Vaccine Rollout - State starts out with an 'F' but much improved, Big Island gets B+

[Carey]

I did not see the civil beat articles ... but how would any reporter actually KNOW positively who got vaccinated?
I am asking this because a lot of folks I have talked to "know" folks that they are sure got vaccinated & then I see these same folks weeks latter, when it is their time, getting vaccinated....
State & county workers & vendors & government officials .... it just does not make sense that they would be coming in for a 1st vaccination when lots of other folks were saying these folks were already vaccinated!
I also look at the percentages & the numbers of the actual 1b folks that were vaccinated (esp the Kupuna).... & the numbers & % of the 1b that should have been & we were very close to the same #s... so it is hard to place where this widespread abuse could come from.... it is not like there is vaccine smuggling, all I can make of it is that the reports of widespread abuse may be drastically overblown...
& yes I have heard it in every clinic, even things like the closed DOE clinics, yet in talking to the subset of random folks that came to the tables I have assisted at, the folks there are frontline folks.... so either the places I have assisted have been a gross anomaly, or the reports are totally not aligned to the actual population served!
ETA: It is also very important to remember, the end goal is for EVERYONE THAT WANTS A VACCINE TO GET A VACCINE & 4 of the counties in this state have opened that opportunity up.... WAY AHEAD OF ANYONES EXPECTATION.... the total thing to remember is this, the true reality... the only goal is that if you want a vaccine, stay safe until you get it....that has been the reality since March of 2020 & still is today...

[randomq]

FYI, for the Johnson & Johnson jab: First day was fine, just a sore arm. First night was like a hangover, dehydrated and a bad headache. Second day just general achiness. Third day seems fine so far.

[Justin]

Hoping I can get something from the bureaucrats here in Spain to let me leave so that I can get vaccinated in Hawaii (wow, that looks weird in print). Hawaii: "we have less screwed up bureaucracy than someone!" :-)

[Kaimana]

I felt like I was about to come down with something for a day or two after getting the first Pfizer shot. Like the achiness and fatigue you usually get before getting sick, but it never got past that. My daughter had no reaction at all. My wife got the Moderna shots a while ago and she only got tired after both of them.

[kalianna]

My goodness. This thread has taken on such a positive tone I thought I was on the wrong forum!

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Pfizer & Moderna vaccine are effective for at least 6 months, I haven’t read any studies on J&J.  Some possible implications for the future:
* a booster shot may be required
* if a large enough % of the population is vaccinated, the risk of contracting COVID-19 may become less likely so a booster would not be required, and the danger of variants also minimized
* keep those vaccine cards so you can refer to your vaccination date(s) if necessary 

Six months after getting a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as part of a 46,000-person clinical trial, volunteers remained more than 90% protected against symptomatic COVID-19 and even better protected against severe disease, a new company study found.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/heal...830501001/

[Carey]

IF you do misplace your vaccination card, you can log back onto your VAMS account & get an electronic certificate of vaccination, even can get it for first vaccination on a 2 vaccine regime...
(Yup, some have lost theirs between the first & second vaccination...so I am sure there will be those that loose theirs even after vaccination #2....)
I would advise those that may forget how they logged on, to go onto VAMS & retrieve a copy of your certificate(s) to save for a date that they MIGHT be needed...

[macuu222]

They just came out with a study in Israel that the African variant "can breakthrough" the Pfizer vaccine. Not sure what that means for Hawaii since the African variant has yet to be introduced here.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-healt...SKBN2BX0JZ

[randomq]

Everything I've read so far says all three vaccines in the US still prevent hospitalization and death with current variants. Of course, you could still pass on a mild case, so keep wearing a mask in public until the infection rate drops off and everyone who wants a vaccine has one.

My family is getting vaccinated now, can't wait to finally visit them!

[ChunksterK]

According the HNN, Maui is having trouble getting people to be vaccinated with current vaccine supply exceeding demand. I honestly neve thought we'd see that until summer. Maui has had so many cases lately that they rivaled Oahu on a few days, yet people seem to be reluctant to get their shots. Here's a link:

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/04/11...eir-shots/