Please read this post if you had a question in my OP yesterday about the 2nd Covid booster.
I posted the following OP yesterday, and said that I would get back to people with what I found out, if anything, about the 2nd Covid booster.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216542771#post52
I just got home now after getting the second Pfizer Covid booster.
After I heard yesterday that people over 50 were now eligible for this booster, I went online, landed on the website for my county health department, and registered for for the second booster. They offered several locations to get the booster, and I chose a local church because they had appointments today, and I thought there would be few people there because they stated they were letting people in only one person at a time, and that you must be masked. That didn't work out so well. When I drove up to the church, there was a line of about 30 people outside, all unmasked, waiting for the door to open. My appointment was at 4:30. Turns out the church was sponsoring a free dinner at 4:30 as well. Not only that, but the dinner was in the same room that the health department was giving the vaccines. I masked up and went and stood in line. I thought all of those people were there for a vaccine, and didn't know about the dinner until I got inside.
This is unrelated, but I thought it was pretty funny: As I was standing in line, 5 different people, who did not appear to be in the same group, came up to me and said one of these two things: 1) Hi Chris, or 2) Hey, you look just like Chris! My name is not Chris, and now I'm wondering who the fuck Chris is. To the people who told me I looked just like Chris, I just said thank you.
Alright, so here's some info:
1) Walked up to the table that was staffed by two health department employees. I said "I'm here for the second Pfizer booster, and I want to verify that you are aware of that". The woman said "Oh no, we are not set up here for the second booster. The FDA approved it, but we have not been informed anything about CDC approval. We are here for people getting the first booster. My response was as follows: Listen, I went through a rigorous 30 minute online registration process last night. I was specifically asked if I received the first booster already. I answered yes. I was then asked the date of the my first booster, and I replied to the online form (my date was just over 6 months ago). I was informed that my registration was approved, and I have a ticket for it. She then asked me if I was immunocompromised, and I told her yes. She said: Let me make a phone call. She made a call, came back to me, and said: You're fine, you can get the booster. She gave me the booster, had me wait for 15 minutes, and I left.
MY CONCLUSION: Since approval for people over 50 was just yesterday approved by the FDA, it's probably going to be difficult to find a place giving the 2nd booster, unless you are immunocompromised. It might be a different story in a day or so, but that was my experience today. I was not asked in what way I was immunocompromised.
2) There were some questions concerning cost of the second booster. I think there were some comments that insurance was not covering the 2nd booster, etc. All I know about this is that I was not charged anything, and they were aware that this was my 2nd booster. I am in New York State.
3) The woman told me that the 2nd Pfizer booster, which I received, is the full dose, and that the Moderna 2nd booster will be the reduced dose like the 1st booster was.
4) It's only been about 1.5 hours since I get the shot, and I'm feeling fine. But based on previous experience from the first three shots that I had, I'm going to start getting a strong reaction almost exactly 12 hours after the shot.
That's all I have, hope it answers some questions.
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Im going to get online when this violent storm moves out & book my appt for tomorrow.
Ty for the info!
I think that waiting is not a bad decision, it's up to each individual depending on their perceived risk level, etc.
Nothing wrong with giving it some thought.
To further elaborate on the the people in line, I'm assuming that most of them were homeless based on the conversations that I heard. Also, my wife works in the mental health services field, and she told me that the area in which the church is located has a particularly high concentration of people with various mental health problems and cognitive impairments.
So I kind of understood that probably a lot of these people are just trying to get through life, and the thought of Covid is not one of their top priorities, so I didn't get upset about people in line being unmasked.
That being said, when I see unmasked people in Wegmans, which is a higher end grocery store, I have to fight off the urge to lose my shit, because pretty much nobody in that store has a mask on.
Good luck with your booster!
Good luck to you as well.
I said I'd get back to you... 
Almost identical to the reactions I had for the first three shots. Nagging headache. Entire body aches, extreme fatigue, arm hurts worse than everything else that hurts lol. Also, I have nausea this time around. I don't feel feverish at all, so I haven't taken my temperature.
Symptoms didn't start until 15 hours after the shot, where for the previous three shots, it was almost 12 hours on the nose.
Based on my previous experience, I'll start feeling better by tomorrow night (Friday). Have an eye doctor appointment first thing tomorrow morning though, so I'm anticipating a bit of a struggle with that.
How are you doing? I hope you are feeling good.
Have a nice day!
That does not sound fun.
It’s so weird how I have no issues at all. Like I said, I wish I had something wrong because then it would be proof I got the vaccine.
I hope it doesn’t get worse. At least you know you’re vaccinated And are you gonna be safer because of it.
Thank you for the update!
"bottlenose".