Stop the Clock

Well, the plan was to jump right on that fourth vaccine shot. Nope. Not doing it. Not right now.

I called four places near me and half of them did not know about the fourth shot, and the rest said they were only giving first, second, and third shots.

No website has been adjusted, of course, they all ask me if I'm getting dose 1,2 or 3. It's fast to change a website, just not if it's a corporate site. Testing has to be done by committee, phrasing has to be negotiated by committee.

I called the hospital system downtown, and they were aware of the fourth shot, so that was a step up, and then I had to decide if there was a safe place to get the shot ... but there isn't. No drive ups anywhere. Appointments, yes, but appointments in auditoriums.

So, I decided to not decide - just stay in my bubble and then next month, hold my breath and go out to one of the smaller hospital locations. 

But then, another person at work died. I don't know his vaccination status or his immunization status, but now I am even more afraid of the 'cron. The problem is, should I be so afraid of Omicron that I get the vaccine, or so afraid of Omicron that I avoid leaving the house? I don't know which. Pause the clock for a month, then, and wait for any surges to die down. That;s my current "plan."

Comments

[KC]

That sounds like a good plan, to me, contingent on a lack of urgent medical issues that would chuck you or Gary into a waiting room. So maybe stay off ladders for a month, too?

(it may only take two weeks for the shot info to percolate out to drive-through sites, though, in which case: less than a month, yay!?)