Our motivated Seniors are tracking down those vaccines.
 

Despite Sumter County having no COVID vaccines for distribution, on Thursday the state reported 605 Sumter County residents received the vaccines.

I desperately want the mass vaccinations to return to The Villages so we can hit herd immunity and get back to normal. Kudos to those going out of their way and leaving the bubble to make that happen.

Friends wife and mom were just scheduled for shots Monday at Wildwood comm. center ...so some parts of sumter still have vaccine

Here is why. Sumter county HD..
01/21/21 Covid Vaccination Updates | Florida Department of Health in Sumter

the 600 in Sumter were from the one day phone call in, and the 2 days from the online registration the offered. Those have now been told we will receive our second dose.
Now Sumter has taken over offering doses that were first set up through the safe restart program from what I understand. But yes, it takes determination, luck and tracking down every source to obtain it right now. Hopefully that will start changing soon.

Some people have been lucky. My neighbor that I golf with, on Monday of last week they both got appointments with Safe Start behind Fresh Market. His wife got a vaccine that Thursday a week ago, then on Friday they ran out and he didn't get his.

Then this week he was the Publix website on Wednesday and got appointment for Friday at Inverness in Citrus County, about 20 miles west. He got his vaccine yesterday (Friday), so they both have received their shots and I'm still trying to get our first appointment.

It's a shame that getting the shot is proving so hard, but great news that some people are getting it. Every little helps, and I'm sure the log-jam will be broken soon.

You would think that a concerted mass vaccination in the country's largest retirement community would be the most efficient use of limited supplies (after those on the front line, of course) but I guess the situation is unique so we are still low on the learning curve.

Kudos to those that have found a way to get the shot(s). Unfortunately, herd immunity is a long ways off. There are many very active out and about Villagers under the age of 65 that have no idea when they might finally have an opportunity to get vaccinated.

Latest estimate is that we are closer to herd immunity than the media is letting on per Johns Hopkins Health. Couple the vaccine with the millions who have already had Covid, which is much more than the oft repeated numbers in the media, and the estimate is that we may be only 2-3 months away from herd immunity, assuming the Feds don't screw it up.

Not good at math huh?

So the link talks about scheduling those who had an appointment that was cancelled. It DOES NOT talk about those who were accepted but not yet scheduled for appointment. What about those people? Yeah, I know...call the Health Department!

Old normal isn't coming back. Welcome to the new normal. It will take 3 to 4 years to get all people living in America vaccinated. And, with new strains constantly breaking out, be ready to get annual vaccinations like the flu.

Orange County Convention Center Vaccine
 

We got a vaccine yesterday at the Orange County Convention Center. Our appointment was between 3-4pm. We arrived approximately 2:45 & there was no line. From the time we entered the convention center the individual checked our bar code on our phones to ensure we were there on correct date. We followed the maze around & pulled right up into the parking garage where where they checked us in, asked normal covid questions, stuck a bar code label on our shirt & pulled up to where injections are given. Once injected they provided a card with injection info & asked us to bring it back on our next appointment for 2nd injection. We were then instructed to drive out of parking garage to a waiting area for 15-30 mins to ensure no reaction. Upon leaving that area you were checked out, bar code scanned asked a few more questions. Our total time was approximately 30 minutes. On another note, my sis & husband had a 10 to 11 time slot. They arrived at 9:40 & the line of cars was long. It took them an hour & a half to get up to the parking garage where injections are given. Overall it was very efficient & well organized. The convention center is 60 miles away in Orlando, but well worth the trip.

I want tho know why the Governor and The Village have not made sure that we have had a place to get a vaccination? WHY?

Veterans over the age of 75, call the VA at Mulberry.

Vaccines
 

It is a travesty that Sumter County hasn’t received more vaccines. I blame it on incompetent officials who allowed it to happen. In my opinion, they should be removed.

The GMR group of people, me included, will be going to the Wildwood Community Center on Powell Road with vaccines administered by Sumter County. I'm waiting to be notified that my 2nd shot appointment is going to be kept on the same date or another date.

If you have VA benefits!!!

But you do not need to be a patient, ONLY a veteran eligible for benefits.

Untested? It went through three phases of testing. Learn the process before you spout off.

Orlando health hospital
 

My wife and I were vaccinated at the Orlando Health hospital. They have online appointments for at least a half dozen of their hospitals.

From Florida's official website, and estimated population data as of 2019. Data as of January 22nd.

Percentage of people in Florida having received their first shot - 5.5%

Percentage of people in Sumter County having received their first shot - 9.6%

Feel better now? Facts help.

As of Jan 22, 20% of Floridians over the age of 65 have received at least one vaccine. In Sumter county that number is 15.6%. In Lake county it is 24.6%.

VACCINE - COVID-19 in Florida (Dr. Jason Salemi)

Then anti-kudos to those that have not brought the vaccines to TV Land. Can you say DPA?

Agree; Orlando is certainly worth the trip to get vaccinated. But how do you get an appointment? Each site I try says "Booked" or "no appointments available" etc. So no luck.

Herd immunity takes about 85% vaccination. If the anti-vaxxers make up 30% of the US population or even in 3rd world countries, then the CV continues on about its merry, deadly, mutating life.

That is too optimistic of a prediction in my opinion. I hope by the end of the year, but there are MANY factors that could go wrong.

Yes, we now live in a post CV world. A historic dividing timeline.

You might want to check your numbers again.

In Florida, based on cumulative data through 1/22/2021:

There have been 1,176,728 people who have only received their first dose of the vaccine, and another 151,447 people who have completed the series.

A total of 1,328,175 people have been vaccinated.

Since the population of those 16+ years is 17,724,748, that translates into 1 in every 13 people 16 or older who have been vaccinated with at least the first dose.

% of people 16 or older who have been vaccinated (at least 1 dose): 7.49 %
% of people 16 or older who have been vaccinated (both doses): 0.85 %

In county, based on cumulative data through 1/22/2021:
In Sumter county
There have been 12,674 people who have only received their first dose of the vaccine, and another 307 people who have completed the series.

A total of 12,981 people have been vaccinated and 13,288 doses have been administered.

Since the population of those 16+ years is 124,023, that translates into 1 in every 10 people 16 or older who have been vaccinated with at least the first dose.

% of people 16 or older who have been vaccinated (at least 1 dose): 10.5 %

Where do you get your info? There are about 310 million US residents. When the JNJ vaccine gets approved and at the moment it looks good, they will produce one BILLION doses by year end. They have been manufacturing vaccine since before their trial data was even finished as their confidence in the technology they used is extremely high. Couple that with Pfizer and Moderna and others coming on line by summer there will be more than enough for the US and other countries. The issue currently is just what are the hospitals, etc. doing with doses that have been unfrozen but no recipients. Data shows in excess of 25 million doses shipped, only a bit over half have been utilized.

Yes, your numbers are for 16+, my numbers are for 65+.

Motivated Seniors
 

Why isn’t the National Media all over this!?
They would have been a month ago!

Global Medical Response Registrants
 

Does anyone know exactly by who and how postponed GMR registrants are being notified?
--Is it email, phone, or text?
--Is it GMR or Sumter County notifyng?
--If it is phone, does anyone know the phone number they are calling from?

Between caller ID and Nomorobo screening calls from scammers, I don't want to miss it if by phone!

Same questions for those getting second shots from GMR.

Thank you!

Thanks!
 

This is very helpful information!
My wife is scheduled for 1/29 and 2/26. I was very impressed with the registration process at CDR Health Pro.
I had first shot with GMR and waiting to see what will happen with the second.

I chose to be notified by email finding it more convenient to review on the laptop.
In the GMR and AMR websites there is a contacts tab. Go there and fill out the form.

I did on both websites and within a week received responses.
We are in the category that has been acknowledged as approved to be registered ("on the list"); to be notified when it is our turn to be scheduled. We registered 1/11/2021....received confirming email we were approved to be on the list along with the date and time noted...we continue to wait "our turn" when ever vaccine becomes available.

The email responses did state if you are on the list you will be notified when it is your turn....in the order of the registration date and time.......when ever they get a supply of vaccine.

In an environment of suspicion and distrust we have the alternatives of waiting that GMR is and will be doing the right thing.

Or start looking for other means of accessing vaccine opportunities.

To date I have not read or heard anything that would lead us to believe GMR will not deliver on their commitment(s).

For us (me) it is not an option to try to compete with hundreds of thousands of applicants on multiple sites at all times of the day and night on all sorts of devices...competing for too few doses.

We have no need to be first. Just a commitment to a schedule.

All made very difficult by the lack of adequate information, rumors and way too much misinformation.

Yes, I'd like to know that, too. But I imagine they are still notifying those who've had their first shot. Sounds like Sumter Co. is doing the notifying of that group.

My sister was notified today and given an appointment for her first shot. She received a phone call from the Dept. of Health. She was not given an appointment for her second shot. She was told they MAY schedule her second shot when she is at the Wildwood Community Center for her first shot. Sis was originally registered with GMR (Saferestart website) but was shut out when they ran out of vaccine.

That is good news for all those who have been waiting to hear about an appointment for their first shot.

Was she registered previously?
The web site states they are not accepting new registrations.

SumterCounty HD.
01/21/21 Covid Vaccination Updates | Florida Department of Health in Sumter

I think you have to be in there system which probably means patients?