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Well, that was easy. Getting my H1N1 shot took little time that didn't involve walking about a third of a mile each way. I went to the city's web site, looked for places near my office that had H1N1 vaccine, called the drugstore I found to confirm, and walked over a little after noon. On the way, I was thinking that maybe lunchtime wasn't a brilliant plan. I got there and found one woman being prepped for her shot, and no line after that.
So I filled out the forms, including a separate consent to be included in an anonymized city immunization database; paid $20; rearranged my shirt to expose the relevant part of my left arm; and got the vaccine. The nurse doing these was good: the woman before me commented that this was the smoothest she ever had, and it's certainly up there. She told me I was brave, and I said "I'm not afraid of needles" and pointed at the tattoo on that bicep.
While I was waiting for the nurse to get my vaccine from the fridge, another woman came up, and I explained how it was set up and that I wasn't actually the nurse. When I was about done, and had asked about a receipt (for the pre-tax medical stuff) a man came over, asked what this (setup with table) was, and then asked if they were confident it was safe, meaning side effects. I assured him it was safe, and the other woman added that they were planning on folding it into the seasonal shot next year. I hope we convinced him.
(I fudged slightly on the forms; I'm not sure it's been four weeks since my tetanus booster.)
So I filled out the forms, including a separate consent to be included in an anonymized city immunization database; paid $20; rearranged my shirt to expose the relevant part of my left arm; and got the vaccine. The nurse doing these was good: the woman before me commented that this was the smoothest she ever had, and it's certainly up there. She told me I was brave, and I said "I'm not afraid of needles" and pointed at the tattoo on that bicep.
While I was waiting for the nurse to get my vaccine from the fridge, another woman came up, and I explained how it was set up and that I wasn't actually the nurse. When I was about done, and had asked about a receipt (for the pre-tax medical stuff) a man came over, asked what this (setup with table) was, and then asked if they were confident it was safe, meaning side effects. I assured him it was safe, and the other woman added that they were planning on folding it into the seasonal shot next year. I hope we convinced him.
(I fudged slightly on the forms; I'm not sure it's been four weeks since my tetanus booster.)
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