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Bivalent Booster Scheduled
Oct. 4th, 2022 11:00 pmThe bivalent coronavirus booster shot has been available for a few weeks now. It's updated to provide better protection to the omicron strain. I've made an appointement to get my booster shot late next week. This will be my 5th shot overall. I'll get my annual flu shot, too, while I'm there.
As with my previous coronavirus booster I thought about whether to "run or walk" to get the shot. Like last time, I decided the right course was the middle path. I guess that would be "Walk quickly"? 😅
My thinking about when to get the shot came down to timing. I had a business trip last week— yes, the one that got canceled partway through by Hurricane Ian— but it was too early to get the shot a few weeks ahead of that. It takes a few weeks for the body to mount peak defenses after a shot. I have another business trip planned for late October, so I decided I'd get the shot in early October.
And that's where I decided not to "run". Finding appointments for, like, this Thursday or Friday is really hard. I'd have to drive... 20-30 minutes... and be there at a bad time of day! Of course, that's nothing compared to driving 105 miles for my first shot, in March 2021. Compared to that I'm lazy now. I'm willing to wait an extra week to get one at my neighborhood CVS pharmacy, less than 2 miles away.
As with my previous coronavirus booster I thought about whether to "run or walk" to get the shot. Like last time, I decided the right course was the middle path. I guess that would be "Walk quickly"? 😅
My thinking about when to get the shot came down to timing. I had a business trip last week— yes, the one that got canceled partway through by Hurricane Ian— but it was too early to get the shot a few weeks ahead of that. It takes a few weeks for the body to mount peak defenses after a shot. I have another business trip planned for late October, so I decided I'd get the shot in early October.
And that's where I decided not to "run". Finding appointments for, like, this Thursday or Friday is really hard. I'd have to drive... 20-30 minutes... and be there at a bad time of day! Of course, that's nothing compared to driving 105 miles for my first shot, in March 2021. Compared to that I'm lazy now. I'm willing to wait an extra week to get one at my neighborhood CVS pharmacy, less than 2 miles away.
