Covid-19 Vaccine age requirement being lowered to 60 in FL [Archive]

dahrens1

03-08-2021, 04:53 PM

OrangeBlossomBaby

03-08-2021, 05:11 PM

Kenswing

03-08-2021, 05:39 PM

I still have 3 years to go.. lol

thelegges

03-08-2021, 06:04 PM

Other states have already moved on, To essential workers any age. So grocery, restaurant, school workers, pharmacy, delivery personnel. Florida is few steps behind, but will catch up soon.

Stu from NYC

03-08-2021, 06:29 PM

Glad to see more and more progress in ending this

Taltarzac725

03-08-2021, 11:18 PM

I tried to get an appt at Winn-Dixie but the old requirements are still in place even for the slots opened next week. At least, as of my last glance at it.

I turned 62 on 2-24.

charmed59

03-09-2021, 05:37 AM

I signed up on my vaccine.fl.gov under the “not yet eligible’ section when the web site first open up. I got an email to get my vaccine from GMR yesterday. I’m 61.

Girlcopper

03-09-2021, 07:35 AM

I tried to get an appt at Winn-Dixie but the old requirements are still in place even for the slots opened next week. At least, as of my last glance at it.

I turned 62 on 2-24.

Thats because the new rules dont start until 3/15. Read the whole article

Dgodin

03-09-2021, 07:44 AM

I received an email from the VA. They have lowered the requirement to Veterans of any age in the North Florida/ South Georgia region.
Shots are administered at American Legion Post 347.

Dgodin

03-09-2021, 07:45 AM

I received an email from the VA. They have lowered the requirement to Veterans of any age in the North Florida/ South Georgia region.
Shots are administered at American Legion Post 347.

An appointment is required

Taltarzac725

03-09-2021, 07:49 AM

Thats because the new rules dont start until 3/15. Read the whole article

I did. I was trying to get an appointment after the 15th of March, 2021.

Rent From A Villager

03-09-2021, 07:57 AM

This is very good news for many!

Malsua

03-09-2021, 08:12 AM

I still have 3 years to go.. lol

Have you ever gone to a buffet table at the end of a meal? There's a few chicken wings with the breading fallen off, there are two or three nearly empty bottles sodas, a couple of leaves of lettuce that look like someone upchucked on.

Perhaps you've been to a store that's had a going out of business sale and today is the last day.

When the turn comes for me, that's what I'm expecting to see. heh. A couple thawed vials that expired a month ago and they ask "Wanna try it? Might still work, not gonna get anymore since this is the last shipment"

Marine1974

03-09-2021, 08:24 AM

Good news , I was told the Veterans
Administration is allowing veterans over 50 to get vaccinated so I scheduled my first shot for Sunday .

macawlaw

03-09-2021, 08:25 AM

Ohio lowered the age to everyone 50 and older starting this Thursday. Health care and essential workers and teachers of any age have been eligible for the vaccine for quite awhile.

cb1972

03-09-2021, 08:30 AM

I signed up on my vaccine.fl.gov under the “not yet eligible’ section when the web site first open up. I got an email to get my vaccine from GMR yesterday. I’m 61.

Did you receive a date for your first shot ?

thanks

Vikingjunior

03-09-2021, 08:36 AM

Next Monday is the 15th and poster was trying to get an appointment for next week. They could've specified that appointments wouldn't be taken until the 15th. I can see how it could be confusing.

peggyb

03-09-2021, 08:45 AM

I signed up on my vaccine.fl.gov under the “not yet eligible’ section when the web site first open up. I got an email to get my vaccine from GMR yesterday. I’m 61.
On that site I only see areas of special circumstances, such as health compromised. Did you sign up for one of these areas or am I missing something?

Taltarzac725

03-09-2021, 08:51 AM

On that site I only see areas of special circumstances, such as health compromised. Did you sign up for one of these areas or am I missing something?

It probably let people make appts up to the point where all available shots were slotted for people.

Kind of like that Publix 7:00 AM nightmare where you wait and wait for the button to turn green.

Pat2015

03-09-2021, 09:03 AM

Florida has a higher elderly population than any other state which is why the vaccine has taken a bit longer for younger people to be eligible.

bluedivergirl

03-09-2021, 09:25 AM

On that site I only see areas of special circumstances, such as health compromised. Did you sign up for one of these areas or am I missing something?

Scroll down a little further, and there will be a form to fill out, under not yet eligible. I just finished it; grateful to be in line at 64 1/2.

Yucatan2

03-09-2021, 09:29 AM

Has anyone seen where the Johnson and Johnson is available yet?

Malsua

03-09-2021, 09:29 AM

Florida has a higher elderly population than any other state which is why the vaccine has taken a bit longer for younger people to be eligible.

I'm in NJ for 3 more weeks.

I have a friend here who is 66. He does dialysis 3 times a week. He does it with the same people every time, he's the youngest. Most are 75+.

His son is a first responder and he got called over to a local hospital because they had several no-shows. This was about a month ago. He got his first shot.

Last week he went to get his second shot and almost everyone in the line was in their 30s.

Until last week he was the only one in his dialysis group who had had either shot.

He about lost his mind that 30 somethings are getting vaxxed and 75 somethings can't get it.

My wife cannot get an appointment and she's over 65. She's been trying. Nothing is ever available.

We've just decided to wait until we get to Florida. We own two houses in TV, so hold the "get it in your own state" bs. You can't get it up here unless you know someone apparently.

I'm not going to be eligible until no one wants it any longer, so I'm just going to continue on IVM prophylaxis.

DAVES

03-09-2021, 10:02 AM

This was reported by WESH NBC Channel 2 in Orlando this afternoon:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Monday that starting next week, all people age 60 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.

DeSantis made the announcement during a news conference on Monday in Tallahassee.

The lowered age requirements will begin next Monday, March 15.

DeSantis said that the eligibility will be across the board, at state run sites and retail pharmacy locations.

This is in addition to the existing requirements necessary for COVID-19 vaccine, which include: K-12 teachers, law enforcement officers and firefighters 50 years of age and older, and those deemed extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 by their physician.

I am thankful that it is not my job to make the decisions. The vaccines are right now in short supply relative to demand. How to decide? Any decision will be good for some and others will have valid objections as to why some other decision should be used.

We are over 70 have a LEGITIMATE pre-existing medical condition and after weeks of trying to win the lottery we finally won an appointment based on age, pre-existing condition did not even matter. We received our second shot last week.

Most of us have gotten either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine and now not really a surprise there is a new variant out of south Africa that neither is very effective against.
My view, perhaps, like out experience with the flu shots at best it will be partially effective.

We all, including me, demand perfect answers. Reality nothing is perfect.

rmd2

03-09-2021, 10:30 AM

Other states have already moved on, To essential workers any age. So grocery, restaurant, school workers, pharmacy, delivery personnel. Florida is few steps behind, but will catch up soon.

Yes other states don't have the older age population of Florida. I'm glad DeSantis is making sure the older (and more vulnerable to covid) people in Florida get their shots first. Now he is lowering and will continue to lower the age until all the Florida citizens who want shots get them. I think it's right way to go.

Altavia

03-09-2021, 11:25 AM

Has anyone seen where the Johnson and Johnson is available yet?

Wallmart

charmed59

03-09-2021, 11:41 AM

Did you receive a date for your first shot ?

thanks

I could have picked any day or time this week. I picked Thursday, got my appt, and sent them an email making sure it was legit. I’m not sure why they sent me the code, at the time I couldn’t even find the announcement from DeSantis.

I’m wondering if they finished their 65 and over list and just started on the next group. All appointment times were available.

Byte1

03-09-2021, 12:42 PM

Byte1

03-09-2021, 12:53 PM

After getting your second shot, you may wish that you had been turned down. Some folks are really getting some painful side effects.
Be patient and your turn will come. We worked on getting a slot for two weeks before we finally got ours. The day after, we started getting calls from all the places we had submitted our bid for an appointment. We are still getting calls. I have sent emails and calls to let them know that we have already received ours. Some responded with a thank you and that they are able to move some up in line. You do not have to be in your 60's to get an appointment IF/IF you have a doctor's form that stipulates that you have medical conditions. By the time some folks get their appointment, maybe there will be a pill available to cure the virus so you don't need/won't need to suffer the shots.
Don't get discouraged. But, don't expect an appointment to fall into your lap. You do have to work a bit to get your slot. If it means that much to you, then you shouldn't mind a bit of effort to get your place in line.

PugMom

03-09-2021, 02:03 PM

what welcome news this is for so many, not only on the site, but in general. it may not be long before you can see your grandkids again!:)

Two Bills

03-09-2021, 02:24 PM

Too bad that they won't just approve the pill (molnupiravir) that will kill COVID after one dose. Makes one wonder how they can live with themselves knowing that instead of putting so many folks through all this, they have had a pill for several years that may be effective at killing the infection. I say "may" because I don't know for sure that it is 100% effective, even though they are suggesting that it is.

Maybe not approved as still in trials.

Molnupiravir is currently in advanced phase II / III clinical trials. It is being tested in three different doses every 12 hours for five days in patients with SARS-CoV-2.

cb1972

03-09-2021, 02:25 PM

dahrens1

03-09-2021, 02:45 PM

I could have picked any day or time this week. I picked Thursday, got my appt, and sent them an email making sure it was legit. I’m not sure why they sent me the code, at the time I couldn’t even find the announcement from DeSantis.

I’m wondering if they finished their 65 and over list and just started on the next group. All appointment times were available.

My wife (age 64) got the email and step 2 code from GMR yesterday and made an appointment for yesterday morning. She was turned away after waiting for 1 1/2 hours in line. So, make sure they will honor the appointment this week if you are under 65. When we asked why people were being given appointments for this week when they are not yet eligible the only answer we got was that it was an "IT" problem.

dahrens1

03-09-2021, 02:48 PM

Has anyone seen where the Johnson and Johnson is available yet?

Publix but I think it is only when you attempt to get an appointment during the Wednesday morning lottery. The Monday and Friday signups are for the Moderna vaccine.

Stu from NYC

03-09-2021, 02:53 PM

Glad to see making more and more progress

OrangeBlossomBaby

03-09-2021, 03:10 PM

Too bad that they won't just approve the pill (molnupiravir) that will kill COVID after one dose. Makes one wonder how they can live with themselves knowing that instead of putting so many folks through all this, they have had a pill for several years that may be effective at killing the infection. I say "may" because I don't know for sure that it is 100% effective, even though they are suggesting that it is.

If you're willing to wait until you've already been infected and might possibly be dying from advanced lung scarring and choking to death on your own mucus, to realize that a single pill will cure you of your disease, that's fine.

For me personally, I'd much prefer to prevent getting sick in the first place. That's what vaccines are for.

newgirl

03-09-2021, 03:46 PM

My son is extremely high risk and still fighting to get him a appointment. If u go to sign up there are no boxes for high risk to mark.

Pballer

03-09-2021, 03:54 PM

How do you register to get a vaccine appointment as a couple rather than as a single individual?

Altavia

03-09-2021, 04:22 PM

My son is extremely high risk and still fighting to get him a appointment. If u go to sign up there are no boxes for high risk to mark.

Have his Doctor complete this form and you can then register. Wallmart was helping people sign up earlier this week.

http://ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_partners/covid19_report_archive/covid-physician-form/EO-21-47-Form.pdf

charmed59

03-09-2021, 04:54 PM

My wife (age 64) got the email and step 2 code from GMR yesterday and made an appointment for yesterday morning. She was turned away after waiting for 1 1/2 hours in line. So, make sure they will honor the appointment this week if you are under 65. When we asked why people were being given appointments for this week when they are not yet eligible the only answer we got was that it was an "IT" problem.

They did get back to me that it wasn’t a legit appointment. It was their mistake.

Bertram00

03-09-2021, 06:26 PM

I signed up on my vaccine.fl.gov under the “not yet eligible’ section when the web site first open up. I got an email to get my vaccine from GMR yesterday. I’m 61.

Be careful
I'm 60 and their site sent me an email and let me make an appointment because I answered that I had risk factors that qualified me. When I showed up at the GMR site today I was turned away after they let me spend an hour and a half snaking through a line of cars because "they are not authorized to vaccinate under 65" no matter your co-morbidities.

kcrazorbackfan

03-09-2021, 09:13 PM

Glad to see more and more progress in ending this

We can only hope you're right; just don't think this will happen soon enough......

APovi

03-09-2021, 11:26 PM

QUOTE["Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Monday that starting next week, all people age 60 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
DeSantis made the announcement during a news conference on Monday in Tallahassee"

Isn't it true that, due to repeated misappropriation of the supply system, we have many centers running out of product, while, at the same time, others are unable to find enough patients to use even half of what they have on site?

We drove down to Orlando for lunch, local radio reported several choices, drove over there in 15 minutes. Got home in time for the evening news!

dahrens1

03-10-2021, 06:51 AM

They did get back to me that it wasn’t a legit appointment. It was their mistake.

Since you used your second step code already to make an appointment that you can't use did GMR tell you what you needed to do to get back into their queue so you could make another appointment on or after March 15th? Or do you have to start over with step one and wait for another step two code?

nancymiller217@yahoo.com

03-10-2021, 07:14 AM

I signed up on my vaccine.fl.gov under the “not yet eligible’ section when the web site first open up. I got an email to get my vaccine from GMR yesterday. I’m 61.

Same age, also signed up on my vaccine.fl.gov when it first opened.

Nothing.

DIver0258

03-10-2021, 08:01 AM

We got appointments through Walmart when severe medical risk was approved by the governor through private pharmacies. A friend of my bride told her to go on the Walmart site right after midnight. It worked, we have appointments for this Sunday.

Gulfcoast

03-10-2021, 08:31 AM

Have you ever gone to a buffet table at the end of a meal? There's a few chicken wings with the breading fallen off, there are two or three nearly empty bottles sodas, a couple of leaves of lettuce that look like someone upchucked on.

Perhaps you've been to a store that's had a going out of business sale and today is the last day.

When the turn comes for me, that's what I'm expecting to see. heh. A couple thawed vials that expired a month ago and they ask "Wanna try it? Might still work, not gonna get anymore since this is the last shipment"

Ha, that is quite a picture. I'm not 60, yet, myself and I'm not particularly vulnerable to getting the virus so I won't qualify to get the shot. That said, I'm glad to see the vaccination being made available to the people in the higher risk categories.

I wonder if 55 will be the next group to be offered the shot or if they'll just make it available to everyone at that point.

davephan

03-10-2021, 08:31 AM

The COVID-19 vaccinations are available for people age 60 and over on March 15th. However, no one is saying when the standby lottery signups will drop that age restriction from age 65 to age 60. The standby registration age limit should be lowered now, to get people between ages 60 and 65 registered for the standby lists, in preparation for March 15th.

The people that are vulnerable to COVID-19 that are under age 65, need approval by a medical doctor, and the vaccinations are given at a medical facility, not the vaccination sites.

Governor DeSantis talked about the demand decreasing recently. He said that the appointments for the pharmacy vaccination sites used to be gone in a couple of minutes. Now, it takes an hour to an hour and a half for all the appointments to be gone.

It will be interesting to see how many seniors don’t want or refuse the COVID-19 vaccinations. Perhaps 25% to 30% of the seniors don’t want the vaccinations. Now, It’s almost at 60% of the seniors that had at least one vaccination shot. That percentage is probably a bit higher than that because the reporting data lags by 3 to 5 days. The seniors are never going to hit 100%, because some of the seniors will always refuse the vaccinations.

rmd2

03-10-2021, 11:35 AM

thanks for the reply

My friends and I have already had both shots. We are still getting calls to see if we need an appointment because we had registered at several different places. We all let them know that yes we already had our shots. This tells me that they are cleaning up all the old requests and are ready to give shots to younger people. Hooray! Florida has such a large older population and now that they have more vaccines I think they will be able to give everyone who wants a vaccination in very short order.

rmd2

03-10-2021, 11:38 AM

Has anyone seen where the Johnson and Johnson is available yet?

Yes my friend just got a call this morning to see if she wanted to get a J&J shot. She already had her first shot of Moderna 2 days ago so she passed on the J&J.

Malsua

03-10-2021, 12:41 PM

Ha, that is quite a picture. I'm not 60, yet, myself and I'm not particularly vulnerable to getting the virus so I won't qualify to get the shot. That said, I'm glad to see the vaccination being made available to the people in the higher risk categories.

I wonder if 55 will be the next group to be offered the shot or if they'll just make it available to everyone at that point.

I've got a pretty good immune system, but I do have Asthma. I'm also glad they are giving it to the 65+ first.

I won't qualify until they get to 50+ since I won't be 55 until next year, so for me I figure it's whenever they open it up to everyone. My wife is older and she qualifies now, but we can't get an appt here in NJ for her. We own two houses in TV, so we have the right documents, and when we finally move down full time in April, she's just going to get it in TV.

As I said above, when the party is over I'll have the opportunity. No big deal, I'm taking IVM prophylaxis.

I suspect they will do it by age until they start having trouble filling appointment.

jimjamuser

03-10-2021, 02:28 PM

Theoretically, there will be enough vaccines available for everyone in the country by May. So - theoretically, I'll be vaccinated by the time I turn 60 - in May.
The DPA or the threat of the DPA has gotten recent increases in vaccines and distribution. Most likely that will work out for you. Florida has created much confusion for people in need of vaccination. It was very inept.

jimjamuser

03-10-2021, 02:32 PM

Theoretically, there will be enough vaccines available for everyone in the country by May. So - theoretically, I'll be vaccinated by the time I turn 60 - in May.
As an aside - Russia (with Sputnik) and the US (with J & J) are competing for the distribution of their vaccine to the 3rd world. Wonder which wins that competition?

jimjamuser

03-10-2021, 02:47 PM

Other states have already moved on, To essential workers any age. So grocery, restaurant, school workers, pharmacy, delivery personnel. Florida is few steps behind, but will catch up soon.
I am NOT so confident that by opening up the shots to virtually everyone that there are currently enough doses and enough planning yet in place for proper distribution. I hope that someone can PROVE me wrong on this. I am especially dubious that Florida can handle it properly. There was that corruption scandal recently. That did NOT inspire confidence!

jimjamuser

03-10-2021, 03:03 PM

Yes other states don't have the older age population of Florida. I'm glad DeSantis is making sure the older (and more vulnerable to covid) people in Florida get their shots first. Now he is lowering and will continue to lower the age until all the Florida citizens who want shots get them. I think it's right way to go.
Florida's system of CV distribution has been strange and bad. If NJ's has been worse, I imagine that there are NO sane seniors left there by now!

Malsua

03-10-2021, 03:46 PM

Florida's system of CV distribution has been strange and bad. If NJ's has been worse, I imagine that there are NO sane seniors left there by now!

NJ is a complete and utter cluster flock.

My 85+ FIL and MIL finally got shots _LAST WEEK_.

My friend who is 66 was only able to get a shot because his son is a first responder and called him to a Hospital that had several no shows. Getting his second shot the line was filled with 30 somethings.

In other words, NJ seemed to have ignored the seniors and prioritized people at very low risk of dying. Be thankful you're in Fl.

We are only up here in NJ because we're getting the house ready to sell. Call Florida's system bad, but up here it's a complete poop show.

jimjamuser

03-10-2021, 06:36 PM

NJ is a complete and utter cluster flock.

My 85+ FIL and MIL finally got shots _LAST WEEK_.

My friend who is 66 was only able to get a shot because his son is a first responder and called him to a Hospital that had several no shows. Getting his second shot the line was filled with 30 somethings.

In other words, NJ seemed to have ignored the seniors and prioritized people at very low risk of dying. Be thankful you're in Fl.

We are only up here in NJ because we're getting the house ready to sell. Call Florida's system bad, but up here it's a complete poop show.
Thanks for that knowledge!

Byte1

03-11-2021, 07:46 AM

If you're willing to wait until you've already been infected and might possibly be dying from advanced lung scarring and choking to death on your own mucus, to realize that a single pill will cure you of your disease, that's fine.

For me personally, I'd much prefer to prevent getting sick in the first place. That's what vaccines are for.

I'm sure that there are still plenty of folks currently in the hospitals that would welcome a pill that would cure them. You do know that there are millions that still haven't been vaccinated, right? As for "choking to death on your own mucus" you paint a pretty grim picture when you consider that MOST of those infected have NOT had such a symptom. I know of at least a dozen that have had COVID that shrugged it off in a couple of days or suffered some cold-like symptoms for a couple or so days. I do not consider the idea of "pill OR vaccination." I consider the pill as a cure for those that have not or cannot get the the vaccination and have become infected.

Gulfcoast

03-11-2021, 07:57 AM

I've got a pretty good immune system, but I do have Asthma. I'm also glad they are giving it to the 65+ first.

I won't qualify until they get to 50+ since I won't be 55 until next year, so for me I figure it's whenever they open it up to everyone. My wife is older and she qualifies now, but we can't get an appt here in NJ for her. We own two houses in TV, so we have the right documents, and when we finally move down full time in April, she's just going to get it in TV.

As I said above, when the party is over I'll have the opportunity. No big deal, I'm taking IVM prophylaxis.

I suspect they will do it by age until they start having trouble filling appointment.

I'm kind of thinking that by the time that I qualify for the vaccination there won't be much of a need to get it. The under 60 crowd who aren't at high risk have likely been exposed to the virus all year, many have gotten it and already have natural immunity. We've just about got to be reaching herd immunity thresholds here soon.

Malsua

03-11-2021, 08:19 AM

I'm kind of thinking that by the time that I qualify for the vaccination there won't be much of a need to get it. The under 60 crowd who aren't at high risk have likely been exposed to the virus all year, many have gotten it and already have natural immunity. We've just about got to be reaching herd immunity thresholds here soon.

There is a percentage of the population that has a robust t-cell response to exposure. I read a few technical articles a while back about it. The idea was that exposure to certain corona viruses that present as colds get stuffed into memory tcells also can trigger a response to sars-cov2. I am not sure if there has been any follow up on the idea. It would certainly be interesting if there are less common alpha or beta corona viruses that also share enough motifs, like PRRA(a furin cleavage point unique to Sars-cov2) to trigger a robust immune response.

As for me, I've done a handful of flights this year, I do all the shopping, I work and interact with around 50 people almost every day. I've had people all around me get Covid. I may have had it in early March last year, well before you could get testing easily.

I give some credit to my daily Vitamin D and Zinc with Quercetin as the Ionophore I've been taking since Feb 2020. My doctor has me on IVM prophlaxis for a couple months now since the NIH updated their guidance in January. I've not so much as had the sniffles in over a year.