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I wish I knew people. I just made it a goal to get loved ones signed up. No tricks for me in getting nor info above the masses. I found out when others did. We were all fighting for the same slots at the same time. I'm really just that persistent. I spent hours also doing my MIL in FL 3 weeks ago. She's getting her 2nd shot hopefully Friday. Not all have people like me who spend hours looking. That's rather unfair to them and I wish we could all help out.
You can’t instantly deliver every dose the moment it arrives. If they have received 100M or 200M doses and still only half have been used it’s a problem. It makes perfect sense to me right now. Remember a week ago the percentages were in the 30s. With statistics some times raw numbers matter too, not just percentages. Simple example:
I know nobody. Since I stoped going to the barbershop my pipeline of inside info is dead. A couple of the barbers are also volunteer firefighters so they know literally everything going on around us.
I am not sure knowing people helps really in this situation anyway. But would be nice for an inside scoop.
I am In Alabama. If you look at the data we are close to the bottom Of the charts for % of our shots administered. My neighbor is an oncologist who has had both doses. She made it her mission to find vaccine for all of the grandparents in our neighborhood group (3 families that travel and dine together during normal times). We have all spent hours online, on phones and driving around the state to various health departments. As of today all of the grandparents have it (69 and older), 5/6 parents (ages 40-50). Most of that was sheer luck of lingering at the end of the day and hoping for extras and calling pharmacies and health depts over and over. We are very grateful to have gotten it BUT it was very difficult. There is no organization and no way someone with less resources could find a way to get it. I suspect this is why so few in our state have gotten it. We have a ton of vaccine to the point that we now have several counties doing no appt walk ins for anyone over 70 and will give it to people that show up if they have extra. There is no system, no statewide website or phone number and there is only one pharmacy that is it in our county (largest one in the state). Rural counties have excess. I hate to say it but likely bc of their political leanings. When I got mine I asked the 6 nurses if they had side effects. They laughed and said no way they or anyone in their families would take it. We are in a poorly educated and far right state and outside of the cities there is vaccine to be had. In summary, it is a mess.
Healthfirst the largest healthcare provider in Brevard County Florida administered the initial vaccinations they first received to their staff (As was expected), and then to their staff's family (not what was expected). So who you know definitely made a difference in that county. (But since the fact they did this is public, doing it did not generate good PR )
I sometimes hope that the problem is just that. But I would expect as we approach two months into the ramp up of vaccination that the percent used converges towards a high number, not 50% or less. The reason for the perceived discrepancy of shots delivered vs shots in arms should be something that is understood and publicly reported.50% used without explanation of why it is only 50% is not good public relations.
The Disneyland forum is about to get interesting again.Stay at home order being lifted in California!
California lifts regional stay-at-home orders as ICU crowding eases
California health officials ended the state's regional stay-at-home order on Monday, saying the latest projections for intensive care unit capacity allowed the restrictions to be lifted.
I'm amazed that nurses laughed when you asked them that question. For me the side effects were real, fatigued for two days , arm soreness for the same time frame and my workouts in the gym were challenging. For my upcoming second Moderna shot I'm ready with or without the side effects.
They laughed because they refuse to take it and think no one should
Did they administer to family members under 65?
It looks like they did from the articles posted at that time. Their rational was that if the family got covid the health worker would have to quarantine and thereby depriving the community of the health care workers services for a few weeks during the pandemic. (There are a few problems with their logic, at least in prioritization)
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At the very least they better give that a guy and his family a Moderna shot.
Although people in rural Alabama might be poorly educated, the nurses aren't. They all had to have post high school education and complete nursing school. What you experienced is more from people who believe crazy conspiracy theories than people who lack education.
I don't know what consequence somebody could come up with but that practice (if the way it is presented in the article is correct) clearly violated Governor Desantis' executive order given on 12/23/2020.It looks like they did from the articles posted at that time. Their rational was that if the family got covid the health worker would have to quarantine and thereby depriving the community of the health care workers services for a few weeks during the pandemic. (There are a few problems with their logic, at least in prioritization)
Health First workers’ spouses vaccinated ahead of general public, sparking anger for some
Though health workers’ families were not specifically provided for in any vaccination plans set by both Florida and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spouses of Health First associates have already started receiving first doses.
