[Velvet]

Well, isn’t it obvious? The Village developer is God and can/should do all things.... lol

[billethkid]

Originally Posted by tvbound

I predict the abysmal rollout of the vaccine to shots in the arm, will get much better very soon.

When it is already on the bottom (looking up at whale poop!) there is only one direction to go.

[Carla B]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Depends on who you are asking. My lawn maintenance guy wasn't much help and neither was the plumber. Why would you expect the company that builds retirement homes to be able to help? What kind of assistance do you believe they could provide?

Well, they used to provide large rooms in the Regional Rec Centers for VAX Care to come in from Orlando and give flu shots and shingles vaccine. Of course, there was plenty of flu vaccine available and no social distancing.

[biker1]

Why should they bother when your Dr's office and the pharmacies are already setup to administer shots? You can walk into Publix and get a shingles shot in 15 minutes.

Originally Posted by Carla B

Well, they used to provide large rooms in the Regional Rec Centers for VAX Care to come in from Orlando and give flu shots and shingles vaccine. Of course, there was plenty of flu vaccine available and no social distancing.

[Stu from NYC]

Irregardless of all of this, when is more of the vaccine coming here?

[J1ceasar]

So half the doses still have not been administered, that doesn't look very good for the health departments

[Love2Swim]

I receive updates from Sumter County Health. The bottom line is they are not getting the vaccines they have been promised. They have the distribution plan in place, but all is dependent on having the vaccines on the shelf. Same with Publix. State stockpiles are low since the previous federal administration lied about its plan to hold second doses in reserve. Essentially there is a big supply-demand imbalance. Hopefully when Johnson/Johnson ramps up production, the supply crunch will ease. But that won't happen overnight. In the meantime, the counties are not given adequate notification as to when vaccine supplies will arrive. They often don't get specific dates, so that makes it very difficult to plan.

[l2ridehd]

If you can believe the CDC numbers, 2.9 million distributed and 1.5 million given, those excess must be for the promised second dosage. Doesn’t that make sense?

[MandoMan]

From this morning’s New York Times: “ The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said about 17.4 million people have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, and that about 3 million people had been fully vaccinated. The federal government said Saturday that it had delivered about 41.4 million doses to states, territories and federal agencies. The shipments, which came after a record-setting race to develop, study and approve a vaccine, have marked a turning point in the pandemic at a time when deaths and cases continue to set records. But federal health officials recently acknowledged that the vaccine rollout had had a slower-than-expected start and said they did not have a clear understanding as to why only a portion of the doses shipped across the nation had made it into arms.”

It also says that 6.2% of the people in Florida have had at least one of the shots. However, 2,908,275 doses were distributed to Florida, but only 1,489,003 have been given. That’s 51%. So where are they hiding the rest of it? And why didn’t the state have a first rate sign up appointment system in place months ago?

[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

The Villages developers have nothing to do with obtaining the vaccines. They are not the health department, they are not hospital facilities, and they are not high-volume pharmacies. Expecting the Villages developers to be able to obtain vaccines would be a lot like expecting Disney to be able to obtain vaccines.

The Villages developer builds houses and amenities. The health department deals with the State to obtain the vaccine.

Finally, a voice of reason. Everyone wants to finger point in any direction the wind blows for the day. Who cares who to blame?? Keep checking on line, keep calling when possible and eventually youll get the vaccine. Complaining doesnt get you to the head of the line

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by l2ridehd

If you can believe the CDC numbers, 2.9 million distributed and 1.5 million given, those excess must be for the promised second dosage. Doesn’t that make sense?

Fingers, toes and eyes crossed that is the situation.

[regansings]

Delivery and production of the vaccine and knowledge ahead of time as to the quantity that will be received has created a huge delay. Most of the states are using everything they receive. CVS and WALGREENS are still working in the LTC facilities but that should change over to the 65+public shortly. Publix is very organized but they are not getting aloot of the vaccine. I believe over the next 3 weeks, especially with the upcoming approval of Johnson & Johnson, the supply will increase dramatically. We are all anxious.

[kens613]

Yes and J&J is just one shot and no refrigerator problems..

[woderfulwendy1]

Is there anyone or a few of you who write well, would write a petition? Once we agree on the content, I'll get it on the internet for Villages residents to sign. We will send it to the Governer and the appropriate federal heads. Contact me, and let's take some action.

[44Apple]

Originally Posted by ts12755

This is not political, just a fact. The new Biden administration is redirecting vaccines to states that supported him.

Need a footnote for that one.

But, if he is, many of the states that supported him are much more numerous in population.