I am sitting in my office on Monday and I get an email from my Dad's LTC telling me that if I RSVP and show up at Noon the next day I can get the Pfizer vaccine because I have been designated an essential visitor. So I RSVP and go and line up with a bunch of other people to get the shot. I manage to get the shot before the pharmacist in charge of the deal looks at the line and unilaterally decides that most people in the line don't really qualify for the shot right now and cuts off the distribution.

So I've gotten shot number one and I am told that when I return in 20 days time there will be a second shot waiting for me.

My question is this: What if there isn't one waiting? Do I have any options. And if I cannot get the second shot on schedule what likely protection do I have form just the one shot? I have been told that just having the one shot likely keeps me out of the hospital if I do get COVID. Any info appreciated.

I had similar concerns -not because we got cut off but because demand > supply and specifically for moderna there are talks of halving the dosage.

However, we talked to the pharmacist and they said for sure they are reserving incoming shipments of vaccine for those who have had round 1. This may not be the case everywhere, but I believe places administering vaccine should be doing the same thing or have a similar system.

They have to give shot 2 no matter if someone snuck in.

So does the timing of the second dose really matter all that much for the non-high risk groups? Like if you happen to get one this week, you can get the second in April or June and, vaccination-wise, it is just as good?

I got Moderna this morning and they said 2nd dose had to be four weeks from today plus or minus 4 days.

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I got Moderna this morning and they said 2nd dose had to be four weeks from today plus or minus 4 days.

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How did you qualify to get it now?

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wbt5845 said:

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I got Moderna this morning and they said 2nd dose had to be four weeks from today plus or minus 4 days.

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How did you qualify to get it now?

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I'm in group 1B

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redcrayon said:

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wbt5845 said:

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I got Moderna this morning and they said 2nd dose had to be four weeks from today plus or minus 4 days.

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I'm in group 1B

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Obesity?

My county is doing 1a and 1b

There is a very good chance that one shot is sufficient. Which is good since a lot of people won't get the second one. One of my friends (a scientist) skipped his final rabies shot because he had a trip to Europe to make. And rabies kills you dead. Getting 300 million people to show up a 2nd time isn't going to happen.

Also getting your booster is probably the same after 3 weeks, 3 months, or a year.

(This is not advice to skip your second shot or to deviate from the recommendations of your Dr, the CDC, or the FDA)

Thanks for providing Figure 3. It's very helpful.

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Someone posted a very helpful chart showing the number of days post vaccination, will try to find it. It seems as though the people who received the first dose of the vaccine and contracted Covid were likely exposed either before getting the shot or within 10 or so days. That chart showed efficacy around 90% for people who got the first vaccine when factoring out people who became infected during the antibody production timeframe.

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Here ya go. This is figure 3 from the New England Journal of Medicine article for the Pfizer vaccine.

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So reading this chart....am I to infer that my first shot will essentially reach it's peak effectiveness at around the 14 day mark?

Effectiveness seems to kick in almost immediately on day 11.

Age for me. Tarrant county. I think we are blessed to be in a place that has a great distribution system.

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Age for me. Tarrant county. I think we are blessed to be in a place that has a great distribution system.

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I imagine you have to be feeling better about heading back to school?

Liking Marching Bands gets you 1B. Wow.

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Liking Marching Bands gets you 1B. Wow.

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That would have been funny.

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For those that have received vaccine- are you given some sort of certificate or do they mark in EMR that you received it? If in the future you need proof to travel or as Ticketmaster said, to attend an event, what do you have?

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For those that have received vaccine- are you given some sort of certificate or do they mark in EMR that you received it? If in the future you need proof to travel or as Ticketmaster said, to attend an event, what do you have?

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They give you a certificate with the dates on it. If anyone asks for my papers I'm going to have a hard time not hearing it in a East German Stasi accent.

Even though I got the vaccine I am firmly opposed to anyone requiring proof as that is not any of their business.

I was given a card with the date of first shot and the planned date for the second shot. It says to be ready to show it when you go for medical exams.

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Liking Marching Bands gets you 1B. Wow.

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That would have been funny.

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So like a multiple choice question asking What is the Carolina Crown?

Got my first round of juice yesterday. I somehow got to "cut in line" ahead of others at my school that registered ahead of me. My wife also registered same day I did and hasn't got an appointment yet. Maybe just a glitch idk.

What is the difference between the first vaccine and the second vaccine? Is it just the dosage? Are the vials marked 1 & 2?

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I got Moderna this morning and they said 2nd dose had to be four weeks from today plus or minus 4 days.

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I'm in group 1B

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Obesity?

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Tarrant County is doing 1A and 1B.

I have an underlying medical condition that, frankly, I don't think affects me very much but qualified me to get the shot.

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Didn't you post on another board that you lied about your weight to get the appointment?

Good for you that you got it but I hope you didn't take an appointment from a truly vulnerable person.

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What is the difference between the first vaccine and the second vaccine? Is it just the dosage? Are the vials marked 1 & 2?

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Yeah, I was wondering about this as well, my grandmother got shot one at a Randall's that is now closing and we are scrambling to figure out how to get her shot 2. Are they that different?

I think you have to have the same kind of shot. It may be hard to find a place for shot two since most are reserving shot two for us when they give us shot one.