How's the vaccine rollout going in your state?

[Brookswood]

How's the vaccine rollout going in your state?

Not so good in my home state of Washington. Only 20% of the vaccine recieved has been actually used to vaccinate anybody. There seems to be a lot of concern about when, where and how people will get their shots. Our leaders are leaking information out in little bits. This reminds me all too much of the testing issues. We were told ther would be test, but actually finding one, getting one and getting results back in time to make a difference was very difficult.
So far I see the same thing happening again with the vaccine.

Signed,
Unhappy camper and voter.

 

[Ruthanne]

Health care workers are getting theirs as well as those in Nursing Homes. The news says they are too slow, though. People lined up for many hours to get theirs, too. I just look forward to the day when I can get it. Staying home all the time is no fun anymore.

 

[Kathleen’s Place]

Slow. Shipment delays etc

 

[New2Old]

I got my first shot yesterday. I was VERY surprised as I live in a tiny town and thought it would be weeks, if not months to make it here. I work at a long-term residential home, so that's why early on the list, but I still thought it would be a much longer wait.

 

[Mike]

I just started a thread in the Covid-19 forum about
the changed to distribution that our government
have implemented.
https://www.seniorforums.com/threads/bending-the-vaccine-rules.55940/

Mike.

 

[Butterfly]

Here they are vaccinating health care workers and first responders.

 

[Aunt Bea]

In my county, they have been handling 500-700 vaccinations per day but are prepared to increase that number as additional doses of the vaccine become available.

Nursing home residents and hospital workers have been receiving the vaccine over the last three weeks.

Coroners, funeral workers, and urgent care providers are receiving Covid-19 vaccines this week.

Next week health care workers will be eligible.

It's unclear when and how the general public will receive vaccinations at this point.

The good news for me is that I can stay out of the way and continue doing what I've been doing since March. I hope that they concentrate on the folks that have to get out and work every day to support themselves and their families.

 

[PamfromTx]

Not fast enough for many.

 

[Pecos]

I wish I knew. Information in South Carolina is virtually non-existent.

 

[HoneyNut]

How's the vaccine rollout going in your state?

My state (Nebraska) has amazingly (in lieu of their usual incompetence) managed to create a Dashboard this week for people to see the progress of vaccinations. According to the dashboard, as of today there have been 35,506 1st dose vaccinations, and 106 people have had the 2nd dose.
It also lists the phases and who is included in each. People over 65 yrs are in Nebraska's phase 1C which on their graph is from March to May. My 65th birthday is in April so I guess I will be able to get vaccinated (at least a first dose) by May (I hope). Seems like such a long way off. Now I have to stay safe another 4 or 5 months. It had seemed really doable, but then last week I had two exposures to other people -- the neighbor stopped by to talk while I was maskless out filling a bird feeder, then the next day the furnace had a problem so the furnace repair guy was in the house for an hour fixing that and although he started out properly masked, he later pulled it down below his nose.

 

[JustBonee]

In SE Texas it's going very slow.
They opened a local clinic yesterday for people over 65. Appointments needed, and it was overwhelmed almost immediately.

 

[Aneeda72]

Just hospital workers, just waiting as is everyone else.

 

[Don M.]

The number of vaccines currently available in Missouri are pretty low. Medical personal, elderly in nursing homes, and essential workers are still first in line. The State hopes to have them inoculated by January, or early February. Then, Seniors are supposed to be next, followed by the general population. Since we live in a very rural area, I'll be surprised if the shots are available by April....and then, I wonder how far we will have to go to get the shots. If the "sub zero" shots are the option, we may have to go quite a ways, but if the Moderna vaccine is available, we may only have to go a few miles to a local clinic. At this point, it's anyone's guess.

 

[Aneeda72]

The number of vaccines currently available in Missouri are pretty low. Medical personal, elderly in nursing homes, and essential workers are still first in line. The State hopes to have them inoculated by January, or early February. Then, Seniors are supposed to be next, followed by the general population. Since we live in a very rural area, I'll be surprised if the shots are available by April....and then, I wonder how far we will have to go to get the shots. If the "sub zero" shots are the option, we may have to go quite a ways, but if the Moderna vaccine is available, we may only have to go a few miles to a local clinic. At this point, it's anyone's guess.

My son was told by the social worker that he would go back to work in May, after he gets the vaccine. This means the group homes won’t get the vaccine till April, so for the older pre-existing condition population that means at least May before we start the vaccine.

Not going to hold my breath .