Sorry to piggyback on your thread, but I got my first Pfizer vaccine today and it could be repetitive for each person who gets vaccinated to start a new thread. So, I was vaccinated today at a large hospital and I had wondered how they would handle infection control—very well! One way traffic through the corridors, sophisticated screening, they gave us fresh masks as we entered, no waiting so not long inside the building, 20 vaccination stations. They went through all our allergies, painless jab and they had about 15 rooms for the after-wait (2 to a room). They gave you a choice of cool bandaids and a peppermint. They also had us photograph a bar code for VSAFE, the CDC vaccine reaction tracker. Count me impressed!
So far, after 5 hours, just a slightly sore arm. I followed Nancy Klimas’s suggestions for prep.
Thanks Sushi. I was also at large hospital. I was there by 8:30 AM so had no wait at all.
After the shot - I had to sit in the same large room on folding chairs while others got vaccine.
It was fine at first - maybe 10 of us spread out.
But after 15 minutes the people seated after vaccine suddenly tripled, and I was feeling quite unsafe.
Especially when there was no more room to seat us - so they put lady in wheelchair right next to me.
I have never been this close to people in a closed room with heat on since last January 2020.
It should have been many rooms like you had, 2 to a room. Yours was done the right way.
I got so fearful - I told Nurse I had to leave right away, but she wouldn't let me go yet.
Although I asked if I could join VSAFE - I was handed a paper - and told just follow directions.
Thanks so much for the Nancy Klimas prep papers. Wish I had had it from before vaccine.
I did up my vitamin intake and took Benadryl as soon as I knew about vaccine appt.
Thanks again, Starlily88
PS Wish my ENDO and Internist knew what Nancy Klimas said, made copies, sending this to them.
