# Will you get the vaccine as soon as available to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Covid19\ **Created:** [October 27, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706 "2020-10-27T14:27:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 245
**Author:** ![ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ao_fan/32/143_2.png) [@ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ao_fan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4902 "2022-11-15T17:07:59Z")
there are central records in new york, but somehow it didn’t make it there. they said they will rectify that after we called them. ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4903 "2022-11-15T17:10:52Z")
> **[Moderna says bivalent COVID-19 booster shot performs better against BA.5...](https://abcnews.com/Health/moderna-bivalent-covid-19-booster-shot-performs-ba5/story?id=93251807)** > > Moderna released data from a Phase 2-3 clinical trial showing its bivalent COVID-19 booster shot performed better against the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants. > [@](#): > > American biotechnology company Moderna announced Monday that a booster dose of its bivalent COVID-19 vaccine performs better against two circulating versions of the omicron variant, compared with a booster shot of its original formula. > > The news echoes a similar announcement made earlier this month by American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, about their own bivalent booster shot. > … > All of these studies are conducted by taking blood samples from recently vaccinated participants and measuring antibodies in a laboratory. They give us a hint of how well the vaccines might work but do not tell the full story of their effectiveness. Vaccines are still expected to offer a high level of protection against severe illness. > > Once the dominant viral strain, the BA.5 subvariant is now estimated to account for about 30% of all new COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to the CDC. Newer versions of the omicron variant, such as BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, are slowly overtaking as a proportion of estimated cases, at 20% and 24%, respectively. These subvariants are descendants of BA.5. From today’s Philadelphia Inquirer, citing the Washington Post > [@](#): > > Moderna also said a preliminary analysis with a small number of subjects showed that the antibodies generated by the bivalent booster lost some potency against the challenging and rapidly growing BQ.1.1 subvariant — but could still block it. BQ.1.1 makes up about a quarter of the cases in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ---
**Author:** ![Hip\_tiger](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/hip_tiger/32/447_2.png) [@Hip\_tiger](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Hip_tiger)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4904 "2022-11-15T19:38:09Z")
The office set up for flu vaccines, so I took advantage. Awaiting their offering of the COVID booster. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4905 "2022-11-15T21:03:31Z")
> [@SteveWhite](#): > > American biotechnology company Moderna announced Monday that a booster dose of its bivalent COVID-19 vaccine performs better against two circulating versions of the omicron variant, compared with a booster shot of its original formula. > > The news echoes a similar announcement made earlier this month by American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, about their own bivalent booster shot. Thanks. It is a bit reassuring that both Moderna and Pfizer are touting the effectiveness of their respective bivalent vaccines. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4907 "2022-11-16T15:28:41Z")
> [@Cooke](#): > > Was curious as to whether there is any central registry in the US that maintains these vaccination records? > **[Staying Up to Date with Your Vaccine Records](https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/keeping-vaccine-records-up-to-date.html)** > > Covers locating vaccine records, recording your vaccinations, and if you can't find your records. Short answer: No. Some (many?) states maintain databases, but flow of data into those databases is imperfect. ---
**Author:** ![ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ao_fan/32/143_2.png) [@ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ao_fan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4909 "2022-11-16T16:59:04Z")
my father had a mild reaction to the bivalent booster, low grade fever and his blood pressure and pulse spiked. it seemed to happen at night after getting the jab late morning. i think he’s better now. it was a lot worse with the moderna series where he couldn’t even get up or eat anything after. i’m confused why he had no reaction to the pfizer booster he got a year ago though, but had a mild reaction to the pfizer bivalent booster. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4910 "2022-11-16T17:10:57Z")
Whatever is different about the bivalent booster may have bothered your dad more than the other shot. He’s also a year older than last time. And I think there’s some randomness to it too. On any given day his immune system might be in a different spot. Maybe this time he’d just been exposed to flu and his immune system was busier fighting that off already whereas his immune system wasn’t too busy last time. I think you just don’t / can’t know on some of that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ao_fan/32/143_2.png) [@ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ao_fan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4911 "2022-11-16T17:13:48Z")
> [@twig93](#): > > He’s also a year older than last time. yeah, but he was almost 2 years younger when he got the moderna series that he reacted badly to. i don’t think that’s a factor. might be the randomness and also pfizer isn’t as strong as moderna. for me, my reactions were very similar with the 2 moderna boosters i got. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4912 "2022-11-16T17:18:14Z")
I was talking to a friend who has been running a weekly seminar on virology that he started in response to the pandemic. He said that his latest speaker researched the question of whether your reaction to the vaccine is correlated to the strength of your immune response to covid after being vaccinated. It’s been “folk wisdom” that it does, and that feeling crappy after the vaccine means it’s working better, but of course we don’t actually know that until someone researches it. Anyway, the research found that yes, there is a correlation. You obviously don’t want to be wiped out by the vaccine, but it’s probably a good sign if you ache or have a bit of a fever or feel tired after getting it. ---
**Author:** ![IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ipd/32/179_2.png) [@IPD](https://community.goactuary.com/u/IPD)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4913 "2022-11-16T17:32:54Z")
Im not gonna lie I’m a little hesitant about the bivalent booster. After getting my original shots and also the first booster in 2021, I experienced heart palpitations for 1-2 months very frequently, and had constant ringing in my ears. In addition to that, I felt really sick the day after my 2nd original dose and the booster (103 fever, headache, chills, etc). I can deal with a day of sickness fine, but it is the heart/ear stuff that gives me a bit of pause. I got COVID earlier this year in the spring and it was very mild. Basically the sniffles, and a slight headache/sore throat one night. I did not have heart palpitations at or after this time. I do think that the vaccines reduced the severity of it for me. Vaccines are a modern marvel of scientific achievement - i got my flu shot last week. I think ill talk to my doctor about it. ---
**Author:** ![ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ao_fan/32/143_2.png) [@ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ao_fan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4914 "2022-11-16T17:40:53Z")
I probably wouldn’t get the bivalent booster in your situation. That sounds awful. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4915 "2022-11-16T17:57:07Z")
If you already got omicron, you may not even get much benefit from the bivalent booster. Yeah, talk to your doctor. I have a friend who got really sick from her last covid vaccine, and her doctor ordered a count of her antibodies. She has WAY more antibodies to covid than most people have right after being vaccinated. No, she doesn’t need another vaccine. ---
**Author:** ![Hip\_tiger](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/hip_tiger/32/447_2.png) [@Hip\_tiger](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Hip_tiger)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4916 "2022-11-16T20:57:55Z")
Donny Osmond has the flu. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4917 "2022-11-16T21:00:52Z")
> [@Lucy](#): > > I have a friend who got really sick from her last covid vaccine, and her doctor ordered a count of her antibodies. She has WAY more antibodies to covid than most people have right after being vaccinated. No, she doesn’t need another vaccine. I’ve been pretty sick (fever, unable to work for at least 2 days) after each vaccine. So not a severe reaction but one that makes me have to really think about and plan when I get the vaccine. I haven’t had the bivalent yet. (Booster was late July.) I need to get my second shingles shot and I am just dreading it. I think I’ll get it the first Sat of December just to have it over with. Then I’ll do my next Covid booster early January, but on a Friday afternoon so I won’t miss work. ---
**Author:** ![3rookie](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/3/e0b2c6/32.png) [@3rookie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/3rookie)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4918 "2022-11-16T21:02:56Z")
Sounds like you are doing it wrong. Get the shot Monday morning, then use sick days! (and shut off all computers…) ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4919 "2022-11-16T21:15:02Z")
Except that we have one bank of “personal time” and I’m tired of using so much of my time being sick. ---
**Author:** ![ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ao_fan/32/143_2.png) [@ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ao_fan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4920 "2022-11-16T21:21:12Z")
yeah, even with separate sick time, this isn’t an amazing idea when i’ve been feeling sick much of the year with mystery illnesses. work still needs to get done. therefore, i got the booster on a saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4921 "2022-11-16T21:32:36Z")
> [@Ajstudies](#): > > I need to get my second shingles shot and I am just dreading it. I think I’ll get it the first Sat of December just to have it over with. Then I’ll do my next Covid booster early January, but on a Friday afternoon so I won’t miss work. When scheduling my last couple of vaccine experiences (flu, COVID, shingles), I made a point to schedule them when I had no commitments for the two following days because of my propensity to react. For normal people, that would probably translate to getting shots Friday afternoon/evening and vegging out at home over the weekend. My most recent shots were over Columbus Day / Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. My family does the fall get-together that weekend. So I visited with family on Saturday, drove home and got my shots (COVID and second shingles) on Sunday, and prayed for death on Monday, which was a non-work day for me because I work with a bunch of Canadians. I was still feeling rough on Tuesday, but I was able to get some work done. ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4922 "2022-11-16T21:33:36Z")
> [@Ajstudies](#): > > I need to get my second shingles shot and I am just dreading it. Is shingles vaccine often a problem? I also need to get my second one before the end of the year. Fortunately 0 problems for me from the first one. I’m thinking next week. Retire, so interaction with work is a non-issue. I need to travel for a week in December, so I was planning at least a week before that, just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706/4923 "2022-11-16T21:36:21Z")
> [@SteveWhite](#): > > Is shingles vaccine often a problem? I’ve heard the second is often worse than the first. I got my first with my previous Covid booster so I can’t say which shot caused my reaction. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706.md?page=244) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/will-you-get-the-vaccine-as-soon-as-available-to-you/706.md?page=246)