Not a "rubbing it in" post... but I have an appointment... question

[Happy Hoosier]

Indiana has lowered the eligibility age to 55, and I snagged an appointment on Thursday. I keep hearing that some folks are having a really hard time getting an appointment.

I'm wondering if it's because I live in a red state and vaccination acceptance rates are a much lower?

[True Blue American]

1. DeWine lowered the age to 60

On the 3rd.

[rzemanfl]

2. You caught "put" but not "nagged."

ON EDIT never mind.

[Happy Hoosier]

3. Yeah, I got it. I am a notoriously awful typist. Thanks!

I really must proof-read more.

[Rorey]

4. Possibly

But I live in Colorado and when the phase I'm in came up I got an appointment fairly quickly. I got a call on a Friday saying I was eligible for the vaccine, and by 9:30 Monday morning it was in my arm.

[Happy Hoosier]

6. This gives me hope!

I am worried that acceptance rates are lower than needed, but I will take this for ow, for sure. Can;t wait for my wife to get up so I can get her to sign up as well!

[Rorey]

14. Mine was a drive-through

My appointment window was between 9 and 12, and the recording said to not show up early. I figured that because it was the first group of the day I should probably show up early anyway. I got there at 8, and there were already about 50 cars in line. That line split off into at least five lines when 9:00 rolled around, so it didn't take long. It seemed to be very efficient.

I drove by later in the day and the line was LONG! I'm such an early riser that I always take the earliest possible appointment. I'd have been there at 5 a.m. if they started that early.

Good luck!

[SheltieLover]

5. Could be

I had to sit on the CDC Vaccine Locator (recently repurposed) site for an hour, constantly refreshing page to snag an appointment.

I am also (sadly!) In a red state, but doses are hard to find!

Pharmacies appeared to be loading appointments in blocks of 20 & they were quickly booked.

Not sure if this helps to answer your question. Just sharing my red location & experience.

I had my 1st pfizer in my arm in less than 24 hours. Now wondering if it is effective, or whether it was mishandled by idiots in Memphis.

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2021/02/27/timeline-shelby-county-vaccine-concerns/

[Rorey]

15. In the beginning here

In the beginning, here in Pueblo, Colorado, they accidentally gave somebody an empty shot. The fixed it right away. Now they have two people verifying.

The shot felt like almost nothing, so I was a little concerned, but they assured me it was all good. They were super nice too.

[KarenS]

7. Arizona just lowered to 55,,,,

But a few weeks ago my Husband & I got our appts for over 65's because we went directly to and watched daily the private company websites of Walgreens & Krogers (Frys) and Albertsons/Safeway,,,, not the State/County Website,,,, Folks seem to be getting vaccinated here it's just that the rollout was terrible,,,, once the current administration began sending vaccines to the Walgreens, etc,,,, We were able to get appts.

[Ms. Toad]

8. You may have hit the release of new appointments

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Last night at midnight there were no appointments for Pfizer vaccines, and none for Moderna that I could find (the CDC vaccine finder indicated quite a few Moderna appointments - but none of the locations I tried actually had any appointments).

Today CVS (Pfizer) has a ton of appointments on at least 3 days.

[Happy Hoosier]

12. Could be. My wife just pulled down an appt too.

Looks like there are quite a few available here in beautiful Muncie... at least for the moment.

[Maeve]

9. Possible...I will get my vaccine in a red county altho I live in a blue one

Appointments not available in the (much larger urban) area I live in, but much easier to make in the (smaller rural) town half an hour away (same medical group offering in both areas). Could also be that the rural area is less likely to have the on-line access I take for granted...

I'm 65 and a major caretaker for my 90 yr-old mom; the vaccine gives us both peace of mind.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. I live in a red state, as well, and signed up as soon as my age group was eligible. I waited for a

little over a month for an appointment. When I got the call, I was vaccinated the next day.

I don't know how the vaccine is distributed to the states, but it's my understanding that each state controls their own vaccination protocol.

[Hortensis]

11. No idea, but congrats for you personally and being able to do your part

to beat this pandemic. The earlier the better as we race to beat the new variants.

I don't believe all those claiming publicly that they won't get vaccinated, but whatever the real number is it's despicable.

[Happy Hoosier]

13. Completely agree! NT

[Chainfire]

18. But wait, it would be disloyal to Trump to get a vaccine.

It would require admitting, at some level, that the whole thing is not and never was a hoax. Being untrue to the great leader is a fate worse than dying of the common cold.

Screw them, let Darwin deal with the problem, there is nothing you can do about it but protect yourself to the best of your ability. The deniers, offering their bodies up as petri dishes for the virus to play in can't be stopped, and it will be the cause of more deaths, but while we can treat many diseases, we can't cure stupid.

You can only do what you can do.

[Hortensis]

21. Well, we're not safe until we can control outbreaks of the virus.

Damn fortunate we don't have to cure stupid to do that, though, for sure.

[Chainfire]

16. I wouldn't be concerned about the why, just get the shot!

You may be right that in a red state, the medication is easier to get. I also live in a red state and I had no problems setting up an appointment. The lines weren't particularly long, my second shot took 14 minutes from drive up to vaccine. There are a lot of deniers and anti-vaxers around here, I needed to get the shot to protect myself from all of the people who won't even wear a fucking mask!

A little off subject, another other issue is vaccine guilt. My daughter who is in her mid 30s and leads a healthy active life really struggled with the correctness of her getting a vaccine when it was offered through the normal channels. She lives in Alaska where the locals don't seem to view the virus as a problem....She felt really bad, because her brother, who lives here in Florida, and works in a customer service business, could not get the vaccine because of his age. Her mother and I convinced her to get the shot if it became available.

A week or so ago, NPR ran a very good story, interviewing several medical ethicists, and the bottom line from them was, "If you can get the vaccine, without "cutting line." get it, because the more people who get it the better off we all are. They did not see a problem with younger people waiting at the pharmacy at the end of the day to see if there were doses available, or similar situations that did not involve deceit or fraud to get the vaccine.

[Happy Hoosier]

23. We are doing just that!

We'd love to be able to give our appointments to teacher friends who are teaching person and are not eligible in teacher-hating state Indiana. But I'm taking fauchi's advice here: More shots in arms is better.

[samnsara]

17. There are shortages in my blue state of Wash as well but I live in a pretty rural town

... and we are a mixture of college kids, artists and cowboys..so kinda purple BUT in my County we have been so effective getting ppl vaccinated..with NO waste..that CNN even did a blurb on us. So I think its the immediate area you live in..as some places near Seattle are having a hard time getting them as well.

Congrats! hubby and I got both of our last month and he took Thanksgiving Day off for a family visit (all subject t to change)...

[tinrobot]

19. It's challenging in California as well.

They have a site for the state/city administered vaccines.

Then each hospital group has a site for their programs.

Then each drugstore chain has a site.

On top of that, appointments pop up/disappear at each site hourly.

I went through all of these repeatedly over the course of two days before I found a Walgreens that had appointments. Getting mine tomorrow.

[TreasonousBastard]

20. Same thing n NY. I got mine through the VA (which was no simple thing) but I know plenty...

of people who get a tip to log on somewhere and within minutes slots are "sold out".

It's a complete crapshoot, and overall organization is missing.

[Hortensis]

22. My husband just called to say we both have appointments for

the Pfizer vaccine this week. That's a bit of a surprise as this is currently DeSantis's FL and a rural county. And we registered 2 weeks apart (I had to wait for a medication change).

When my husband was called, he asked if I could be scheduled also, and the guy just tapped a few keys and said, "Sure. Done."

I'm so impressed. We've got our act together.



And pat on all our shoulders for electing this Democratic administration.

[LizBeth]

24. No apology, and be happy... But I have no idea about your quesiton.