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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
From what I understand either the federal government or the state government has determined which counties have the most need for the vaccine. Strangely, Sumter and Lake are not among the first to get it. I've heard that Marion has gotten some.
I'm not sure what the criterion is for selecting those counties but I suspect that it might be the number of case and/or deaths in those counties.
Logically it might seem that The Villages would be the first place to send it because of the average age and number of health issues but I believe that the number of cases and deaths in The Villages has been relatively low when compared to other counties. That's a good thing. We must be doing something right.
Anyroad, the vaccine will get here when it gets here. We should be thankful that due to operation Warp Speed, it has been developed and approved faster than any medication in history. If not for Warp Speed we could have been waiting years for this to be developed and approved. In addition Warp Speed has made it possible for future medications to get on the market faster than ever before.
The vaccines were approved a few weeks ago. Did anyone think that it was going to be a few days or weeks before they got it? I've heard many people say that it would be sometime in the summer before it got out. My guess is that we will see it in the next month or two.
And remember, it is a two stage vaccine. I believe that the wait time between the first and second dose is three to six months. My understanding is that the first dose reduces your chances of contracting the virus by 50% and the second by 95%. So even if you get the first shot next week it will be a few months before you are 95% safe.
So be patient. Things are not going to change dramatically for quite while. It's not like 330 million doses can be made stored and shipped within weeks. You'll get you vaccine when you get it.
What we can do without is dramatic headlines like that in the online news this morning. (Desperate Villagers angry about lack of information about COVID-19 vaccine) Do we really need that kind of negativity?
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The Phizer vaccine is 21 days between first and second jab.
I have not heard any longer than 28 days between jabs for other manufactured vaccines.