[New Englander]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I think it is far better to have 60% immunity with one shot than NO immunity. Two shots give you better than 90% immunity.

NOW I am hearing conspiracy theories that the inability to GET the shots right now is due to some behind the scenes hold up to make the next person in charge look good.

I don't believe that. I think I don't believe that.

No. I don't listen to conspiracy theories.....but so much STUFF is happening that make us all wonder who is driving the truck.

Seems like the Vaccine truck has been driver-less for a couple of months.

[askcarl]

Originally Posted by gpk111

After shopping around in various counties, we too cancelled ours in Orange County after receiving one in Duvall. They gave us an appointment card for 4 weeks out. Remember you have to go back to the same place you received the first shot.

Please PM if interested in sharing experiences within the crazy environment (I was going to say "system," but that would be over the top)

No, you do not have to go back to the same place. Your Data was sent to CDC. The only requirement is to receive the same (Pfizer-Pfizer or Moderna-Moderna) vaccine. That's why you where given a COVID 19 Vaccination Record Card. All information needed to get the 2nd shot is on that card.

Don't make this any harder than it has to be.

AC

[herbaru]

Originally Posted by john m.

Went for scheduled vaccine appointment at Safe Start today at 445pm
Deputy advised they “ran out of vaccine”

I guess we were the car that pulled up behind you.
How did they not know they didn’t even have enough to complete Saturdays appointments!!?? Funny how that’s not mentioned in the article. Sure hope we are actually put at the top of the list for when they receive more. Then again how can we feel confident that they will get the second dose on time?

[EF2528]

Did everyone that registered get an email? Two person household that registered same day, only one received email.

[smidge]

Not a surprise!

[DOGSAREKEEPERS]

Reading it is one thing, getting a ROBO call at 3:30 AM to tell me it was almost enough to scare me to death, with or without the shots.

[vermonster]

Originally Posted by Yucatan2

I have been watching the worldometers.info site for months, tracking cases and deaths. Florida has been consistently third in the number of cases, and we also have the third most population. South Florida has been where most of the cases and deaths are located....Miami as of yesterday has 4561 deaths so far, compared to Marion at 534, Lake at 377, and Sumter at 156 deaths total since last March. So, statistically The Villages certainly is not the most needy area of FL. Seniors here have been doing the right things to avoid getting sick.
What concerns me though, is that yesterday, the new deaths for Miami were 33, Marion had 5, Lake had 28, and Sumter had 30 new deaths! Usually Sumter crawls along with 1 new death every few days....what happened? That is a huge jump for a county with only 156 deaths total!

Please remember to adjust raw numbers by total population to come up with a rate of death. Number of deaths in a county is not a useful statistic, whereas rate (or % of deaths) is useful for making comparisons. Both Lake and Marion Counties have a population approximately three times that of Sumter, and Miami is even many multiples greater.

[vermonster]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

I believe you are confusing a country investing in the research to make the vaccine with ownership. In addition you should reread where you think you have gotten this info as what you are saying is wrong

Both Pfizer (New York) and Moderna (Massachusetts) are headquartered in USA.

[herbaru]

Originally Posted by gpk111

Most of the complaints seem to center around local distribution. There is a whole other world out there of counties which are within driving range. That now also included Publix and some hospitals. Most counties have mysterious sign up windows and the processes are all different. Hospitals tend not to want to bother with you at all unless you're a patient, but there are exceptions.

The moral: instead of focusing on the deficiencies of the local distribution, amuse yourself with the deficiencies and educate yourself about the occasional opportunities in the surrounding distribution systems.


In my case, I deemed Duvall and Orange County to present interesting opportunities.

Good luck, everyone.

If you are trying to be helpful why not post links to these other “opportunities “?

[vermonster]

Originally Posted by Bonnevie

what a nice thought...all you have to do is get the right vitamins. like no one who takes all those things have caught the virus. it's not just your immune system...it's viral load and how infectious the disease is, too and the new variant is much more contagious. I'll take my chances with the vaccine.

My understanding is that by the time the immune system recognizes the new virus as an invader, the immune system may overreact producing too many cytokines (the cytokine storm), which result in serious consequences including death. The purpose of the vaccine is to "prime the pump," so to speak, so that the immune system will quickly recognize the virus as a foreign invader and dispatch it quickly without overreacting.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Remember the saying, “We’re from the government and we’re here to help you”? Yeah, right.

This vaccine rollout has become one convoluted (not the actual word I was wanting to use) mess.

[Barb.callow]

Originally Posted by DOGSAREKEEPERS

Reading it is one thing, getting a ROBO call at 3:30 AM to tell me it was almost enough to scare me to death, with or without the shots.

I don’t know whether to feel relieved or slighted — I’ve heard several say they got early morning/middle of the night calls and emails. I didn’t get a call just the email. 😁 or 😟?

[ohiosbestus]

Since this shortage has happened I sure hope this never happens to the beer, wine, and liquor production in this country or we will have issues like we have never seen in this country......

[Moderator]

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[Villages Kahuna]

Although I clearly am in CDC Group 1B and registered within 24 hours of the opening of the list for vaccinations at the 466A site, I’m only “on the list”.

So for a county of going on 140,000 residents, the state allocated Sumter county a total of 7,500 doses, enough for the two-shot procedure for only 3,250 people.

Does that sound like an equitable distribution to you? We need to smarten up, don’t you think?