where I am. At least partially, and by default. The public (county, city, state) vaccination sites have focused their facilities and appointments on zip codes that have been either hit hardest or are underserved with respect to medical facilities and pharmacies. As it should be: achieving equity in the vaccine distribution is a primary goal. It was stated up front that people with insurance and primary care would predominantly get their vaccines through medical facilities or pharmacies. I signed us up on every relevant site nonetheless, with little success in finding any appointment at all.
But we had received emails from the hospital system with which our primary care physician is affiliated. They wrote to say that since we had care through their system, and had accounts with their MyChart online service, that we would be contacted automatically to schedule an appointment when appropriate. They asked you not to contact your PCP—they could not administer the vaccines. It took three weeks after group 1b became activated to receive that contact, but then I got an appointment for several days later; my spouse received his notice 2 weeks after that. It frankly, felt good to go to a hospital to receive the vaccine.
I count us as very privileged to have primary care that is hospital affiliated. But I also feel good that I didn't take up a space at a community facility that was really aimed at vaccinating Black and Latino residents (or downstate, more rural citizens). Still, I acknowledge the privilege entirely.
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