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Just got mine today. There were a couple hiccups for me though.

First is communication. I didn't know these were available until a family member mentioned it. The pharmacy has signs for flu shots, why not covid?

Second, supply. I tried making an appointment a week ago, but they didn't have any, so I had to wait until now.

Finally is insurance. My provider is fantastically opaque about whether they'd cover it. I didn't know if I'd have to pay for the shot until I saw $0 on the receipt.

To say this has been fumbled would be an understatement. I'm not convinced that any agencies or companies are even trying to get people vaxxed.

What were they expecting when the government stopped paying for it? We already know the normal American healthcare system is garbage, this is the result of that.

It cost me $400 to get my gf and her son vaccinated, that'll get reimbursed by insurance... eventually, probably. That's going to be a barrier for a lot of people, just like always.

Lets block the vaccine by age group and use poor messaging and then be confused when nobody gets the shot. Also im waiting till mid November so im good for Thanksgiving through new years and i suspect others are as well.

I went out the doctor last week, and they not only didn't offer it, they acted like I was insane for asking, and for wearing a mask into a building full of sick people. The medical profession in the US needs a major overhaul.

I got the new COVID shot a week and a half ago and now I'm sick. Coincidence?

Yes. Stupid head cold.

And here in Finland no one can't even buy the new shots, they are only for people over 65 or at-risk-groups.

Til there's another one. Not sarcastic but yeah I didn't know it was available

I wonder how many people haven't gotten it because of inconvenient side effects. Every shot I've gotten completely knocks me out for a day. Sweats, fever, aches, basically can't do anything but lay in bed all day the next day. Better than getting it, but I can't spare a whole day to be sick just for a vaccine. Can't afford to take a sick day.

I think it's the fact it's hard to find, at least in my state it was difficult, every place either was fully booked or had none. I had planned originally to go to my community center for a Vax day and then it was canceled because they had none

I have been trying! All the CVS near me don't seem to have it and Walgreens canceled my appointment last week and I had to reschedule for weeks from now, im assuming also due to supply issues.

Isn't the biggest issue with distribution? I asked to get the shot last month along with my flu shot at my doctor's and they weren't given any.

It's not really well broadcasted, I got it by pure chance when I asked about it while getting my flu vax. Also I'm sure plenty are fatigued from shots at this point and stopped caring.

Guess my wife and I are part of the 7%-ers. We got ours last Saturday. CVS has plenty of appointments. I was fine, arm a little sore the next day. My wife pretty much slept most of the weekend. She's fine now too.

I sure as hell got it. I'm no fool.

I have small children. I've had COVID three times (that I'm aware of; the last time I got it I just thought I had allergies and did a home test on a lark that was positive).

Having small children in daycare/early grade school, where if your kid has covid means parents have to take five days off of work to stay home with their kids to follow the isolation protocols means kids are always being sent in with covid and parents don't report it, because then they have to follow an isolation protocol instead of their best judgment. Every time I've got covid, I caught it from my kids, who get it from other kids. I imagine I'm about as immunized as you can be at this point.

When our kids are positive, we keep them home and follow the isolation protocols, which is a privilege we have. But, I'll be honest: seems pretty fucking pointless. And each time they've gotten it, we only know because we randomly test them when I hear other parents mentioning they had covid but the kids seemed fine so they sent them in. They've had symptoms once. They've had several colds that have been AWFUL, but none of those were covid.

Covid for my kids is a positive test. That's usually the only symptom. I can understand why parents just send them in to school. Yet there are no formal policies requiring a pediatrician visit and a negative test for the flu, or for a bad cold. Just COVID.

It's really, really absurd, and working parents that I know just treat covid like any other cold: if it's bad enough that the kids are miserable, they stay home, otherwise, they go in. It's not the case if you have an immunodeficiency or are very old, but that's true of every illness for those groups. As far as I can tell, parents have moved past covid. It's just another illness that kids get.

Young children get sick as often as 12-18 times a year. Acting like covid, which has been in the population for some time now, is still some big bogeyman does an injustice to the actual illnesses that cause disruption. Frankly, it's a virus that has now become a political bellwether, which is incredibly, incredibly stupid.

Idk about everyone else, but this is getting ridiculous now for our family. We're doing our best to continue to follow guidance, but even the pediatrics department basically rolls their eyes about covid, because overworked parents have to come in and get a permission slip to send their kids back to school.

Go to an independent pharmacy and get it. Thx.

I’d get it but I haven’t heard anything about where to get it

I got covid a week before the shots came out, I'm waiting until February per my docs recommendation.

I only got the shots I got because I had to now that it's optional I don't bother but it's the same with the flu shot. It's not that I'm anti anything I just don't get them.

We didn't do it like the first round. There should just be public centers established and people go there. Now they are saying you can only get them at pharmacies and with insurance. So of course it is a failure. The harder you make something the less people will do it.

I just got mine along with a flu vaccine yesterday. At around 5pm I went to the CVS website and made an appointment for 2 hours later, it was pretty simple.

Is there a newer version than the bivalent one? Are those strains the ones currently circulating?

I suspect a lot of people will, it's just been an issue of supply - nextdoor has been full of posts from people saying they went to nearby pharmacies and no one had it. Kaiser was doing it by appointment to make sure they had enough, but they just called me this week to say I can do a walk-in now. My appointment is Friday, so no real sense changing it, but it's nice that it's more accessible.