Getting the vaccine??

[Gardnr]

This is what you get when you leave it up to the states--a patchwork response. I hope that has changed, at least in part, since President Biden took office.

The disservice is that the Fed said they were taking care of it. Then suddenly it's dumped on states who haven't been planning because supposedly they didn't need to.

This entire Covid response is Trumps' great disaster!

[dado potato]

what you get when you leave it up to the states--a patchwork response.

I found a tracker of the vaccinations in each state (link below, requires registration with your email). I am interested in how the states are doing, specifically the percentage of the state population that has been "fully vaccinated" (1 or 2 doses, as needed).

The patchwork of state efforts has produced a wide range of results, from most effective West Virginia at 5.7% to least effective Alabama at 1.7%.

Adding to the top 7 states (to date):
AK 5.1%
ND 4.6%
SD 4.4%
VT 4.2%
NM 3.9%
ME 3.7%

Adding to the bottom 6 states:
CA 1.8%
ID 1.8%
GA 1.8%
SC 2.0%
MS 2.0%


http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/co...l-distribution

[Tradd]

I had signed up via Cook County’s website a few weeks back to be advised on availability. It turned out that it was only open at that time for health care professionals, but I answered the survey questions truthfully. I got a text back yesterday that I’m in priority group 1C and that I will get a text when the vaccine is available. My doctor’s hospital group also sends out updates once a week.

[iris lilies]

I had signed up via Cook County’s website a few weeks back to be advised on availability. It turned out that it was only open at that time for health care professionals, but I answered the survey questions truthfully. I got a text back yesterday that I’m in priority group 1C and that I will get a text when the vaccine is available. My doctor’s hospital group also sends out updates once a week.

This seems to be what I signed up for in my city Dash I signed up to receive information notices. Information notices about when the vaccine will be available.


I did not, apparently, sign up to receive the vaccine because that does not appear to be doable for the city? I need to sleuth around to find out more.

[Tradd]

Here it’s screwed up. There is one distribution system for Chicago and then one for the rest of the state.

The Chicago mayor was griping last week that health care workers who work in the city but live in the suburbs are getting the vaccine in Chicago as it’s taking vaccine away from Chicago residents.

[iris lilies]

Here it’s screwed up. There is one distribution system for Chicago and then one for the rest of the state.

The Chicago mayor was griping last week that health care workers who work in the city but live in the suburbs are getting the vaccine in Chicago as it’s taking vaccine away from Chicago residents.

Yes, I knew the border issue would be a problem, city county borders, state borders. I could go across the state to wear one of my garden clothes friends already got her shush vaccine. I could go out to the county which is actually jurisdiction is separate county jurisdiction from my city which is a county.

I caught a bit of BBC last week and the European countries are fighting over vaccine doses. None of this is a surprise.

[Tradd]

I have a diving buddy in his mid 20s who does something for work that I don’t quite understand. They’re classified as essential, which apparently puts them in 1B. Buddy’s 80 something year old grandpa with multiple medical conditions lives with the family. Buddy still lives with parents and siblings. Works at home. He is jonesing to get the vaccine however possible due to grandpa and wanted to be out and out. I’m constantly at him about it when he mentions it. I’m in my early 50s. I just shake my head at him.

[Chicken lady]

I am eligible in my state as a teacher.

I live in county A and work in county B.

county A is arranging vaccination appointments for teachers only through their schools - which eliminates me.
county B allowed me to register on their health department website where I truthfully answered my age, gender, profession, county of residence, and work address.

The week before teachers became eligible, I got an email from county B telling me “you will, be eligible next week. Here are provider locations in a 5 county area and phone numbers you can call. You will need to show ID including proof of employment.” I tried that for 4 days after I became eligible and got “we have filled all available appointments at this time.” Then county B informed my boss that they would be bringing vaccinations to my school and requested that we sign up for slots - which of course I did.

[JaneV2.0]

Wide-ranging mobile units should be universally deployed, that would probably be at least a partial solution for bae's island.

[bae]

Wide-ranging mobile units should be universally deployed, that would probably be at least a partial solution for bae's island.

We've got the island all set up, if only we could get our hands on the vaccine.

Just on my island alone, our process could handle 400 people a day with not a lot of stress, which would allow us to vaccinate our ~5000 residents in short order. However, without the vaccines in-hand, we're sorta screwed.

The other major islands in the county are similarly set up, and the outlying minor islands we could deal with fairly simply.

If we only had the vaccines.