Find Your Place in the Vaccine Line

[BoSoxGal]

Where are you on the list?Find Your Place in the Vaccine Line

I’m gratified to be very close to the top, I might be vaccinated before winter is over!

[eddieq]

Based on your risk profile, we believe you’re in line behind 20.7 million people across the United States.

When it comes to Pennsylvania, we think you’re behind 903,900 others who are at higher risk in your state.

And in Montgomery County, you’re behind 64,200 others.

If the line in Pennsylvania was represented by about 100 people, this is where you’d be standing:

[Long Run]

Gob may be the first here to get it, since UK will start distribution/vaccination next week. This should be a good test to see if the state medical departments have been doing their job setting up the logistics of distribution, or sitting around surfing the net.

[Scooter]

Depending on whether I am classified as "immunocompromised" for this purpose (would be true for influenza vaccine, but there's not really any evidence that HIV infection in and of itself is associated with worse outcomes due to COVID), I am either near the front of the line, or near the end of the line. If I am near the end, I'm not sure what logic puts young adults in front of the "rest of us", other than perhaps a widespread carelessness in taking precautions among that age group.

[dales]

A day late and a dollar short:

Based on your risk profile, we believe you’re in line behind 118.5 million people across the United States.

When it comes to California, we think you’re behind 12.3 million others who are at higher risk in your state.

And in Contra Costa County, you’re behind 336,700 others.

If the line in California was represented by about 100 people, this is where you’d be standing:

[Long Run]

And in Contra Costa County, * * *

If the line in California was represented by about 100 people, this is where you’d be standing

Just as long as you don't end up in Pinole, you'll be okay.

[TPFKA@W]

I am number 3. I got an email from the state board today:

Dec. 3, 2020

Dear Healthcare Professional:

First of all, thank you for everything that you have done to care for Hoosiers during these unprecedented times. I’d like to update you on the latest information about COVID-19 vaccination.

Pfizer and Moderna have applied for an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA. If approved, we could have vaccine ready to administer in Indiana before the end of the year.

The Indiana Department of Health put together a group of internal and external stakeholders, experts in immunology, infectious disease, ethicists and others to develop an allocation prioritization list. The committee agreed with other national leaders, such as the National Institutes of Science, that healthcare personnel should be the first to receive the vaccine. The goal is to protect those with the most risk of exposure, prevent them from giving it to vulnerable populations, and to reinforce our healthcare workforce by preventing illness.

After EUA approval, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations, and review by the Indiana-specific vaccine review committee, the Indiana Department of Health will begin a phased-in vaccination schedule. You will receive an email with a link to schedule your appointment when you are eligible to receive the vaccine. Vaccine will be distributed based on the quantity received.

Here are several important considerations to keep in mind:

This first round of vaccine is allocated to healthcare personnel who in their line of work have the potential for exposure to COVID-19 patients or infectious material. We are anticipating that we will not initially have enough vaccine available to vaccinate everyone who meets the criteria. Therefore, the Indiana Vaccine Advisory Committee has further prioritized healthcare personnel based on individuals who provide direct care to the most vulnerable populations and in their line of work have a high likelihood of contact with COVID-positive patients and who are integral to healthcare structure and the response to the pandemic.
You will be notified that vaccine is available and you have met criteria for prioritization when you receive a letter with a link to the registration and scheduling platform.
This may be distributed from your employer, professional licensing agency, or an association.
We anticipate moving through the prioritizations tiers quickly, but there may be a delay from when Indiana initially receives a vaccine to when you qualify.
You will be asked to bring an ID or some form of verification that you work in health care.
If you work at one of the 50 hospitals that will initially be administering the vaccine, you must choose that location to get vaccinated.
If you do not work at one of the 50 hospitals, you will be assigned to one of the 50 hospital vaccine administration site(s) based on your county of residence. For some counties, there will only be one option. For others, there may be several options from which to choose.
If you work in a setting that has healthcare personnel (including licensed, unlicensed, paid and unpaid) who meet the criteria and the personnel may not have received notification (office staff, environmental services, etc.), we ask that you forward the scheduling link to only those people when asked to do so. If any staff members do not have access to a smart phone or a computer, please help them register.
There will be no charge to the person receiving vaccine. However, insurance information will be collected. Federal guidelines (https://www.cms.gov/files/document/covid-vax-ifc-4.pdf) ensure that no one is charged any out-of-pocket funds for the administration of the vaccine. There will be no co-pay and no charge to those who do not have insurance. The vaccine is free, but insurance may be charged for the $28 administration fee.

These vaccines require a second dose, in 21 (Pfizer) or 28 (Moderna) days. The second dose is imperative for the appropriate immune response. Be prepared to sign up for your second dose immediately following your initial vaccination.

Please visit coronavirus.in.gov/vaccine for updated information about the COVID-19 vaccine in Indiana. The state Department of Health will continue to provide updates on vaccine allocation as more information becomes available.

Yours in health,

IDOH Signature

Lindsay Weaver, MD, FACEP

Chief Medical Officer

[Long Run]

You will receive an email with a link to schedule your appointment when you are eligible to receive the vaccine.

Do you get a sash or tiara with that -- you deserve it (really).

[TPFKA@W]

You will receive an email with a link to schedule your appointment when you are eligible to receive the vaccine.

Do you get a sash or tiara with that -- you deserve it (really).

Yeah, no sash and tiara to be found. However, we get the n95 and face shield through which very little oxygen passes. I, along with many, are on the brink. It is becoming exhausting to keep up with it all. As you go in and out of rooms, you have to change in/out of a gown, in/out of gloves, perform your hand hygiene, over and over and over. I was absolutely sweltering and I thought, "I just can't do this anymore". My husband is retiring at the end of the year and I am sorely tempted to join him.

[dales]

And in Contra Costa County, * * *

If the line in California was represented by about 100 people, this is where you’d be standing

Just as long as you don't end up in Pinole, you'll be okay.

I lived for 7 years in Antioch.

Pinole is a garden spot compared to Antioch.

[Gob]

Gob may be the first here to get it, since UK will start distribution/vaccination next week.

I'm happy to wait, I'm fit, healthy, and not in a care profession, (any more.) I also live in the lowest risk area of the UK. There are others who need/deserve it more than me, but I will take it if offered.,

[MajGenl.Meade]

Being where I am, I'm about #331,200,001 in line.

Were I back in the USA, I'd allow all fellow Americans to go ahead - except for 74,122,580 of them.

[Bicycle Bill]

Being where I am, I'm about #331,200,001 in line.

Were I back in the USA, I'd allow all fellow Americans to go ahead - except for 74,122,580 of them.

Based on what I've seen over this past summer and fall (the rallies, the mask-less gatherings, the "nobody's gonna tell ME what I can or cannot do" attitude), I feel safe in saying that several thousand of those 74 million will have permanently removed themselves from consideration before it becomes time to queue up.

Besides, they're not going to get in line to get a 'vaccine' for something that doesn't exist, right?

-"BB"-

[BoSoxGal]

Sadly, the polls indicate we are far short of the 60-70% of the population that needs to take the vaccine in order to end the pandemic. Depending on the poll, 50% or even more are indicating strong resistance to covid19 vaccination. This is why three former Presidents have offered to take the vaccine on TV in order to instill confidence in the people about taking the vaccine.

If we get 50% or less compliance and people refuse to maintain any other public health measures, this bitch will keep rolling with a yearly seasonal spike and be a very bad flu, indeed. But that may be all we can hope for, and better therapeutics as they’re developed.

On the long list of people I’d love the opportunity to see pecked to death by birds is Andrew Wakefield, father of the modern anti vaccination movement. That man ranks up there with the worst of the worst cult leaders.

[Big RR]

Well, if we take the vaccine, then those non vaxers can spread it among themselves; schools could mandate it to protect the children, and some services, like airlines or cruise lines, could require proof of the vaccine before you book putting further pressure on getting the vaccine. All we can do is protect ourselves, and eventually those who refuse to do so will eventually reduce their numbers.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Depending on the poll, 50% or even more are indicating strong resistance to covid19 vaccination

Perhaps that number is more a reflection of uncertainty as to whether "warp speed" development / approval is to be trusted. Let's hope that as the long-term results begin to pile up, that number will drop precipitately (one way or another, I suppose).

There is no excuse for those who reject mass vaccination of time-tested fixits for mumps, rubella etc*. But in this case, I can well understand reluctance to believe that the various Covid remedies have been rigorously tested. Especially given Dumbold's effort to claim that he personally did all the work.

*even though in a very few cases there may be a negative outcome.

[BoSoxGal]

Many of the vaccine technologies utilized in these covid19 vaccines have been in existence or development for several years - since the first SARS pandemic. The money was cut to the research after that pandemic fizzled out, so what has been ongoing was slower moving but once everyone fully funded and went full time 24/7 on the works, it got done fast. It’s not brand new technology in most cases as I understand it. Perhaps that message needs to be better shared with the public - but, there is still a massive anti vaccine movement regardless, we get 50% or less compliance with influenza vaccination which is why so many folks die every year from flu. So Andrew Wakefield still rates a Hitchcockian end.

[Sue U]

Apparently, I am next-to-last in line. I don't mind letting those at higher risk go ahead of me, but I do wonder who could possibly be behind me? Horses?

[MajGenl.Meade]

Well, Andrew Wakefield, yeah, natch. As to 'flu, I never thought of lack of participation as "anti-vac" - I don't bother with it but that's only laziness, not any kind of political statement.

[Jarlaxle]

Depending on the poll, 50% or even more are indicating strong resistance to covid19 vaccination

Perhaps that number is more a reflection of uncertainty as to whether "warp speed" development / approval is to be trusted. Let's hope that as the long-term results begin to pile up, that number will drop precipitately (one way or another, I suppose).

There is no excuse for those who reject mass vaccination of time-tested fixits for mumps, rubella etc*. But in this case, I can well understand reluctance to believe that the various Covid remedies have been rigorously tested. Especially given Dumbold's effort to claim that he personally did all the work.

*even though in a very few cases there may be a negative outcome.

Rushed vaccines have a reasonably-bad track record recently. (See: swine flu, anthrax.) Considering that we have a >99.9% chance of surviving COVID and a decent chance that even if infected we will not actually get sick, neither my wife nor I have any intention of getting this vaccine.