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Hopalong:
A friend texted me a link to vaccine appts today and I got one for this afternoon. Very higgledy-piggledy process but I'm grateful. I got the link to my neighbors so hope they get appts too.

(I had signed up to be notified by email but hadn't heard anything. No idea how this exactly came to be but it's a gift horse, so, nice teeth.)

hugs
Hops

lighter:
Is it the 1 or 2 dose vaccine, Hops?

Hopalong:
The Pfizer, two-dose. Next jab in 3 weeks.

We (couple hundred people I think) stood in line outside for four hours before getting into the FEMA building. Lucky for me they had some folding chairs to lend. After a couple hours I really needed to sit (back stuff).

Amazingly, my close friend who had sent me the link by text that got me the appt. turned out to be right behind me in line, so we had hours together to catch up! M said the whole thing got triggered by an unplanned social media share of a signup link for a subgroup, so part of the reason we had to wait so long was they had to thaw it out! Hilarious.

Pretty uncomfortable day but I was lucky. Go back in 3 wks for jab #2.

hugs
Hops

Hopalong:
Coulda put this on the Hax thread but it really applies more on this one. This is by a commenter on her recent column about "vaccine resentments." (Like the cockup in my town today when way too many people showed up because of the mistakenly social media-spread invite that went beyond the intended group they had enough doses for.) Most posters are venting nonstop about the government's / bureaucrats' mistakes or failures or mismanagement...etc.

I think three things at the same time:

(1) the vaccine rollout is not as efficient as it could be.

(2) it is impossible to craft a vaccine rollout plan that everybody finds fair. I read a lot of unrealistic expectations for vaccine rollout plans.

In my professional life, I handle distribution of benefits. Some people wait longer than others for a variety of reasons. Somebody has to be first and somebody has to be last. I think because I’ve had experience with the bureaucracy end of resource distribution, I have more sympathy for the people attempting to get this vaccine out. I also have lower patience for people who think they could craft a better plan (hint: it’s a lot harder than you think).

(3) this vaccine development was the result of the hard work and dedication of thousands of people. The fact that a vaccine was developed this fast is amazing. It’s fantastic.

I think we could all use a bit more gratitude that there is a vaccine at all.

Meh:
That the vaccine distribution was going to be a point of argument and annoyance was obvious from very very early on even before a vaccine had been created. This stuff is predictable like clockwork.

The current media buzz is pointing to more reports of children getting the full-body inflammation problem due to Covid.

We didn't have all out Covid riots but we are seeing insidious mental health issues and dare I say it, forms of what looks like mass hysteria, at least in my opinion.

I'm burnt out on Covid. I'd like to go to the doctor for a check up for other reasons but I'm really quite afraid of going to the doctor right now. As far as I know nobody in my county is getting shots just nursing homes (good)... but the rollout has been a failure. I think it's okay to say so. The US government manages to turn the whole Capitol building campus into a controlled military zone but they can't mobilize immunization tents strategically. As a whole country it's like we are one big bumbling neurotic Uncle Sam.

In my area it's like nothing is happening at all. Even the most patient people are going to get tired of this. I'm just venting I guess.

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