desantis is SO STUPID. vaccines for 60 year old started this monday

[bedazzled]

next monday he's opening up for 50 year olds. i haven't been able to come near getting an appointment this week. there are tens of thousands of us who can't get vaccinated. grrrr

[sop]

1. The children of DeSantis' wealthy donors needed the Covid vaccine, too.

[Phoenix61]

2. My county has a 3 day Johnson's vaccine event going on.

Initially it was 55+ but after the first day became 50+. My guess is none in the Trumpsters wanted to get it. All my friends jumped on it. I got mine yesterday and feelings a little out of sorts today. Not sure why he picked this county but I’m sure there’s $’s involved.

[DBoon]

3. So he can brag about how his state is doing better than California

Without actually vaccinating more people

[RKP5637]

4. The guy is so stupid and arrogant, and such a Trump butt kisser it's beyond belief. n/t

[genxlib]

5. It depends a lot on where you live

North Florida seems to have lots of availability.

South Florida seems to have almost none.

While I feel for your plight, the timing makes sense. We were previously at 65+ for a while. He went to 60+ on Monday. That increment only added about 700k people. Florida is doing 150k shots a day. Doing the math, it will only take about a week to burn through enough people for them to need a new increment.

The problem is that the availability is not evenly distributed throughout the state. Since I am in the Monday group, I started looking. I could get an appointment for Monday in Jacksonville but there isn't anything on the horizon near me. That tells me that the distribution is badly managed because there should not be that big of a disparity. But it makes sense to open up the new cohort based on the least busy outlets so that they never hit an idle phase. It just sucks for those of you that are still buried on a waiting list.

Sorry for the frustration but it is moving in the right direction.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. grantcart gave me a great tip.

Fortunately, I didn't need it. But every county's Vaccine site has a phone number to call for help. He said someone stayed on the line until he got an appointment.

Also, my husband had a late appointment for one of the Pfizer sites and he said that there were only two people in line when he started, but 50 that he saw outside in the parking lot when he left. So, people are hanging around at the end of the day to see if they can get vaccinated on the spot with the leftover vaccines.

[soryang]

8. immediately after he announced the 60 year old criterion

there was some federal directive to give priority to school teachers, staff, school bus drivers and day care. On the publix sign up log, if you aren't in this group of workers, and your only qualification is being sixty or older, you get bumped for most of the time the appointment window is open. I was right on it a half an hour before it opened monday, and I caught the very last appointment time on the second day. barely made it. So I can understand how many people didn't get an appointment despite their age.

[mcar]

9. Have you tried Winn Dixie?

Several friends have been able to find available appts by inputting different zip codes (where the stores are located) in the site.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

10. As much as I don't like Gov. DeWorm in Ohio...

... it's now available to age 40+ here, and anyone 16+ years of age before the end of this month.

https://www.wkyc.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/vaccine/ohio-covid-19-vaccine-eligibility-expands-to-all-ohioans/95-f21755f3-d8fe-4e58-a624-dd9916b2fa42

At this point, I prefer opening it up to anyone eager to get vaccinated.

[MoonlitKnight]

11. Get to a FEMA site

No appointment required.

[bedazzled]

12. i read they are closing fema sites for first shots

did sign up to be notified but haven't heard anything yet

[MoonlitKnight]

14. What part of the state are you in?

The FEMA sites are permanent and have the one shot and two shot vaccines. There are pop up FEMA sites that move around, which may be where you heard they were only doing second doses.

[bedazzled]

15. ah that must be it! thanks!

palm beach

[MoonlitKnight]

16. Not sure about Palm Beach but Dade has no lines according to multiple reports from Miami Herald repo

Miami Springs had almost nobody at their site - no appointments required. Same with many others. Been like that for over a week.

[bedazzled]

13. thanks for the hints guys

i am privileged not to have to go out, except for supplies. just needed to vent

[Deminpenn]

17. Gov Wolf has directed all Pennsylvanians

in group 1A at least to be scheduled for their first shot of vaccine by the end of this month (March). That should open the vaccine shots to everyone on April 1st.