THREAD: "I generally abstain posting about my own personal experiences or those of my family, but.."

[matt819]

46. Just got off the phone with my 91-year-old mother living in Florida

Lives on her own, still sharp, healthy, only goes out for walks around her apartment complex and to the grocery store (where she wears a mask).

She's going to call her GP next week to find out about getting the shot. She fully, and reasonably, expects that she will get the shot from her GP, who she has been seeing for probably more than 20 years. If a shot is needed, the GP administers it.

She is not in a position to go our somewhere and sit all bundled up in winter clothes in a beach chair. Also, she wouldn't be particularly inclined to do that in any case.

This is Florida, for fuck's sake. Old people, and lots of them, and not all of them are in nursing homes. This should be easy, and yet these idiots are creating superspreader events for old people to get the vaccine. As I said, my mother is sharp, but she's also frail. She is not going to get in a line in a place she's not familiar with, with people she doesn't know, to get a vaccine she's not crazy about getting in the first place. On what planet does this make sense?

I followed a variety of links on the florida health site. It's like the goal is to make it as difficult as possible for old people to get the vaccine.