I am a coward and a wuss and a chicken and a baby and a sissy.

The Covid-19 shot was not painful or even detectable going in................

wow 5 for 5:coolsmiley:

Where is this drive-thru location?

I believe you need a reservation and the address will be on your confirmation.

(which means I don't know and it doesn't matter since I wouldn't be able to be vaccinated if I happened to find it)

Behind Fresh Market in Southern Trace.

I posted this post in another thread but wanted to post it here too.........

Just now (Feb 4 at 8:20pm), I received an email from Safe Restart confirming my appointment for my second shot at the 466 vaccination location. The confirmation appointment is for the same date and time that I had been given when I made the appointment for my first shot back on Jan. 13. The barcode is the same too.

The Safe Restart (GMR) system is working the way I hoped it would.

I just finished sitting at my computer for an hour and once again I never got the chance to "Book it". When it was all over and done, I looked at the number of vaccines left around the State. Marion, where I would like to be, was down to zero however, St. Johns still had 2200 left to allocate. I know I am expecting miracles, but is it too much to ask that somewhat with a brain could work out that Marion (The Villages) needs a lot more than the measly number allocated, and St. Johns and the other counties with vaccine left, needs a lot less allocated to them?

Got our appointments via the Publix site the day before yesterday and received our first shots yesterday. Be patient and it will happen.

At the time of your post, there were still over 1,000 appointments available in Volusia County. That is less than a 2 hour drive from The Villages. I have been able to book appointments for friends in 3 out of 4 attempts in the past 2 weeks. And, this may be a coincidence, but every time I have been successful, it was on my cell phone, not on my computer, which was also logged on. I also noticed today that, when the website refreshed, the number of available appointments in the counties did not seem to change until about 7:30 am, about 30 minutes after site went live. It is difficult to understand why no appointments were booked in Marion County in the first 30 minutes. Go figure. Good luck.

FL needs to redistribute the vaccine for FL. Palm Beach county has thousands, Lee, Brevard, Volusia too. What's with Marion and Citrus? Still waiting on GMR site since 1/12. You'd think with The Villages, Spruce Creek etc in this area we would be allocated a LOT
more vaccine.

You made my point for me, None left in Marion, hundreds left elsewhere and they don't seem to be being used. Unfortunately, I cannot travel too far from this area due to disabilities. However, we are being patient and can wait.

According to this Florida vaccination report Sumter County has vaccinated about 18,500 people.

18,500 puts Sumter County at 24th for number of vaccinations.

According to this page Sumter is 34th by population and according to wikipedia it is 35th.

24th in vaccinations while only 34th or 35th in population: it seems like Sumter County is doing pretty well.

According to the Publix website, all appointments are being booked every time. The Publix appointments are limited by their capacity to give the shots without interrupting their other business. They have not modified their stores to handle extra vaccine appointments.

Are you referring to the GMR Saferestart website or the Publix website?

This thread is specifically about the GMR site on 466 behind Fresh Market. There are other threads about the Publix vaccination effort.

I assumed it was about Publix.

Sorry, you are correct.

Does anyone know if the GMR Vaccination Center on 466 is open 7 days a week?

I know that GMR was doing the people who had appointments prior to starting with the people who did not have appts yet.

Anyone know if they finished with the appt people and have started on the people registered but no appts yet?

Closed Sunday and Monday

Thanks.

Received our shots on Thur and the needle was long but thin. Not like the ones on the TV video that looked thicker, but just as long. My wife is a chicken when it comes to needles, but she admitted that she did not even feel the injection much and had no pain yesterday(Friday). I hardly noticed the injection as the nurse(?) was talking. An hour or so later, my shoulder was a bit warm but no pain. Yesterday and today, the area is a bit tender like a bruise or the feeling you get when you have been working outside and your muscle is sore. Nothing major and hardly noticeable. Looking forward to getting the second dose next month, to get this over with. We received the Moderna serum.

Population is one thing, and the age range is another. What is the ratio of seniors in the areas you mentioned? That makes a difference since they are reserving the shots for seniors, not younger groups.

I don't understand if the site is closed Sundays and Monday it is only running at 70% capacity. How is it that the Gov and other leaders don't realize we are in a serious situation and the sooner all those that want the vaccine get their shots the better.
The police, fire service, hospitals and public transport all work 7 days a week.

Gives them a day reprieve if shipment is behind, so cancellation might be avoided. You really are under the assumption that only you realize a serious situation.

Hospitals, fire departments, and LEOs are receiving vaccine at work, where they have internal staff that do this for a living. No need for the sites to be open for those you listed.

Also unless the vaccine is mandatory, for their job, refusing is an option, and yes more you think are refusing. Only vaccine chaser’s seem to be 65 and up, compared to those who are actually exposed everyday, and don’t have to guess. So not everyone thinks the vaccine is going to be their saving grace, yet continue to work with those who are positive

My guess is that they are limited by the amount of vaccine they can get. Just before they shut down a few weeks ago they were doing 800 or so inoculations a day.

Today when I went there are 12:00 for my shot there were very few cars in line, only about 3 or 4. They said they had only done 50 vaccinations so far today. Opening for 7 days a week wouldn't get them any more vaccine.

Wonder what they do with any leftover vaccine? Would be terrible to waste it.

They are using the Moderna vaccine. Although it requires super cold conditions for shipment in the field is can be stored for a week or two in a standard medical freezer. So I doubt that they are loosing very much.

This is different than the Pfizer vaccine which requires super cold condition not only for shipment but also in the field. It can only last for a couple of hours outside of super cold conditions.

Don't Put Yourself Through All This
 

Just get in your car at 6:00 am, drive 24 miles to Groveland Drive up site, get your shot and come home. No appointment needed, Total time including going there and back about 3 1/2 hours. No getting up and logging in, no waiting on GMR codes, no pre-registration. Just go and get shot and get home. So simple. Take the worry out of your life. And they give you your appointment for the 2nd shot before you leave.

Do you have to live in Lee County? I am looking for a place like this for my dad who lives in The Villages in Sumter County.

The number of vaccines reported per day in Sumter County has gone down since GMR came back to town last Thursday. Are they just not reporting their numbers? Or are they only doing 600 or so a day?

Has anyone who signed up for GMR but did not get an appointment before they shut down been offered an appointment? I’m wondering if I should give up on Sumter and hunt for vaccines in Lake county or Orlando. Is there any way to tell where you are on the list?

We went today to Groveland for my wife's first shot. Arrived at 7.30 in a line of cars. The site opened at 8.00. We got into the site at 8.30 and after the vaccine shot and 15 minute wait we left the site by 9.00. There was not even a line of waiting cars at that time, The person who did the wife shot said they had 2200 doses available for the day. Very well organised operation and recommend it instead of messing around with the Publix lottery or the GMR fiasco, I had my shot at The Leesburg Lake Square Mall a week ago and the was also very well organized. The advantage of Groveland is that you don't require an appointment.

Received 2nd GMR shot today at Woodridge site. In and out in 25 minutes, including 15 minute monitoring period after shot. Just like the first dose.

Yes, we had appointments for both doses, which were also easy to get.

When did you sign up for those appointments? Perhaps I need to re-signup.

Our first shot was January 12th and we signed up just a few days prior to that. Our 2nd shot was scheduled automatically following the first shot. Here’s the website we used...

Safe Restart

Stay healthy. Best of luck to you.

Info on GMR Vaccinations
 

At this time, scheduling codes have been provided to all registrations completed from when the site opened for registrations at 8:00pm on Sunday January 10, 2021 and prior to 4:11pm on January 11, 2021. If your confirmation was completed after this time on the confirmation time stamp, additional scheduling opportunities will be made available as additional vaccine supply becomes available.

We are currently scheduling thru 5:09pm.

I received my second shot at the GMR-SafeRestart site on 466. We asked if they would be giving out any left over doses at the end of the day. The short answer was "NO, we NEVER have any doses left over."

My guess is there don't want a rush of people at the end of the day getting on line hoping there are left over vaccines.

My suggestion for any of these vaccination sites is to "advertise" extra doses at the end of the day by having someone stand by the main road with a HUGE sign stating there are extra doses and ANYONE is welcome to a shot as long as supplies last. Even if it is only one shot, why throw it away? I asked the vaccine site representative how long the Moderna vaccine is good for once it is thawed and was told "the vaccine is food for four hours".

Like these guys......

Sign Spinner | Son | Progressive Insurance Commercial - YouTube

I received my second shot at the GMR-SafeRestart site on 466. We asked if they would be giving out any left over doses at the end of the day. The short answer was "NO, we NEVER have any doses left over."

My guess is there don't want a rush of people at the end of the day getting on line hoping there are left over vaccines.

My suggestion for any of these vaccination sites is to "advertise" extra doses at the end of the day by having someone stand by the main road with a HUGE sign stating there are extra doses and ANYONE is welcome to a shot as long as supplies last. Even if it is only one shot, why throw it away? I asked the vaccine site representative how long the Moderna vaccine is good for once it is thawed and was told "4 hours".

Like these guys......

Sign Spinner | Son | Progressive Insurance Commercial - YouTube

Still waiting for a rescheduled appointment. Received my original appointment on Jan. 13th for Jan 24th and second shot was for Feb 21st. I wonder if I got lost in the system. Not sure what to do. Keep waiting or sign up elsewhere. Anyone else in limbo like me?

Still waiting (on wait list with no appointment).
Continue to pursue alternatives.
Eventually the mad rush will subside and doses easier to get....:pray: