Learn more<\/a>\u00a0about the CDC’s guidance on vaccine timing.<\/p>\nMultiCare is committed to providing everyone with both doses of the vaccine to ensure its full effectiveness and we will do our best to schedule second doses within the recommended time frame, as vaccine supplies allow.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With COVID-19 vaccine shipments delayed due to weather, many people are having to wait longer than they hoped for their vaccine appointments. Michael Myint, MD, talks about what waiting for your second dose might mean for you (Spoiler alert: The CDC says you’ve got at least six weeks to get your second dose and still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,111],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-7975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19","category-video","tag-videos"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Second dose appointment delays: It\u2019s okay if you have to wait - MultiCare Vitals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With COVID-19 vaccine shipments delayed due to weather, many people are having to wait longer than they hoped for their vaccine appointments.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Second dose appointment delays: It\u2019s okay if you have to wait - MultiCare Vitals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With COVID-19 vaccine shipments delayed due to weather, many people are having to wait longer than they hoped for their vaccine appointments.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MultiCare Vitals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/multicarehealthsystem\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-20T15:33:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-05T20:53:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/02\/placeholder-default.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"931\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MultiCare Health System\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Second dose appointment delays: It\u2019s okay if you have to wait - MultiCare Vitals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"With COVID-19 vaccine shipments delayed due to weather, many people are having to wait longer than they hoped for their vaccine appointments.\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MultiCare Health System\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a785ffa7e02e06539698b678994ff983\"},\"headline\":\"Watch: Second dose appointment delays: it\u2019s okay if you have to wait\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-20T15:33:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-05T20:53:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":120,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Videos\"],\"articleSection\":[\"COVID-19\",\"Videos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\\\/\",\"name\":\"Second dose appointment delays: It\u2019s okay if you have to wait - MultiCare Vitals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-20T15:33:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-05T20:53:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"With COVID-19 vaccine shipments delayed due to weather, many people are having to wait longer than they hoped for their vaccine appointments.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Watch: Second dose appointment delays: it\u2019s okay if you have to wait\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/\",\"name\":\"MultiCare Vitals\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MultiCare\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/15\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/MultiCare-Color.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/15\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/MultiCare-Color.png\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":409,\"caption\":\"MultiCare\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/multicarehealthsystem\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/multicarehealth\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/multicare-health-system\\\/mycompany\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/multicarehealth\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a785ffa7e02e06539698b678994ff983\",\"name\":\"MultiCare Health System\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/updates-www.mccdn.io\\\/vitals\\\/author\\\/multicarehealthsystem\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Second dose appointment delays: It\u2019s okay if you have to wait - MultiCare Vitals","description":"With COVID-19 vaccine shipments delayed due to weather, many people are having to wait longer than they hoped for their vaccine appointments.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Second dose appointment delays: It\u2019s okay if you have to wait - MultiCare Vitals","og_description":"With COVID-19 vaccine shipments delayed due to weather, many people are having to wait longer than they hoped for their vaccine appointments.","og_url":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/","og_site_name":"MultiCare Vitals","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/multicarehealthsystem","article_published_time":"2021-02-20T15:33:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-05T20:53:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":931,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/02\/placeholder-default.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"MultiCare Health System","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Second dose appointment delays: It\u2019s okay if you have to wait - MultiCare Vitals","twitter_description":"With COVID-19 vaccine shipments delayed due to weather, many people are having to wait longer than they hoped for their vaccine appointments.","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/"},"author":{"name":"MultiCare Health System","@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/#\/schema\/person\/a785ffa7e02e06539698b678994ff983"},"headline":"Watch: Second dose appointment delays: it\u2019s okay if you have to wait","datePublished":"2021-02-20T15:33:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-05T20:53:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/"},"wordCount":120,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/#organization"},"keywords":["Videos"],"articleSection":["COVID-19","Videos"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/","url":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/","name":"Second dose appointment delays: It\u2019s okay if you have to wait - MultiCare Vitals","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-02-20T15:33:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-05T20:53:57+00:00","description":"With COVID-19 vaccine shipments delayed due to weather, many people are having to wait longer than they hoped for their vaccine appointments.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/watch-second-dose-appointment-delays-its-okay-if-you-have-to-wait\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Watch: Second dose appointment delays: it\u2019s okay if you have to wait"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/#website","url":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/","name":"MultiCare Vitals","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/#organization","name":"MultiCare","url":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/MultiCare-Color.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/MultiCare-Color.png","width":1500,"height":409,"caption":"MultiCare"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/multicarehealthsystem","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/multicarehealth\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/multicare-health-system\/mycompany\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/multicarehealth"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/#\/schema\/person\/a785ffa7e02e06539698b678994ff983","name":"MultiCare Health System","url":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/author\/multicarehealthsystem\/"}]}},"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7975"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32591,"href":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7975\/revisions\/32591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}