To Vaccinate or Not---The Rat Flu Odyssey Continues

[plugboots]

Overheard at a restaurant last night:
"I'm smart. If this virus was as strong as they say..."

[bodywhomper]

How does hat work with the different Counties.? Truckee is near Placer, Nevada, Sierra counties. Can you go to any of them or are they restricting you to your county?

Teledad had a good point about likely vax availability by May. It’s not dependent on what county you live in, as far as I know.

[XXX-er]

Overheard at a restaurant last night:
"I'm smart. If this virus was as strong as they say..."

if he was that smart would he be eating in a restaurant ?

[PNWbrit]

PNW mags might want to check here. Just got appointments at the Tacoma Dome site for Saturday. Lots of them still available.

Friday April 9th 10am-530pm: https://prepmod.doh.wa.gov//reg/5615229087

Saturday April 10th 10am-530pm: https://prepmod.doh.wa.gov//reg/3012287569

[The AD]

PNW mags might want to check here. Just got appointments at the Tacoma Dome site for Saturday. Lots of them still available.

Friday April 9th 10am-530pm: https://prepmod.doh.wa.gov//reg/5615229087

Saturday April 10th 10am-530pm: https://prepmod.doh.wa.gov//reg/3012287569

Is this open to everyone or just phase 1?

[PNWbrit]

Is this open to everyone or just phase 1?

Phase 1B tier 4 - self certify

[abraham]

Fred hutch has availability but you have to sign up right at midnight two days out. As in 12:05 might be too late.

[KQ]

W2 literally has 100s of open appointments for tomorrow afternoon.

Read last night that Tri-Cities has the lowest vax rate in the state. They are having trouble getting people in BUT there are a couple factors that could be affecting it like high Latino population and a younger population not yet eligible.

[Ted Striker]

PNW mags might want to check here. Just got appointments at the Tacoma Dome site for Saturday

10am-530pm

Monster trucks start at 7

Heart tribute band goes on at 9

[GoldMember]

W2 literally has 100s of open appointments for tomorrow afternoon.

Read last night that Tri-Cities has the lowest vax rate in the state. They are having trouble getting people in BUT there are a couple factors that could be affecting it like high Latino population and a younger population not yet eligible.

Lame. Let the local health authorities determine local eligibility.

[PNWbrit]

Monster trucks start at 7

Heart tribute band goes on at 9

Can I grow a mullet by Saturday?

[KQ]

Lame. Let the local health authorities determine local eligibility.

All a moot point in 9 days

[Deebased]

Monster trucks start at 7

Heart tribute band goes on at 9

Fuck yeah, who doesn't love some double back flip monster truck action

[Tri-Ungulate]

Can I grow a mullet by Saturday?

Sunday


SUNDAY

SUNDAY!!!1!

[PNWbrit]

All a moot point in 9 days

It is going to be fucking chaos. The WA State vaccine finder is a complete mess. basically directing people to register for future appointments with multiple "partners" who may or may not have functioning online systems or who aren't giving doses to new patients/non-members. Costco and Walmart appear to have removed themselves completely from the system (Costco's site was down all weekend)

We had a year to plan this better.

[Art Shirk]

Monster trucks start at 7

Heart tribute band goes on at 9

SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY!!!!!! COME FOR THE VACCINATIONS BUT STAY FOR THE MAYHEM!!!! IF YOU CAN PROVE ANY SORT OF FORMAL EDUCATION, INCLUDING CLOWN COLLEGE OR PEZ DISPENSER REPAIR SCHOOL, HALF HALF HALF OFF!!!! YOU'LL PAY FOR THE WHOLE SEAT, BUT ONLY NEED THE EEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDGGGEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[abraham]

It is going to be fucking chaos. The WA State vaccine finder is a complete mess. basically directing people to register for future appointments with multiple "partners" who may or may not have functioning online systems or who aren't giving doses to new patients/non-members. Costco and Walmart appear to have removed themselves completely from the system (Costco's site was down all weekend)

We had a year to plan this better.

More than that, we've had 3 months to see what's working and make plans for when eligibility for vaccinations opens up.

I think goldmember is partly right, but we needed better organization from the top so that local health departments could set rules that make sense for their areas.

[The Tortoise]

Just about 24 hrs now, since my Pfizer #2. No side effects, no dead arm, no fever, no aches or pains. Why do some get the side effects and some don’t?

I've been wondering if those that react to the vaccine would be more likely to get a severe case of COVID. Or is it still luck of the draw?

[The AD]

I can guarantee you I'll be on the web at midnight on April 15th when eligibility opens for everyone trying to get an appointment. I find it a little frustrating that I can't even make an appointment now for a date after my eligibility starts.

[Art Shirk]

I can guarantee you I'll be on the web at midnight on April 15th when eligibility opens for everyone trying to get an appointment. I find it a little frustrating that I can't even make an appointment now for a date after my eligibility starts.

You can weigh your own ethical stance on this, but you can sign up now as "eligible" and get in a queue that wont likely result in an appointment until after you are eligible. Or just do what I did, start smoking up your comorbidity game.

[GoldMember]

More than that, we've had 3 months to see what's working and make plans for when eligibility for vaccinations opens up.

I think goldmember is partly right, but we needed better organization from the top so that local health departments could set rules that make sense for their areas.

Precisely my point. The problem is that 'the top' made the decision to control it from the State level and to not delegate authority to the local health departments. And, they haven't adjusted on the fly when it was evident that many appointment slots went unfilled. As I discussed on March 25th, for example; WW County had over 1,000 open slots for THAT DAY in their vaccination clinic held at their fairgrounds. When KQ inquired about filling a spot, she was denied due to not meeting eligibility criteria established by the State. That's just one of, I'm sure, many examples of the flawed overreach of the State. (KQ, correct that story if I got it wrong). The point is that the State developed a control plan with no adjustments for changing circumstances. Had the allowed the regional health districts authority to adjust based on the ground battle, a whole bunch more people would be vaxxed by now and the concern over chaos on the 15th would be somewhat muted. As it is, shitshow on the horizon.

[The AD]

You can weigh your own ethical stance on this, but you can sign up now as "eligible" and get in a queue that wont likely result in an appointment until after you are eligible. Or just do what I did, start smoking up your comorbidity game.

Yeah, I know. I figured I've made it this long without resorting to lying to get a spot that I might as well stay the course.

[GoldMember]

Yeah, I know. I figured I've made it this long without resorting to lying to get a spot that I might as well stay the course.

And good for you. I did the same. What irks me is that some officials have essentially been encouraging people to cheat and put their own integrity on the line rather than have the state do the right thing and open up the criteria where it made sense to do so. The other side of that is that you're not jumping the line if there is no line so what's the harm? Other than to your own moral integrity, that is....

[PNWbrit]

Precisely my point. The problem is that 'the top' made the decision to control it from the State level and to not delegate authority to the local health departments. And, they haven't adjusted on the fly when it was evident that many appointment slots went unfilled. As I discussed on March 25th, for example; WW County had over 1,000 open slots for THAT DAY in their vaccination clinic held at their fairgrounds. When KQ inquired about filling a spot, she was denied due to not meeting eligibility criteria established by the State. That's just one of, I'm sure, many examples of the flawed overreach of the State. (KQ, correct that story if I got it wrong). The point is that the State developed a control plan with no adjustments for changing circumstances. Had the allowed the regional health districts authority to adjust based on the ground battle, a whole bunch more people would be vaxxed by now and the concern over chaos on the 15th would be somewhat muted. As it is, shitshow on the horizon.

I'm not sure that keeping it local is necessarily the answer or that local authorities are any better qualified to deal with this than the state, or that they wouldn't almost certainly have fucked it up even worse and led to even more inequalities.

Edit: it looks like WW county has 26% of total population vaccinated - if they have that many untaken doses they should be moved to counties that haven't got that high a figure. Like Franklin that only has 12% or Pierce at 18%.

[Art Shirk]

Yeah, I know. I figured I've made it this long without resorting to lying to get a spot that I might as well stay the course.

Join the "Seattle Vaccine Hunters" Facebook page if you havent already. They are great about immediate info on left over doses if you can jump in your car pretty quickly. I'm on Vashon now, so I am fucked until my number gets officially called, but for mainlanders, I have seen a lot of options. Good luck, AD