Perhaps if the state and county health authorities weren’t inept and weren’t so concerned with using the vaccine distribution as some social justice mission, they’d be more informed. At least in my state, the state health authority is more interested in devaluing people they don’t deem worthy of getting vaccinated, choosing which CDC recommendations they want to implement as they fit the state’s fancy. "No, you can’t even get in line for the shot. You have to WAIT while we tend to groups we think are more downtrodden and worthy, like health care provider administrators working from home, marketing people for those organizations and whoever else uses their status to line jump under the guise of “critical health care workers.” Then there’s the “caregiver” distinction, a category that just screams ABUSE THE SYSTEM TO LINE JUMP. Visit grandma last November and bring her a box of chocolates? Congratulations, YOU’RE A CAREGIVER!
So people witness all this vague rationale for who the state is going to bestow with the vaccine and they take matters into their own hands, seeking it from drug stores that don’t power-trip on denying the vaccine to arbitrary groups.
If this results in state and county health agencies losing funding, GOOD. They did an awful job of vaccine rollout, likely the result of too many social scientists involved in the distribution and creation of eligibility schemes.
Scheduling is a mess here (Santa Clara Co, CA). The County, the large health systems, as well as CVS, Walgreens, & Safeway each have their own scheduling systems. And since none of them have assured supplies, they only open a few slots at a time. Thus appointments go to those who have time & skill to get up before 5am, keep half a dozen browser pages refreshed every few seconds, repeat day-after-day until successful.
Then, the individual pharmacies create their own interpretation of qualification regulations, so vaccinate or turn away folks incorrectly.
Of course, everyone blames the County health department for this confusion & inequity. But I don’t think they ever had the capacity or authority to control all these channels.
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The officer wrote that he donned a ballistic helmet and took his city-issued rifle into the store, where he immediately saw the suspect coming around the corner from the restroom, just feet away. The officer ordered the suspect to put his hands up and not move, the incident report says.
“The accused appeared to be surprised when he saw us that close to him,” the officer wrote. Marley was detained without incident, the report says.
Suspect denied bond
After arresting Marley, police recovered six firearms: a DPMS AR-15-style rifle, a 12-gauge Maverick Arms Modell 88 shotgun, three semi-automatic 9 mm pistols and a .38-caliber revolver. All of the weapons were loaded and the rifle, shotgun and three 9 mm pistols all had a round in the chamber, according to the police report.
The suspect, who was wearing body armor when he was arrested, had the four handguns in his clothing while the rifle and shotgun were being carried inside a bag, the report says.
." I am amazed a county health official is unaware of where one can find the shots"
He just exposed himself for not knowing his job IMHO…
That was my thought. You’re blaming someone else for your information deficit.
There are two primary distribution channels:
- Feds to states, CDC publishes those allocation numbers by state/vaccine type
- Feds directly to pharmacies and health centers, to my knowledge these allocation numbers are not public (I’ve been looking for those numbers for quite a while, with no joy).
This Just In: Crash Program to Meet Emergency Not Perfect in Every Detail!
Yep. The time for that has passed. This is time for ramp-up and saturation, with some extra attention to reaching at-risk persons and too-often-overlooked communities.
I just got my appointments for my two shots this morning, with the first one set for Monday morning. I was surprised how good I felt once I got booked.
In the blue areas of CA, it takes some persistence to find available appointments. There are some great Twitter bots set up for San Diego, but they only catch the appointments open through the state myturn.ca.gov site.
I don’t meet current CA eligibility rules, but San Diego County’s health department is using an expanded range of health conditions for eligibility. I found the best appointment start pages for the big drug store chains and supermarket pharmacies and started checking in often. Walgreens apparently opens up appointments in batches throughout the day, so that was where I finally had success. You need a Walgreens account, so set that up in advance.
not if one is homebound. my town doesn’t offer a homebound program and other such programs in the county won’t include it.
Yep. Having been, at one time or another, part of just about every military and corporate cockup structure that exists, I have become a fount of patience. HUAW! kids. (Hurry Up And Wait)
Yep, got my first Pfizer last Friday, with the second one scheduled. Other than the 15 minute wait period afterwards, the actually check-in to injection was about six minutes. They definitely had their act together.
Last week I got a notice that I could sign up for a mass vaccination event in my county. I diligently read through the whole email and then got to point that said “if you’re not in one of the approved groups your registration will be voided”. So I thought why did you send me this when you told me I’m in phase 3?
After a couple of hours mulling this over I went back through the emails of the places I signed up with, my medical group, my state, and my county health dept. to see if I misread the email telling me I’m in phase 3, nope I read it correctly. Nope I wasn’t in phase 1 group A,B, or C. So I ignored it.
Though I did just get asked at the CVS in Target if I wanted to get the Shingles vaccination. The pharmacist said that they could do it today, or I could call and make an appointment. He also said that I’d have to wait 2 weeks after getting the shingles vaccine before getting the COVID vaccine.
So I can all kinds of vaccines, but not the COVID, but if I decide to get some other vaccine I have to wait 2 weeks. UGH!
Also does anyone remember what vaccine we got as a kid that left a circular mark on outside bicep? Sometimes girls got on the inside of the bicep? It came up in a discussion that you don’t see that mark any more.
Smallpox? I remember those.
They stopped giving them in the early 70’s.
Kind of a Boomer badge.
He’s trying to exercise his God-given, Second Commandment right to shoot people.
I guess I should have just Googled it.
@maximus that date sounds about right.
My mark has faded, and I totally forgot about it until one of my friends mentioned it a week or so ago.
(Looks at arm)
Smallpox.
In Chicago, my wife got it on her thigh. Mine is properly on my shoulder.
Yeah but can you still see yours?