[Sparty6971]

Wife and I were on the Publix site for 90 minutes this morning starting a few minutes prior to 6:00am - each of us on a separate machine (yeah, I know we were gaming the system). We watched the counties count down to "fully booked" pretty quickly until only the far-outlying ones remained and we gave up.

We then went to the CDR account which does five areas, including Orange and Pasco Counties. We got our #1 and #2 appointments (6 Feb and 1 Mar) within only 15 minutes from log-in at 8:00am to finalized (confirmed) appointments. If you're unfamiliar with the CDR site: CDRM Health It is pretty easy to use and best of all it works. You have to set up an account first so if you want to go that route, create an account now - or at least prior to the day you want to try for an appointment. Then when you want to try for an appointment, log in to the CDR system and you'll choose a site from a map, then you get a list of days and times available for shot #1 and shot #2. We had to make three attempts as the ones we picked first were taken too soon. We learned to pick a time later in the day and a day or two down the list. You will get a page to print right away with your name, appointment data, and the QR Code you'll need at the immunization site. You'll also get an email for each of the two days showing all the data you'll need for your calendar; you also are advised to save the email to show the immunization site to prove your appointment. Had no problem doing that system and like I said, it works! If you've given up on the GMR call-backs and/or the Publix system, I highly recommend the CDR system.

[dbcolli]

I have just found out the GMR list apparently does not exist.
I did find a Fl. State list that just came out. Hope it works better than GMR did
MyVaccine

[Byte1]

Like I said on the other thread, I went on the Publix site at 3:30am this morning and set up three browsers. When it started refreshing every minute, I scrolled down each page searching for the link to register for an appointment. I would have taken anything within a two hour drive, one way but I never got the link to register. I watched as ALL the vacancies disappeared. It must be some random operation, because surely being on there that early would have put me in a good place on line. Next week, I will set it up the day before and leave it running to see if I get an invite to register.
I am not concerned greatly about getting one for myself, but I do want to get my wife vaccinated so she can feel safe about leaving the house. It would be nice to get her's before they lower the age requirement to the younger folks. Competition for the shot will once again be pretty heavy then.
A lot of this is totally chance. As soon as someone mentions a site set up, they are out of serum and closed again before you can check it out. Eventually, everyone will be able to get the vaccination but at the rate things are going right now, being limited to production, it may be next year by the time everyone gets theirs, and then it will start over again. They do not yet know if this immunity will last any longer than the seasonal flu shot.
One thing we do have going for us in Florida is exposure to sunlight. They say the best medicine for this illness is sunshine. And we have plenty of that, here. I've seen many of my neighbors sitting out in their driveways, in the sun.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Byte1

Like I said on the other thread, I went on the Publix site at 3:30am this morning and set up three browsers. When it started refreshing every minute, I scrolled down each page searching for the link to register for an appointment. I would have taken anything within a two hour drive, one way but I never got the link to register. I watched as ALL the vacancies disappeared. It must be some random operation, because surely being on there that early would have put me in a good place on line. Next week, I will set it up the day before and leave it running to see if I get an invite to register.
I am not concerned greatly about getting one for myself, but I do want to get my wife vaccinated so she can feel safe about leaving the house. It would be nice to get her's before they lower the age requirement to the younger folks. Competition for the shot will once again be pretty heavy then.
A lot of this is totally chance. As soon as someone mentions a site set up, they are out of serum and closed again before you can check it out. Eventually, everyone will be able to get the vaccination but at the rate things are going right now, being limited to production, it may be next year by the time everyone gets theirs, and then it will start over again. They do not yet know if this immunity will last any longer than the seasonal flu shot.
One thing we do have going for us in Florida is exposure to sunlight. They say the best medicine for this illness is sunshine. And we have plenty of that, here. I've seen many of my neighbors sitting out in their driveways, in the sun.

I don't think it helps to go on the site before it goes "live" at 6 am. And, even then, I don't think the site gives priority treatment to people who are logged on at 6 am vs those who logged on at a later time. Although, the longer you are logged on while appointments are available, the better chance you have to get an appointment. Good luck.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by dbcolli

I have just found out the GMR list apparently does not exist.
I did find a Fl. State list that just came out. Hope it works better than GMR did
MyVaccine

How did you find out the GMR list does not exist? My sister who was on the waitlist to make an appointment with GMR when they were still making appointments DID get a call from the Sumter County Health Department for her first shot. She had her fist shot two days ago at the Wildwood Community Center. Seems to me that list did, in fact, transfer to Sumter County.

I have an appointment for my second shot for February 10. That appointment was made with GMR on their Saferestart website. I'm hoping beyond hope that I will be contacted by Sumter County to keep that appointment and to go to the Wildwood Community Center for my second shot.

[dbcolli]

I found this posted earlier by someone else....

just finished talking on the phone to a representative at the Florida Department of Health to clarify the statement....

"...Florida Department of Health has taken over the GMR list..."

The only list the FL Dept of Health has taken over is the appointment list and resulting second appointment list.

They have not taken over the "registration" list which is the waiting list to get an appointment. The representative said they do not know what GMR/saferestart future intentions are.

Another non reassuring notification of status.

So for those of us not participating in the "appointment roll of the dice game".....

we wait.....not knowing what to expect.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by dbcolli

I have just found out the GMR list apparently does not exist.
I did find a Fl. State list that just came out. Hope it works better than GMR did
MyVaccine

Just checked the latest update from Sumter County. Sumter County IS using the GMR list. This is the latest update from Sumter County........

1/28/2021 UPDATES ON COVID-19 VACCINATION | Florida Department of Health in Sumter

[JoMar]

Ref Post #31.......we registered with CDR Health beginning of the week. News 6 had the story that the Orlando Convention Center would open this morning for appointments at 8 AM. Logged on and within 10 minutes had appointments for first shot on Feb 5 and the 2nd shot Mar 2. 10 minutes later had the confirming text and email. A couple days ago also got the notification that the statewide site was up and running, Just a moment.... You can register for multiple counties but you need to do it one County at a time, tedious but hopefully you will get notified when vaccines are available. Can't speak to the effectiveness of the site only that it exists.

[billethkid]

There must be significant numbers of residents who have registered on multiple sites.
This of course inflates the real demand.
Hopefully increasing availability and more sites with more dates will make this a short term problem.

[KSSunshine]

Originally Posted by Viperguy

I lost out too. My wife and I for one hour on two computers. I'd love to know how the priority in line works. Do you have to be on before 6? We were at 0550 and it didn't help. Any info on the county system? We signed up at the beginning and have not heard a thing.

I don't know the system, but had my computer on at 4:30am. Turned the cell phone on at 5:55 (not using Wifi). They were refreshing at one second difference when I got in with my cell. Didn't ever get the computer to register an opening. It seems that you have to be lucky at the refresh.

More frustrating was that since every county close to Sumter was closed, we chose St. Johns County (St. Augustine) only to find that when we chose a location, we found out it was already closed by the time I hit the final button.

So, we are driving to Ft. Walton Beach for our appointments...and neither in the same pharmacy. Our appointments are 30 minutes apart, but the distance is 37.5 miles which is a physical impossibility. So we'll divide our time and wait at one pharmacy for an extra amount.

Question: Is it worth it? I don't know at this point. We're registered on every potential website that's published, including the initial GMR for Sumter county. We'll also spend one night in a hotel since an 11 hour drive is just a little too much for us. But we'll have the first dose. Second one is scheduled exactly one month later so we'll do this same routine.

PS... This was our third attempt at obtaining the vaccine at Publix. Keep trying.

[Skip]

That Publix page refreshes every minute - forever! Even now.
It's called "push notification".
You don't have to do anything and whether at 3:30 AM or 6:00 AM there is no advantage to being early.
Once the page says "the system is live" it captures your IP address and puts it on a list.
Every 60 seconds it "pushes" a new notice to a few dozen to start the appointment process.
The other thousands get an update on which counties still have appointments left. This is done this way so the huge traffic doesn't crash their server and cause "Denial of Service."
Just sit and wait with your coffee cup. If you're lucky, you'll get the start appointment page and might get an appointment of your choice.
It's the only way it can handle 300,000+ requests for only 36,000 shots. Takes about an hour to deplete.
Looks like they broke the week into two parts now (Wednesday and Friday) sessions.

Be patient grasshopper!

Skip

[dhdallas]

Originally Posted by laryb

Friends drove thru the panhandle a couple of weeks ago in their motorhome. They told me that in gas stations and rest areas, the large majority of people weren't wearing masks. At the campground they stayed at, people in the office and other staff were also maskless. So, from what they told me, the majority of folks up there don't need the vaccine, they have a natural immunity. They had paid for 3 nights but left after the first

Navarre Beach is near Pensacola and is absolutely gorgeous. Sugar white sand with the turquoise water of the Gulf on one side of Santa Rosa Island and the sound on the other. It is in the Central Time Zone. No rednecks there. Also no bugs or alligators (at least on the island). Beautiful homes and condos (<$300k) on the waterfront at reasonable prices. The condo amenties are next to nothing compared to TV. I wanted to buy there but my wife insisted on TV.

Maskless people don't bother me. Unless you are wearing a properly fitted & clean N95 mask that you routinely discard and replace, the surgical masks and homemade ones are better than nothing but not by much. They give the mask wearers a false sense of security (& superiority).