The big drive thru clinics don’t even have people get out of their cars.
At mine at a health clinic, I checked in (temp check, hand sanitizer) and I followed the line to the room, sat in a chair while they checked me in on the computer, gave me the shot, told me to go wait in the main (big room). I was never in contact with anyone for more than 2 minutes, and most people less than 30 seconds (just passing).
I could easily have gotten exposed at the Walgreens where I got my vaccine. Thankfully I did not! They had chairs too close together, people were waiting to check in while others were waiting to be called and others were waiting their 15 minutes afterwards all in the same area. Someone complained and they moved the chairs into the aisles. The pharmacies really weren’t designed to do pandemic vaccinations at all. I was glad I had double masked with surgical and N92.
In MA none of the sites are drive-through or outdoors.
Of course it is not a reason to avoid a vaccine. I wasn’t implying that at all.
But some of the reports of COVID shortly after the vaccine do make me wonder.
I would just suggest taking more precautions if your area is surging and the vaccine sites are indoors- like wearing a face shield or double masking, and wearing glasses or goggles, that kind of thing.
Walgreens is where we got our vaccinations. Luckily not very busy and we waited in the car instead of in the store afterwards.
Me too. If one is indoors for more than 15 minutes it’s as likely as anywhere else indoors should there be someone sick around. If asymptomatic, they wouldn’t know. In a pharmacy, one also gets sick people coming in for meds. If they think they have allergies or a cold - it could happen. The H of my Covid + neighbor went out somewhere the other day. He shouldn’t have, but he did. He certainly could be contagious.
That said, the two H knows who got sick soon after their vaccines also go to work, church, grocery shopping, and likely still get together occasionally with others, so I’m not placing blame on getting vaccinated. I’m not sure what their vaccination set-up was. They didn’t say.
So does anyone know- if you get your first vaccine when you have COVID and are either asymptomatic or presymtomatic does it work? Does it do anything?
those I know who have had covid right after vaccination have been symptomatic. The shot likely has not had any time to start to work. i really think the ones i know got it before they went to get their vaccine. So yes, there are unsuspecting folks getting vaccinated who have the virus. We did it car side. If I had been indoors i would have double masked with my KN95,
The Marshfield clinic in MA is a drive thru one. I went there. You can access appointments to it via the maimmunizations.org site (when they are available–they tend to drop the night before).
Thanks…I get alerts on Marshfield and other sites on my email and didn’t realize Marshfield was outside. My doc wants me at MGH but I scheduled early in the day to minimize exposure.
The vaccine intends to stimulate immunity, but if the real virus gets to you before or soon after, it will win the race against vaccine derived immunity.
I would guess it was coincidental for both people I know who had the vaccine & then became symptomatic. One had been watching a basketball game with friends the night before he realized he was sick, and the other works in an in person job. Infection rates have been rising in the areas where they live, so it’s most likely due to being around others.
The only breakthrough cases (i.e. after full vaccination) I have heard about were someone’s >80 year old relatives who apparently did things like eating in crowded indoor restaurants.
The people I know were not fully vaccinated. They became symptomatic within a day or so of receiving their first shots.
Friend of H had an issue. He is 2x vaccinated but not two weeks out. He has been very careful over the last year and laying low. He has two kids, twenty somethings who have both recently bounced home after school/work away. He is a compassionate and loving dad, welcoming the kids who have both hit rough patches, both somewhat pandemic induced. Well, older kid, who has been in Europe for the last year, went out to a birthday party and came home sick. He dodged all that European disease, was lucky in all his travels, got it at home. So far the dad is okay.
My BIL, who fell ill the day after getting his first shot without a doubt contracted it beforehand…
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I just got off the phone with my aunt. She’s older and her mind isn’t all there so I get limited info. I learned my cousin (her daughter) has been in a major hospital for 2 weeks(!) due to blood clots in her heart that they found because she had “holes in her leg.” My cousin is in her 40s and she had Covid a couple of months ago. We haven’t seen each other in decades as life has taken us down different paths once I left home, so I’m not sure I should be calling her now - nor do I have her phone number TBH.
At the moment med school lad isn’t available for me to ask him, nor does my aunt know much more other than she’s on blood thinners, etc. Any likelihood these two are related or how often do 40 somethings get blood clots in their heart?
And my aunt now has two tumors near her right ear causing problems. She’s had brain tumors before. If she had Covid when my uncle likely died from it (she had the “cold” first), I can’t help but wonder if that’s related too. She’ll be having an MRI soon.
Not the Happy Easter call I was expecting.
Heard back from my son. Yes, my cousin’s clots are likely associated with Covid. Covid is known for clotting.
Whether it’s likely related to my aunt’s issues or not will depend upon what the MRI shows. If it’s related to tumors, then no. If it’s something else, then possibly.
I am really looking forward to everyone else in my family getting fully vaccinated.
A beloved Co-worker just passed away from Pneumonia. He was recovering and doing just fine, and then it just happened. I did not hear that it was covid related where he got the Pneumonia, as I was afraid to ask.
We are all in shock. Especially since he was getting better.
I really don’t know anyone who has had covid, other than one neighbor who works at the airport. He got very ill and even needed brief hospitalization. My family members have been healthy throughout. Family members have been very careful and mostly sheltered and worked from home when possible but some healthcare providers, but they and their staffs have managed to stay healthy.
A lot of our big spread events seem to be churches and people that work in industries where they face people from many different households, as well as people who live in large households where ill people can’t separate from others. My friends who are teachers and even a friend who works at Costco have remained healthy, even those who are teaching in person. I’m personally not seeing a lot of community spread but as our positivity rate is now 2%+ there must be community spread.