Glad to hear you're on the mend, Parrot. You must be a
very young guy to feel so certain your strength will be back in a few days!
I just got vaxxed while doing a story for the MN on the vaccine rollout here in WA. I'm in the Old Guys Group (1-B, over 65, etc.), and they had extra doses. The story is at:
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LoginWA is switching to large-scale inoculations as opposed to the initial smaller-sized, in-store pharmacies, as it is more efficient. It took nearly 60 volunteers - including docs, nurses, and techs - to administer to 1,000-plus folks. They had dozens of extra doses and had formed a "secondary group" of high risk folks, latecomers, and guys like me who just hang around.... It was an impressive tour-de-force of organization and goodwill. And free. Thank You, Mr. and Mrs. American Taxpayer.
I'll still be wearing a mask for a couple of reasons:
1. The vax takes a week to activate. Plus I need a booster shot in 28 days.
2. I'm enjoying NOT getting bronchitis and other viral flu thingies.
3. I sure don't want to give any Covid cooties to anyone else.
4. I derive some pleasure from making a political statement, although I am meditating EVERY day to master my anger at those *!#!**! Trumpers.... I think I'm making progress, but I have a little bit more to go in that department.
More good news: the strap on my mask broke while I was interviewing the head doc, so he reached over to the registration desk and gave me a brand-new clinical N95 mask. Whew. It's like gold in these here parts, as only clinical folks get 'em and they cannot be bought, as I understand it. The "KN95s" that are for sale are the "Asian Standard" mask, while my N95 is the higher USA standard for filtration. Gosh darn tight, too.