How old's your Dad, Davie?
He is 86 and has some severe health conditions, including diabetes. I told him to take some Tylenol regularly and make sure he eats. When he does not eat regularly he has sugar issues. Hopefully, it will end by tomorrow. He said it hit early this afternoon (about 24 hours after vaccination).Civilized said:
How old's your Dad, Davie?
Daviewolf83 said:He is 86 and has some severe health conditions, including diabetes. I told him to take some Tylenol regularly and make sure he eats. When he does not eat regularly he has sugar issues. Hopefully, it will end by tomorrow. He said it hit early this afternoon (about 24 hours after vaccination).Civilized said:
How old's your Dad, Davie?
Storm, I don't know if you will see this in time, but there are currently shots available via Walgreens in Leland for Tuesday-Friday of this week.TheStorm said:
We are officially still in Group 3 down here on the SE North Carolina coast... my wife is in Group 3 and I am in Group 4. We tried to get her scheduled yesterday morning and every official avenue in three (3) counties (ours, the one to the south and the one to the north) was out of appointments for the next five (5) days for shots.
Sounds like getting an appointment for a shot is kind of like trying to buy concert tickets through Ticketmaster from back in the day!
Walgreens, go in and ask to be put on the list for leftover shots...when a vile is open and they don't have enough appointments. We did and got J & J shots within 48 hours. Also helped that we were willing to take the J & J shot as the pharmacist said a lot of folks don't want it.wilmwolf80 said:Storm, I don't know if you will see this in time, but there are currently shots available via Walgreens in Leland for Tuesday-Friday of this week.TheStorm said:
We are officially still in Group 3 down here on the SE North Carolina coast... my wife is in Group 3 and I am in Group 4. We tried to get her scheduled yesterday morning and every official avenue in three (3) counties (ours, the one to the south and the one to the north) was out of appointments for the next five (5) days for shots.
Sounds like getting an appointment for a shot is kind of like trying to buy concert tickets through Ticketmaster from back in the day!
I don't know but after shot #2 I'll give it a few days and then the mask is coming off for good as far as I'm concerned. If they don't like it....PackPA2015 said:
Per Bloomberg, 20.9% of NC residents have had a dose of the vaccine with 11.6% being fully vaccinated. 80% of doses have been used. NC is 9th in daily rate of doses administered which is a great sign.
I would love to see 50% of the population have at least one dose, especially before dropping the mask mandate (I know, up for debate). I do not know if we reach a plateau before that number? When will we reach the point where the people who are going to get the vaccine have already gotten it? Your guys' and gals' thoughts?
PackPA2015 said:
Per Bloomberg, 20.9% of NC residents have had a dose of the vaccine with 11.6% being fully vaccinated. 80% of doses have been used. NC is 9th in daily rate of doses administered which is a great sign.
I would love to see 50% of the population have at least one dose, especially before dropping the mask mandate (I know, up for debate). I do not know if we reach a plateau before that number? When will we reach the point where the people who are going to get the vaccine have already gotten it? Your guys' and gals' thoughts?
As I mentioned in a previous post (included a graph to demonstrate my point), I am starting to see slowing in administration of shots for the 65+ age group. There are approximately 500K people in NC in this age group who have still not received a single dose (based on my calculations using NCDHHS data). I think this is not totally related to hesitancy, but is due in part to access issues (home bound, lack of transportation, can't schedule online, etc) and people in more rural areas. I do believe vaccine hesitancy will also impact some uptake for this age group as well.PackPA2015 said:
Per Bloomberg, 20.9% of NC residents have had a dose of the vaccine with 11.6% being fully vaccinated. 80% of doses have been used. NC is 9th in daily rate of doses administered which is a great sign.
I would love to see 50% of the population have at least one dose, especially before dropping the mask mandate (I know, up for debate). I do not know if we reach a plateau before that number? When will we reach the point where the people who are going to get the vaccine have already gotten it? Your guys' and gals' thoughts?
Thanks for the positive thoughts. The good news is that my dad began to feel better yesterday evening, about 24 hours from the onset of the symptoms. Thankfully, this is what I told him would likely happen, so I am happy to have been right. He used Tylenol to manage the fever and he said the fever finally broke late yesterday. He was still a little tired, but I think that is just from being uncomfortable and not sleeping well the night before.Civilized said:Daviewolf83 said:He is 86 and has some severe health conditions, including diabetes. I told him to take some Tylenol regularly and make sure he eats. When he does not eat regularly he has sugar issues. Hopefully, it will end by tomorrow. He said it hit early this afternoon (about 24 hours after vaccination).Civilized said:
How old's your Dad, Davie?
Hopefully he's feeling better and is back to his old self this week!
Ah, I did not realize that. I am sure you had mentioned that previously in your posts. Good to know. I am sure it would be difficult to subtract out that population, but would be nice to know of vaccine eligible individuals, what percentage have we reached.Daviewolf83 said:As I mentioned in a previous post (included a graph to demonstrate my point), I am starting to see slowing in administration of shots for the 65+ age group. There are approximately 500K people in NC in this age group who have still not received a single dose (based on my calculations using NCDHHS data). I think this is not totally related to hesitancy, but is due in part to access issues (home bound, lack of transportation, can't schedule online, etc) and people in more rural areas. I do believe vaccine hesitancy will also impact some uptake for this age group as well.PackPA2015 said:
Per Bloomberg, 20.9% of NC residents have had a dose of the vaccine with 11.6% being fully vaccinated. 80% of doses have been used. NC is 9th in daily rate of doses administered which is a great sign.
I would love to see 50% of the population have at least one dose, especially before dropping the mask mandate (I know, up for debate). I do not know if we reach a plateau before that number? When will we reach the point where the people who are going to get the vaccine have already gotten it? Your guys' and gals' thoughts?
With regards to the other age groups, I do not see the flattening trends yet, so we definitely have upside. Personally, I think the percentage of population that will get the vaccine initially will be in the 50% range and I think it will move to 70% as people see how effective the vaccine is and the providers are able to reach those people who are more difficult to get to an administration site. I would point out that the Bloomberg percentage of total population calculation includes the entire population, including age groups (less than 16 years old) that are currently not eligible for vaccination. As a result, the percentage of the NC population vaccinated is higher than what the Bloomberg tracker is reporting.
I really think 70% is the likely plateau, based on some recent polling I saw late last week. Unfortunately, the vaccine has become political and it also is impacted by the anti-vax community. One of the leading anti-vaxers is Alex Berenson. He has become rather popular on Twitter and is also very popular with the anti-vax community. Quite frankly, he is providing very bad and misleading (I am being kind here) information with the sole purpose of decreasing the number of people getting the vaccines. If you are following him with regards to vaccines, I would encourage you to reconsider. There are much better people you should follow on Twitter as it regards vaccines.
NC is currently not showing anyone under the age of 18 being vaccinated on the NCDHHS reporting. As a result, I can roughly calculate the percentage of the population of eligible people vaccinated to be as follows:PackPA2015 said:Ah, I did not realize that. I am sure you had mentioned that previously in your posts. Good to know. I am sure it would be difficult to subtract out that population, but would be nice to know of vaccine eligible individuals, what percentage have we reached.Daviewolf83 said:As I mentioned in a previous post (included a graph to demonstrate my point), I am starting to see slowing in administration of shots for the 65+ age group. There are approximately 500K people in NC in this age group who have still not received a single dose (based on my calculations using NCDHHS data). I think this is not totally related to hesitancy, but is due in part to access issues (home bound, lack of transportation, can't schedule online, etc) and people in more rural areas. I do believe vaccine hesitancy will also impact some uptake for this age group as well.PackPA2015 said:
Per Bloomberg, 20.9% of NC residents have had a dose of the vaccine with 11.6% being fully vaccinated. 80% of doses have been used. NC is 9th in daily rate of doses administered which is a great sign.
I would love to see 50% of the population have at least one dose, especially before dropping the mask mandate (I know, up for debate). I do not know if we reach a plateau before that number? When will we reach the point where the people who are going to get the vaccine have already gotten it? Your guys' and gals' thoughts?
With regards to the other age groups, I do not see the flattening trends yet, so we definitely have upside. Personally, I think the percentage of population that will get the vaccine initially will be in the 50% range and I think it will move to 70% as people see how effective the vaccine is and the providers are able to reach those people who are more difficult to get to an administration site. I would point out that the Bloomberg percentage of total population calculation includes the entire population, including age groups (less than 16 years old) that are currently not eligible for vaccination. As a result, the percentage of the NC population vaccinated is higher than what the Bloomberg tracker is reporting.
I really think 70% is the likely plateau, based on some recent polling I saw late last week. Unfortunately, the vaccine has become political and it also is impacted by the anti-vax community. One of the leading anti-vaxers is Alex Berenson. He has become rather popular on Twitter and is also very popular with the anti-vax community. Quite frankly, he is providing very bad and misleading (I am being kind here) information with the sole purpose of decreasing the number of people getting the vaccines. If you are following him with regards to vaccines, I would encourage you to reconsider. There are much better people you should follow on Twitter as it regards vaccines.
Like someone has suggested, call around to some Walgreens in your area and ask to be put on their waiting list to receive any available doses they may have toward the end of each day. They have no-shows and at the end of each day, many Walgreens will have available doses that need to go in arms. You just need to be able to go to the Walgreens when they contact you.IseWolf22 said:
My wife is finally eligible, but she has not been able to get scheduled the past week. Any tips for finding availability in Wake county (Cary)?
I expect the next vaccine to be approved in the US will be one from Novavax. It is currently tracking to be approved some time in April. In preliminary trial results, it has reported efficacy just short of 90%. I will be surprised if the AZ vaccine is approved for use in the US in the next couple of months.RunsWithWolves26 said:
My brother warned me from the beginning to stay away from the AZ vaccine because of all the issues they saw in data trials.
PackPA2015 said:
Davie or anyone else, have you all seen any further info on a possible fourth wave in the Spring? This was predicted by several epidemiologists back in the winter. Obviously, it has not shown itself at this point. I've seen various theories as to why this has not occurred, but just wondering if you all had seen any resources that I had missed.
I did see a story in the past week (I can't find it now), reporting the IHME (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) had backed off of their prediction of a fourth wave. Back in February, they were projecting a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections. Their latest model (see below) does show a flattening of cases in the US, but no spike or fourth Wave. Additionally, the CDC has recently predicted a fourth wave, driven primarily by Spring Break travel of college students and some families.PackPA2015 said:
Davie or anyone else, have you all seen any further info on a possible fourth wave in the Spring? This was predicted by several epidemiologists back in the winter. Obviously, it has not shown itself at this point. I've seen various theories as to why this has not occurred, but just wondering if you all had seen any resources that I had missed.
46-52% from 14 days to 20 days.ncsualum05 said:
Update: Got Pfizer dose 1. Felt less invasive than a flu vaccine. No soreness but I anticipate some of that tomorrow or the next day. They wanted me back for dose 2 on April 5th but I delayed it to April 12th b/c my kids are off school Easter week and we are going to be at the beach.
Can anyone in the know remind me of the effectiveness % of Pfizer dose 1 and how long it takes to achieve it?
Approximately 52% efficacy after first dose, per FDA documents. In a study out of Israel, it was 46% effective in preventing infection after the first dose. In the same study, it was 72% effective in preventing death and 74% effective in preventing hospitalization.ncsualum05 said:
Update: Got Pfizer dose 1. Felt less invasive than a flu vaccine. No soreness but I anticipate some of that tomorrow or the next day. They wanted me back for dose 2 on April 5th but I delayed it to April 12th b/c my kids are off school Easter week and we are going to be at the beach.
Can anyone in the know remind me of the effectiveness % of Pfizer dose 1 and how long it takes to achieve it?
Have you seen anything official on Moderna/Pfizer 1 dose for those who have had COVID already? I got Moderna shot #1 yesterday but they didn't sign me up for dose 2 yet because I got in off of a back-up list at a pharmacy.Daviewolf83 said:Approximately 52% efficacy after first dose, per FDA documents. In a study out of Israel, it was 46% effective in preventing infection after the first dose. In the same study, it was 72% effective in preventing death and 74% effective in preventing hospitalization.ncsualum05 said:
Update: Got Pfizer dose 1. Felt less invasive than a flu vaccine. No soreness but I anticipate some of that tomorrow or the next day. They wanted me back for dose 2 on April 5th but I delayed it to April 12th b/c my kids are off school Easter week and we are going to be at the beach.
Can anyone in the know remind me of the effectiveness % of Pfizer dose 1 and how long it takes to achieve it?
It generally takes about 14 to 20 days to reach this point of efficacy.
I don't think we have that data yet. There is one very small study in which antibodies were measured. Antibody levels in individuals who tested positive for COVID previously were ten-fold higher after 1 dose of vaccine as compared to COVID negative individuals after their second dose. The antibody response also started building sooner than in COVID negative individuals.statefan91 said:Have you seen anything official on Moderna/Pfizer 1 dose for those who have had COVID already? I got Moderna shot #1 yesterday but they didn't sign me up for dose 2 yet because I got in off of a back-up list at a pharmacy.Daviewolf83 said:Approximately 52% efficacy after first dose, per FDA documents. In a study out of Israel, it was 46% effective in preventing infection after the first dose. In the same study, it was 72% effective in preventing death and 74% effective in preventing hospitalization.ncsualum05 said:
Update: Got Pfizer dose 1. Felt less invasive than a flu vaccine. No soreness but I anticipate some of that tomorrow or the next day. They wanted me back for dose 2 on April 5th but I delayed it to April 12th b/c my kids are off school Easter week and we are going to be at the beach.
Can anyone in the know remind me of the effectiveness % of Pfizer dose 1 and how long it takes to achieve it?
It generally takes about 14 to 20 days to reach this point of efficacy.
Thank you!PackPA2015 said:46-52% from 14 days to 20 days.ncsualum05 said:
Update: Got Pfizer dose 1. Felt less invasive than a flu vaccine. No soreness but I anticipate some of that tomorrow or the next day. They wanted me back for dose 2 on April 5th but I delayed it to April 12th b/c my kids are off school Easter week and we are going to be at the beach.
Can anyone in the know remind me of the effectiveness % of Pfizer dose 1 and how long it takes to achieve it?
Pfizer Data
NEJM Data on Pfizer