We didn't see many "walk-ins" at the drive-through place we went to for both our Pfizer doses (they are also letting people choose). There's a different procedure for people who don't have an appointment, and as far as I could tell, we were the only ones. The sign where you turn to reach the location still says "by appointment", but they've been accepting walk-ins for a couple of weeks...I wonder if this could be an issue...
Monday morning quarter-backing, but in hindsight probably would have been better say based on the extreme rarity of the occurrences, will be closely monitoring but not halting at this moment. Then, a week later, reaffirmed that decision. I think the entire thing was optics driven, and they wanted to make sure the public trusted the shots, so would you trust it more if it appears they are being ultraconservative and pulling it until confident vs saying confident this is a non-issue and will continue with the shots? Who knows, but I think pulling it ultimately caused a bigger waiver of confidence. W/R/T the doctors being prepared, I think by the time it was pulled, the message was out to watch for this and treat accordingly.
Students were also punished for staying home without a positive test. Our school didn't allow students to attend virtually without a positive covid test or doctors paperwork stating they still had to quarantine. Mine had strep, but wasn't allowed to do virtual while waiting for her fever to be gone and antibiotics to have been given 24hrs. Whatever days she missed, was given the same amount of day to complete all the missed work. BUT it had to be done during non-school hours. So from the time she got home until bed, she was on a chromebook for 2 days.
I absolutely think that if there is any additional stimulus money paid out it should be tied directly to vaccination status. $200-$500 is not a huge sum of money, but how many people walk away from that? I’d much rather see that then mandates attempting to require vaccination or passports attempting to restrict people who aren’t vaccinated. The carrot
is the much better approach IMHO.
Covid or otherwise, we didn't have an option for a temporary virtual if sick. Your school sounds like it should really rethink how hard it is on kids when they do get sick if they are that picky.
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It’s just an unfortunate set of circumstances. If the rare blood clots never showed up I think we may be further along on vaccines today. Not JnJ or the FDA/CDC‘s fault for following the safety plan, just unfortunate. I think most people just pivoted to one of the other vaccines if they had a concern.
Humans are very panicky creatures. I wish the CDC/FDA would behave accordingly.
I have concerns. We don't know the long-term side effects of the vaccines in Muppets!
I would just like to see the CP bring in enough staff that shuttered storefronts and the like within Epcot be opened. I know, it's not the same as the cultural representation which wont happen for a long while, but so much of World Showcase feels like walking around a dead mall, albeit a nicer looking one than most, when the doors are all closed.
