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In my prior post, I listed some of the conditions which make you eligible for the COVID booster this year, given the new FDA rules.

Siderea has posted more in-depth about the "At Least One Underlying Condition" requirement for people under the age of 65 in the U.S. to be eligible. She explains how given the large list of conditions, you are most likely eligible. Having a BMI >= 20 (not just >= 25 as was listed in the CVS website), may make you eligible. Current and former smokers are eligible. One estimate is that 75% of Americans are eligible. So don't be put off by the underlying condition requirement without checking the list.

In the comment section there is also discussion that the Trump administration may be intending to de-authorize or completely ban the vaccines. All the more reason to get it soon if you want it and haven't yet, I think.

Info on where and how you can get the vaccines, and where not:
Are the New COVID Vaccines Available, and Can You Get One? It Depends, Experts Say

The National Wastewater Surveillance System shows viral levels are very high in SC and several other states. When I checked it a few days ago, it showed 8 states with very high levels, now it shows 14.

Update, 2025-09-09:
I checked the Kroger and CVS pharmacy websites for COVID vaccine access here in South Carolina.

The Kroger site requires you to confirm that you are either "Over 65 years old" or "Have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from the COVID-19 virus?". Otherwise it states "If you do not meet the requirements you are not eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine." Even after that, it currently gives this message for all Kroger locations in my city: "Service Unavailable. Your selected service is unavailable here. Please try another location."
So maybe they don't have the vaccine in stock here yet.

The CVS site has the same requirement, but lists the acceptable conditions:

The 2025/26 COVID-19 vaccine is FDA approved for everyone ages 65 and older and patients 6 months to 64 with certain health conditions that put someone at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.
Conditions include but are not limited to:
Diabetes
Past or current smoker
Physically inactive
Body mass index greater than 25
Weakened immune system
Heart disease, including high blood pressure
Pregnancy
Cancer
Substance use disorders
Mental health conditions
Chronic lung disease including cystic fibrosis
Chronic liver disease
Kidney disease
Dementia or a neurologic condition
Blood disorders (including sickle cell disease)
HIV or tuberculous infection
Solid organ or blood stem cell transplant
Any other conditions or situation that places you at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 (consult your pharmacist or medical provider if you are unsure)

The CVS appointment scheduler shows the vaccines currently available at all their locations - some have Pfizer and some have Moderna.

Since the pandemic started, I've worn a face mask when entering all public buildings and stores. There have only been a handful of times I forgot to do so, or remembered while in the store and then put one on.

I don't go out shopping very often - generally 4 to 6 weeks apart. Sometimes I stop and think, has the world changed since the last time? Is is still worth wearing a face mask to reduce the risk of catching Covid and getting long-term side effects? Is the risk low enough to dispense with the precaution? I haven't been sick with anything in 3 years and don't really want to break that streak. I don't care if people don't see my face; maybe I could go on forever like this. But I also feel self conscious, especially at first, and tend to avoid looking at other people even more than otherwise, when wearing a mask.

The South Carolina DHEC website that had been tracking SC COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations stopped doing so as of July and now only shows vaccination stats.

The CDC site still has a tracker:
United States COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Deaths, Emergency Department (ED) Visits, and Test Positivity by Geographic Area

A Positive Covid Milestone (2023/07/17)
"In a sign that the pandemic really is over, the total number of Americans dying each day is no longer historically abnormal."

But: Early COVID-19 Indicators Show Increase: CDC Data (2023/07/24)
"Coronavirus emergency department visits and test positivity are on the rise."

It's been 9.5 months since my last booster shot. Per the following CDC page, I'm not currently eligible for another.

Stay Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines
"New vaccines expected in fall 2023
On June 15, 2023, an FDA advisory committee met to talk about COVID-19 vaccines and additional strains of the COVID-19 virus. They recommended that COVID-19 vaccines should be updated to provide protection against the Omicron variant XBB.1.5 for use by the fall of 2023.

A couple weeks ago I decided not to wear a face mask in the first store I went in. I already had second thoughts while walking up to the entrance. What if I get stuck in line behind someone who is coughing and/or sneezing? It's always easier to have a face mask already on in a situation like that, than to have to consider other people feeling antagonized by my action of putting one on in their presence. But I knew the store wouldn't be crowded, so I went through with it, maskless. But I wore a mask in the next 2 larger grocery stores I shopped in.

The following week, my work supervisor told us he had caught Covid at a conference. He said it was his first time of having gotten it.

Free Covid-19 tests aren’t guaranteed after May 11, but there’s still time to stock up

They can be ordered here

Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of #4 free at-home tests from USPS.com. Here's what you need to know about your order:
- Limit of one order per residential address
- Under this program, addresses are eligible if your last order was before Dec. 15, 2022

Something else I read yesterday said that PCR tests are much more sensitive than these kind of rapid antigen tests. So if you suspect you have (or recently had) Covid but the rapid tests are negative, you may want to get a PCR test done. I don't even know where or how one goes about getting a PCR test anymore around here; they probably won't be free either unless your health insurance covers it.

August:
I took a week of vacation.
I watched the Peacemaker series on HBO Max, and enjoyed it. That show has the best title sequence / music.

September:
I got a new phone.
I drove to Myrtle Beach with my mom, for a half-vacation half-work week.

October:
I visited an Arts & Music festival and browsed the art.

I went to the SC Pride Festival and got to see a performance by Sheila E.. A nice thing about these public outdoor events here is how close up you can get to the stage and performers, if you want, compared to a concert with assigned seating.

I got my flu shot and bivalent Covid booster on the same day, one in each arm.

Wyze treasure hunt! It affected me, oddly, remotely. I wish I had time to describe the feels.

Halloween: I put up decorations and lights. I replaced the net fabric from my ghosties with a different fabric less likely to entrap flying insects. The new fabric is thicker and heavier, so I cut it into strips to make it look better. Turned out quite well; I was very pleased. I gave out treats. There were 13 trick-or-treaters.

November:
I early-voted the Friday before; stood in line for an hour. But I was relieved to get it done with.

I received a summons for jury duty next month. That once again made me glad I got my 2nd booster shot already. If I end up being selected for a jury, and if it's like last time where we had to spend hours together in a small room, discussing the case and having meals brought to us to eat in that same room...

I wonder what they would do if a jury member tested positive while a multi-day trial was still underway. Would they be excused? Would the jury member have to present a test stick showing the positive test as proof? I wonder if they are selecting more than the usual number of alternates for juries now because of that possibility.

I wonder what you're supposed to do if you get a positive test result right before the summons date. The summons letter doesn't mention anything about COVID or other illnesses. It says "Failure to appear at the address above at the specified time may subject you to penalties as prescribed by law."

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This is bad news: The COVID Event Horizon

On May 24, 2022, the CDC, of all places, announced that more than 1 in 5 COVID cases results in Long COVID. ... The next day, a study in Nature Medicine revealed that vaccines only reduce the risk of Long COVID by 15%.

That article has much other interesting info too.

I got my 2nd COVID-19 booster shot on Tuesday. I decided to get it now as there is a get-together with some of Qiao's family in a few weeks. There will be another get-together with various people this weekend, too, which I wasn't expecting. Browsing Dreamwidth, lately I keep coming across people posting that they have caught COVID. So I'm thinking it's probably good for me not to have waited longer.

Like the other shots, this one made my arm sore. If I had any slight fever during the night, it didn't bother me. I slept well.

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I'm also eligible for the shingles vaccine now. I could have gotten it at the same time, in the other arm. But I didn't want both vaccines at once. Having both arms sore from shots would have made sleeping harder too, as I prefer to sleep on my sides. Last night I had to be careful whenever turning on my left side, not to put too much pressure on that arm.

If your COVID-19 test kit has passed the expiration date listed on the box, it may still be good.

Do Home Covid Tests Expire?

A quirk in the regulatory process for home tests can mean the real expiration date doesn’t always match what’s on the box.
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As a result of this requirement, a home test might have a six-month expiration when it’s first authorized, but as more time passes the test maker collects more data and seeks an extension to the original shelf-life date. That means you might have a test at home that’s passed its expiration date, but if you call the company or dig through the F.D.A. authorization letters, you’ll find it has changed.
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Tests should be marked with a manufacturing date and an expiration date. An F.D.A. spokesman said that anyone with a question about an expiration date could go online to view the various regulatory documents that extend a test’s shelf life. There is a section for antigen tests here and molecular tests here. Then, you can do the math based on your test’s manufacturing date. For instance, in January, the F.D.A. extended the shelf life of the BinaxNOW test to 15 months, from 12 months, so many people can just add another three months to the expiration listed on their box.
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whether you’re using a new test or one that is a little past its expiration date, follow the instructions carefully — and make sure the control line shows up quickly, which is an indicator that the test is still working.

“The reality is that these tests are very, very stable,” Dr. Mina said. “My expectation is that most of them, if not all of them, eventually will have a two-year expiration date at least. If the control line is showing up and it’s within 18 to 24 months of the manufacture date, you should assume the test is working.”

The kits I have don't list the manufacture date, only the expiration date.
The Siemens Clinitest kit's expiration date is listed as 2022/11, so it still has time.

For the iHealth kits, I found this:

iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test / Expiration Date Extension

I'm eligible for the 2nd COVID-19 booster shot, but have debated getting it now versus waiting a month or two. From what I've read, for people without risk factors, there's no urgency in getting it, and there may be benefits to waiting. (In case there's another big surge several months from now, or in case they come out with new boosters/vaccines based on the latest variants.)

In my area, the current case/hospitalization rates are very low, as low as they were in the very early days of the pandemic.

In two articles, I read something like the following, which I was curious about:

How Long Does It Take for the COVID Booster to Be Effective? (2021/12/21)

There's one other factor that can impact the effectiveness of a booster: time between doses. According to Penaloza-MacMaster, the longer the interval between your original vaccine series and the booster dose, the better antibodies your memory cells can create.

Why would the memory cells work better with a longer interval? So I tried to find an answer (I don't believe I did), and more info on these memory cells...

What to know about booster shots and third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine (2021/12/22)

COVID-19 vaccines create high levels of antibodies that can block the virus from ever infecting our cells. As time passes after your vaccination, however, you also develop memory B cells and T cell immunity and antibody levels go down. With fewer blocking antibodies, the virus might be able to start an infection. As viruses evolve, strains that can bypass those antibodies have an advantage and some people have such a high-level exposure that it can overwhelm the antibodies they do have. When this happens, we call it a “breakthrough infection,” but memory B cells and T cells are able to respond quickly and stop the infection before too much damage is done.

Breakthroughs, Boosters, and B cells … Oh My! (2021/10/12)

Over time, as the infection resolves and these antibodies fail to find virus, they will diminish in number. However, what doesn’t go away are the cells that can produce antibodies against the infecting virus. They are called memory B cells. We also have memory T cells that remain after an infection. If we are exposed to the same virus again, those B and T cells will recognize it and become activated.

The memory B cells will change into another type of B cell, called a plasma cell, and quickly start producing large quantities of antibodies. The antibodies produced by these cells are significantly more effective at stopping the virus than antibodies produced during the first encounter with a virus.

Activated memory T cells will cause the production of chemicals critical to our immune response, called cytokines.

This page has a nice simple chart:
Viral Attack: Memory Cells

Toward the end of each battle to stop an infection, some T-cells and B-cells turn into Memory T-cells and Memory B-cells. As you would expect from their names, these cells remember the virus or bacteria they just fought. These cells live in the body for a long time, even after all the viruses from the first infection have been destroyed. They stay in the ready-mode to quickly recognize and attack any returning viruses or bacteria.

Quickly making lots of antibodies can stop an infection in its tracks. The first time your body fights a virus, it can take up to 15 days to make enough antibodies to get rid of it. With the help of Memory B-cells, the second time your body sees that virus, it can do the same in thing 5 days. It also makes 100 times more antibodies than it did the first time. The faster your body makes antibodies, the quicker the virus can be destroyed. With the help of Memory B-cells, you might get rid of it before you even feel sick. This is called gaining immunity.

B cell memory: understanding COVID-19 (2021/02/09)

If the amount of Abs [antibodies] in circulation drops, or if the pathogen varies from the initial infection, the shield may not be protective, and a re-run of the response would be required. This response, triggered by re-exposure to the same or a closely related pathogen, uses the memory B and T cells, incorporating the information acquired in the first response by starting with cells that have already been selected as being strongly reactive. This head start makes memory responses faster, larger, and of higher affinity than the initial response, allowing for rapid negation of the pathogen, often before symptoms develop.
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Within GCs [germinal centers], B cells rapidly proliferate and, remarkably, deliberately mutate the DNA encoding the epitope-binding component of their antigen-binding receptor, potentially changing its affinity. This occurs as repeated cycles of proliferation, mutation, and selective survival of those B cells with improved binding affinity to antigen. This “selection of the fittest” continues for the duration of the response or until antigen receptor binding strength reaches a maximum, meaning that B cell affinity is improving as the response progresses.

Why are T cells called T cells
T cells (thymus cells) and B cells (bone marrow- or bursa-derived cells) are the major cellular components of the adaptive immune response.

I wasn't even familiar with this organ of the human body:
Thymus
The thymus is located in the upper front part of the chest, ... behind the sternum, and in front of the heart. It is made up of two lobes

Update, 2022/05/29:
Here's another article that mentions memory B and T cells benefitting from delaying the booster, if you've recently had a COVID infection:

Is a second COVID-19 booster right for me?

“An infection acts as a kind of ‘immune boost,’” Ferullo explains, “Getting a booster shot too soon thereafter runs the risk of interrupting and restarting an immune-building process that the infection began,” he explains. “The longer those memory B and T cells have to mature, the better equipped they will be to fight a new infection, so it makes sense to delay a booster for a few months after recovery.”

I haven't been keeping close track of the local face mask mandates. But I'm of the impression they've been suspended for the time being. When I went shopping today, I expected not to see anyone else wearing face masks. I planned to wear mine anyhow, and figured people would think I was odd. So, like usual, right?, I thought in reply. But I decided to wear my not-as-tight KN-95 instead of the most protective one.

There were actually a lot of people wearing face masks; not only store employees but other customers too. It seemed like more people were wearing face masks today than last year or the year before.

I bought a can of mushy peas to see what they are like, in spite of the ingredients including artificial color. That would have been a fitting thing to eat on St. Patrick's Day. And if I'd thought of it earlier in the month, I could have put my green fairy lights on the porch.

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Among the things I've read about Ukraine was a comment by a local, "The fasting has started", in reference to food supplies being tight. It's a grim thought, in addition to everything else.

SCDHEC news release, 2022/03/11
"the federal government has expanded its at-home test program to offer every home in the U.S. two sets of four free at-home tests."

https://www.covidtests.gov/
"Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order 2 sets of 4 free at-home tests. If you already ordered your first set, order a second today."

Related to HSA accounts:

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i8889.pdf

What’s New

Amounts paid for personal protective equipment (PPE), such as masks, hand sanitizer, and sanitizing wipes, for use by you, your spouse, or your dependent(s) to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are eligible medical expenses that may be paid or reimbursed from an HSA.

The cost to diagnose COVID-19 is an eligible medical expense for tax purposes, which means the cost of home testing for COVID-19 for you, your spouse, or your dependent(s) may be paid or reimbursed from an HSA.

Reminders
Qualified medical expenses.
Over-the-counter medicine (whether or not prescribed) and menstrual care products are qualified medical expenses that may be paid or reimbursed from an HSA.

More info on the last item:
2020 CARES Act: Menstrual products eligible for FSA, HSA, & HRA
If you have receipts, you can get reimbursed retroactively back to Jan 1, 2020.
"However, the CARES Act does not specify whether or not menstrual products will remain protected in future tax law after the COVID-19 pandemic is over."

Why must so many news reports about COVID-19 include video clips of vaccine needles being pushed into and pulled out of arms? I'm only a little needlephobic (I avert my gaze when getting shots) and a little bothered when I see those videos. But I imagine many people are a lot more disturbed by seeing it, and might avoid watching the news because of it? Seeing all those needles may be adding to their anxiety about getting vaccinated instead of relieving it.

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Another thing that oddly irritates me is hearing or reading the British term for it, "jab". The word "jab" makes me think of 2 friends walking down the street, and one of them giving the other a friendly shove of an elbow in the side. (Why do I associate it with that? Dunno.) So when I hear it used about the vaccine, it sounds like an attempt to downplay the fact that it's a needle piercing your skin. It sounds like a word you'd say to a small child to keep them from being afraid of it.

I have this reaction even though I know that's simply the term used in Britain and not a euphemism. And I know the word "shot" doesn't really describe an injection better than "jab".

WSJ has this intriguing-sounding article, but it requires a subscription to read: ‘Jab’: A British Term for a Covid-19 Shot, but Born in the U.S.A.

The newly imported name for a vaccination actually originated on this side of the Atlantic ...
It might not be the most important point of contention in the pandemic era, but a British-style, three-letter word for a vaccination shot has proved irksome to many Americans: “jab.”

So I'm not the only American irritated by that word?

Here I found a screenshot of the article on twitter.

Hah, so just like that flu of 1918, the word "jab" started in the U.S., spread out in Europe, and then came back.

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Damn:
SC tops entire country for COVID case rate as hospital reports record COVID patient count

I'm going clothes shopping for the first time since before 2020.
My last time grocery shopping was mid-May.
My last time in another store was the beginning of June. I wore a face mask that day though I think other people weren't.

According to this page: major retailers' face mask requirements,
it looks like most (or all) stores no longer require fully vaccinated shoppers to wear face masks. Around here that means probably no one, especially non-vaccinated people, will be wearing them.

According to the SC DHEC dashboard, 41% of South Carolinians have been fully vaccinated, and 48% have had at least one dose.

COVID-19 delta variant increasingly spreads in US but SC detection system not finding it (June 23, 2021)
"Because the state does not routinely screen for variants, only four delta cases have been confirmed in the state."

I guess I'll still wear a face mask even if I don't see anyone else wearing one.

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Addendum: Many, maybe even most of the people I saw in the stores were still wearing face masks. I was pleasantly surprised.

Something I hadn't considered was that the stores might have their fitting rooms closed. Both JCPenny and Kohl's had signs in front of fitting rooms saying they were closed. Perhaps other fitting rooms in the same stores were still open, I'm not sure. I didn't find any clothes that interested me in there anyway.

The shops where you CAN try on clothes as more retailers reopen fitting rooms (2021 June 1)
Why aren’t all the dressing rooms open?(2021 June 9)
Target is reopening fitting rooms after keeping them closed more than a year amid COVID-19 (2021 May 31)

The fitting rooms at Target were open. I found 3 nice pairs of pants there. Though still not as comfortable as my old cargo pants which have started getting holes at the knees. I bought some iron-on patches for them at Walmart.

Among the handouts given to me with both of my Covid vaccine shots was one about v-safe, the "after vaccination health checker". It's a smartphone-based tool for providing feedback to the CDC of any side effects you experience from the COVID-19 vaccines.

I didn't sign up for it after my first shot, because I didn't like that it is only phone-based, with no option to use a laptop instead. But also because I had too much other stuff going on at the time, and then also because I only experienced one side-effect, which was a very common one anyway.

But after my 2nd shot, I tried it out. It doesn't require installing an app on your phone. You sign up at the above website, which can be done on your phone or on a laptop. When signing up, you are asked for your name, date of birth, zip code, sex*, and mobile phone number. Then you are asked for the date of your first and/or 2nd shots, and which vaccine you got.

Thereafter, you supposedly get a link to an online questionnaire sent to your phone via a text every day (around 4pm for me) for the first week. Then some more at weekly or monthly intervals. The questionnaire asks about any symptoms you experienced that day, and also asks your race/ethnicity*.

*An option is included for "prefer not to say".

Yesterday I copied the questionnaire link from the text to my laptop by manually typing it in. (Just to be perverse, to see if it would work, and it did.) After filling in the answers, something distracted me. It may have been that I took too long in deciding "Did any of the symptoms or health conditions you reported today cause you to... Be unable to work... Be unable to do your normal daily activities..." (etc.)

I *could* have worked if I had really needed to, in spite of the mild fever. I *could* have taken Tylenol earlier than I did, and then probably would have felt better earlier. And I *did* do some work later that day. Most of the time, I do most of my work later in the day anyway. But I decided to select the options, as I hadn't really felt up to working earlier that morning.

When I returned to the page and finally submitted it, it gave me a time-out error. However, I was able to open the page, re-enter my answers, and then submit it successfully.

Yesterday I did the questionnaire a couple hours after getting the text.

Today I waited until after I had finished my work for the day, and after I'd done a few other things. Ie., until 3am. This time I clicked the link on my phone, deciding to do it the way it was designed. But it gave an error, "Sorry, this Health Check-in has expired" !!!

So you have only a limited amount of time, not even a full 12 hours, to submit each day's questionnaire after being sent the link.

It was only my 2nd day of using the tool, and it already has failed me. No point in continuing with it, I think. It didn't let me enter any symptoms (in arrears) from my first shot either, by the way. So it's only useful if you sign up for it right away after getting a shot, and then answer the questions promptly every day after getting the texts.

I got my 2nd Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shot yesterday afternoon. I felt fine afterwards. During the rest of the day and night, my arm became slightly sore, but not nearly as much as after the first shot.

I went to bed around 2:40am, still feeling mostly fine. I felt very tired and worn out, as I'd done a lot of work, including physical activity, that afternoon and evening

A few hours later (about 14 hours after the shot), I woke up with a mild fever and chills/shivering. I put more blankets on the bed and managed to sleep some more off and on. The mild fever (ranging from 100.2 to 100.9) and headache persisted till the early afternoon. Then I took some acetaminophen; the fever went down and I started feeling better. My joints & some muscles were also achy today but they are feeling better now too.

The fever hasn't come back, so unless it returns during the night, I think I'm over it.

This is an interesting video from last August, about the development of the vaccines & antibody treatments. It's 54 minutes long, which is why I didn't get around to watching it until now.
The Latest on COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatment

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New to me:
Read Your Food Labels: Watch out for Maltodextrin (It has been linked to inflammatory bowel disease; it also has a very high glycemic index.)

I finished watching the first season of Resident Alien, and quite enjoyed it. It's amusing but also quite touching.

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I stopped watching Mr. Mayor after the first few episodes, as the comedy became too absurd for my taste. I still haven't figured out which (other) child actor the Arpi Meskimen character reminds me of.

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Almond Breeze has a quite good banana almond milk, made with real bananas and no added sugar. It tastes the same as banana milk I used to make myself, but blended all smooth.

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My arm was still a little sore Thursday, but by Friday evening it felt completely back to normal. No other side effects so far.

I got my first COVID-19 vaccine shot today, Moderna. I got it at Kroger after scheduling the appointment Sunday night. From the sounds of it, all their slots today weren't even filled.

I wonder if there something about this vaccine in particular that causes more arm soreness than other vaccines? I'm pretty sure my arm wasn't nearly this sore after either of the 2 flu shots I've had in the past. Or maybe it only depends on how and/or where the needle goes in, so it can vary from shot to shot?

My arm didn't start feeling sore until a few hours afterwards, so I don't think it was injected in the wrong place (which is one of my vague worries in general about getting shots).

While searching on the arm soreness topic, I found this article about a possible delayed reaction at the injection site a week later:
What’s the New Phenomenon Called “COVID Vaccine Arm”?
That only happens in about 1% of people.

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I've had a lot of other stuff going on this last week.

All South Carolinians Aged 16 and Older to be Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine Beginning March 31, 2021

Qiao told me about it. I'd finally stopped checking the daily numbers and news releases in February.

Dang. I wasn't expecting it to be so soon. o_o

I'd been content to wait several months at least; getting vaccinated isn't going to have much if any affect on *my* usual activities. There will probably be a rush at first, so it will probably be a while till I can get an appointment anyway.

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I've sort of started to like wearing a mask sometimes. I feel a bit exposed at first, when I go out for a walk without wearing one. That feeling adds to my slight general anxiety at going out in public where people can see me, which itself probably has increased over the last year because of me having been out less often.

Video title: MR. BIDEN (Bring My Vaccine) - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
Posted by: Randy Rainbow
Date posted: Mar 9, 2021

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