Got my First Vaccination Injection

[mepstein]

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

As a nursing student, I am required to do a certain number of clinical hours in a hospital to get my license. With Covid, we are having a harder time getting in hospitals. I wish they would let me vaccinate for a day. Win-Win. I get 8-12 hours of experience and they have help with staffing issues. But no one asks me.

When my wife went to the location for her shot, she said she wanted to volunteer and they put her to work. I don't think they were very organized ahead of time but they formed up efficient groups and moved people through. I think nurses in general are used to just making things work when it needs to get done.
They had 2 groups in each drive through lane at the DMV. They needed one person to handle data, one to reconstitute the serum and one to give shots. There were other people helping out as well. I'm sure if you show up, you will find work to do.

[KFC911]

Just saw where the NC gov is going to use our National Guard to assist with vaccinations. Using nursing students, etc. if they volunteer is a no-brainer too.

Thank you PGal !

[MMiller]

Originally Posted by KC911

Just saw where the NC gov is going to use our National Guard to assist with vaccinations. Using nursing students, etc. if they volunteer is a no-brainer too.

Thank you PGal !

Nat Guard were giving the vaccinations here in Abq at the location I went to. It's a all hands on deck need. Very nice of some folks to volunteer their time as well!

[RNajarian]

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

As a nursing student, I am required to do a certain number of clinical hours in a hospital to get my license. With Covid, we are having a harder time getting in hospitals. I wish they would let me vaccinate for a day. Win-Win. I get 8-12 hours of experience and they have help with staffing issues. But no one asks me.

Usually the lawyers have the final say. To administer vaccinations there are matters of credentialing, memorandums of understandings, waivers, insurance, training verification, etc.

If look at post #13 you can see me getting my first shot by one of the medics at my Air National Guard base. Prior to getting the shot I not only had to be put on orders and identified as a Tier 1 individual, but there was a whole bureaucracy in transporting the vaccine 3 hours from Los Alamitos to my base. One example was the driver had to stop every 45 minutes and verify the temperature in the cooler transporting the vaccine was at the right temperature, record it in a log then continue on. You should hear what had to happen to get the vaccine INTO the cooler in the first place.

The Red Tape exists and is slowing the process down. For good or for bad? That may be a discussion best left for PARF.

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by MMiller

Nat Guard were giving the vaccinations here in Abq at the location I went to. It's a all hands on deck need. Very nice of some folks to volunteer their time as well!

Up here in Los Alamos it was discussed in this morning's weekly group meeting/webex that NM got more than it could handle and we seem to have some good freezers to fill. Very charitable. I suspect that we'll all be lining up soon - optional for us desk jockeys but anyone with emergency response or deployable DOE/NNSA accident recovery teams is absolutely required to get shot (I work with the radiographers that get to take a road trip if something somewhere goes bad).

My tinfoil-hat wearing Santa Fe Earth Mother counselor is still convinced of the Gates nanochips (and chemtrails, too). Nice enough lady but the woo is strong there.

[URY914]

My hospital system has given out over 10,000 in the last 3 weeks. We hope to ramp it up and give 1000 a day over the next week.

[dad911]

Still cannot get a schedule for my 93 YO father in law in NJ. They also haven't done all the assisted living residents.

[red-beard]

My parents get stuck on Friday

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Sooner or later

Texas is doing pretty well. California is terrible (if their reported numbers are correct)

The reported numbers are almost certainly not accurate, if we're talking rate of infection. I'm sure the real number is much higher. The death numbers in Los Angeles are through the roof...not as bad as NY last spring but something like 25 refrigerated semi-trailers parked outside the county morgue with more coming. Someone told me that Los Angeles is supposedly the most dangerous place on earth right now...not sure if that is true but it's out of control here.

I'm glad to hear that other places are doing better w getting people vaccinated, it's been a debacle here. I'm sure there will be hell to pay later for some officials but basically, they are at ~50% of the number of shots given out so far compared with goals. The whole tier approach totally is not working with many first responders not wanting the vaccine, (their right of course), extra doses that they have to scramble to distribute, etc. It's a joke.

As of tomorrow, Dodger Stadium parking lot goes from being a mass testing site to a mass vaccine site. I'm not sure how they are going to do it but I think they should just do first come/first serve with old people getting priority at the site like boarding an airplane. Anyone over 80 is in group A, over 70 in group B, etc. and they vaccinate as many people as humanly possible every day until it's done. Younger people would get doses every day but maybe have to wait until the old people go first and then they stick arms until the day's supply is used up. Everyday for a month or as long as it takes. I don't think the site would be packed w young people because most don't even worry about getting Covid.

I've been slightly ill this weekend, getting better but having a hard time finding an easy testing site. I'm going to work on it tomorrow. Last time, it was next day no problem at Dodger Stadium but the disease and the demand for testing has gone ballistic here.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by RNajarian

Usually the lawyers have the final say. To administer vaccinations there are matters of credentialing, memorandums of understandings, waivers, insurance, training verification, etc.

If look at post #13 you can see me getting my first shot by one of the medics at my Air National Guard base. Prior to getting the shot I not only had to be put on orders and identified as a Tier 1 individual, but there was a whole bureaucracy in transporting the vaccine 3 hours from Los Alamitos to my base. One example was the driver had to stop every 45 minutes and verify the temperature in the cooler transporting the vaccine was at the right temperature, record it in a log then continue on. You should hear what had to happen to get the vaccine INTO the cooler in the first place.

The Red Tape exists and is slowing the process down. For good or for bad? That may be a discussion best left for PARF.

I'm glad that you got a dose, we need to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible and it's a one-at-a-time deal. There may be some politics involved but what you are describing sounds more like the crazy protocols involved w keeping it at a super sub-zero temp as not to spoil it. It would suck to think you were vaccinated but the dose was spoiled.

I wish you good health.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by island911

The vast majority of people -without a vaccine- handle this virus with relative ease.

Of the people whom actually get this virus there is well over a 98% survival rate.

Yet, people talk about this virus like it's Ebola or some such. --They seem to enjoy spooking themselves and/or others.

Right now, Covid19 is not only the leading cause of death in California, (the most populous state by a mile), it is beating all of the other leading causes combined. But keep spewing your BS...god only knows why it makes you feel better.

LOTS of middle aged and younger people dying, everyday.

[RNajarian]

Originally Posted by speeder

I'm glad that you got a dose, we need to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible and it's a one-at-a-time deal. There may be some politics involved but what you are describing sounds more like the crazy protocols involved w keeping it at a super sub-zero temp as not to spoil it. It would suck to think you were vaccinated but the dose was spoiled.

I wish you good health.

Thanks Pal. We’ll all get there. Let’s hope things begin to cool off.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by dad911

Still cannot get a schedule for my 93 YO father in law in NJ. They also haven't done all the assisted living residents.

And over in NY they're throwing away doses because they went unused.
https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-covid-19-vaccine-trash-unused-doses-2021-1

We're getting the vaccine out to the States but the States seem to be doing a poor job of getting them administered. Early on there was talk of using the Military to help administer. I don't get why this wasn't done.

Something else, a family friend has a physical therapist coming to their home. The friend is in their late 70's. The physical therapist tells them they aren't getting the vaccine. I don't get how someone in the healthcare field even has an option.

So far my son and my wife have received the vaccine. My oldest daughter gets hers on Wednesday. Then it's just me and my youngest daughter doing without. I'm thinking I might sign up for a maintenance position at the local hospital.

[red-beard]

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations

I am surprised. I think the data is old because our local news is reporting more vaccinations than the CDC shows. I expect the distribution numbers are correct.

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by red-beard

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations

I am surprised. I think the data is old because our local news is reporting more vaccinations than the CDC shows. I expect the distribution numbers are correct.

From the link.

"Healthcare providers report doses to federal, state, territorial, and local agencies up to 72 hours after administration. There may be additional lag for data to be transmitted from the federal, state, territorial, or local agency to CDC. A large difference between the number of doses distributed and the number of people initiating vaccination is expected at this point in the COVID vaccination program due to several factors, including delays in reporting of administered doses and management of available vaccine stocks by jurisdictions and federal pharmacy partners."

[Sooner or later]

We can't have walk up vaccinations with no previous sign up. People will wait in their cars for 8 hours to get the shot. We have seen pictures of that happening.

States know by Tuesday how many doses they will receive for use the following week. They also know how many doses they have on hand. In Oklahoma they set up the scheduling portals and open up sign up on Wednesday evening. The state sends out emails to those eligible for that weeks sign up.. All slots fill within hours. If more doses are received than expected they add additional slots.

Slots are limited since Okla has only been getting 30,000 to 40,000 doses a week, about 1% of the population.

[Sooner or later]

Also, at the current time DOD has their hands full vaccinating their troops. They have 353,500 doses and 136,557 administered. I would expect them to have an easier time getting everyone vaccinated, though it will take some time.

States could, and have, used National Guard to assist. I am sure there are resources available.

[red-beard]

I forgot!!!

They are holding 50% of the vaccine for second doses.

So, the 25M doses vs 8.5M given looks a lot better. Only 12.5M were available for 1st doses. That means the distribution is closer to 68%, with all of the reported delays. That looks a lot better.

[Sooner or later]

That is correct, Red.

[KFC911]

The next sign-up period for my county is a couple of weeks out. My mom spent all day last Fri. trying to call... we knew it was futile, but she tried. When they opened it up for online late Fri. evening, my niece got my parents in the queue (tomorrow). Every county is different here too.