to try to hunt for something on your own, and then if you find something, let your original provider know to cancel. We are also getting our second shot at a location different from our first one, which was somewhat inconvenient location-wise. vaccinespotter.org is your friend!I'm slightly jealous of ya'll that got your second shot appointment at first shot time.
As I shared 3 weeks ago, we got a leftover shot from a small pharmacy. Their procedure is "we'll call you a few days before you are due."
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I would not worry about it, and trust when they say that 24 days is ok. Such kinds of bodily functions have wide ranges of possible reactions, which you can see already from how the side effects vary from person to person. But it's also not too hard to hunt for yourself for a second dose appointment exactly 28 days out for peace of mind.I'm wondering about 2nd dose timing. At the time of my first Moderna shot I was scheduled for a 2nd dose 24 days later rather than the recommended 28. According to the CDC 4 days earlier "remains valid", but they encourage an interval of 28-42 days.
I'm wondering about 2nd dose timing. At the time of my first Moderna shot I was scheduled for a 2nd dose 24 days later rather than the recommended 28. According to the CDC 4 days earlier "remains valid", but they encourage an interval of 28-42 days.
From what I've read there hasn't actually been a study showing reduced 2nd dose effectiveness at intervals of less than 28 days. It's just that 28 days was the interval used in the clinical trials and therefore effectiveness data is available for this interval and not for less. It would seem to me that there is nothing special about exactly 28 days (coincidentally a whole number of weeks), but I am no immunologist.
In any case I am tempted to just take my existing 24 day appointment rather than fight for one at 28, but I'm curious about opinions/cautions others might have.
I thought you were getting J&JJust got back from my first shot at Walgreens.
What a mess. They have you check in and then you wait. I got mine about an hour after it was scheduled and since I got there early, I waited about 75-80 minutes.
There were probably at least 2 dozen people waiting to check in or waiting to get the shot. One person giving shots behind a makeshift little booth.
People were hanging around and there were regular store and pharmacy customers.
It took 3-5 minutes each time someone went into the booth before they came out. Apparently he verifies some of the details you entered in the form.
So I saw a lot of people well under 50 at this WG in CA. Not overweight or unhealthy-looking people, thin, dark-haired people under 40.
I guess they either were in essential jobs or had health conditions. A couple of them drove off in Teslas -- I went outside a couple of times while waiting.
I'm trying to change my second appt. but the WG website now shows no availability and they probably won't let you schedule more than a week out.
Some websites like Albertson's (Safeway and Luckys) don't let you schedule anything but first dose.