My dad now has an appointment for a week from today. He is 80, asthmatic, and lives in NewYork. He previously tested positive for antibodies, but I don’t think anyone even asked about that before letting him make the appointment. Which totally makes sense given that we have no idea how long antibodies provide protection, and in any case he was likely infected in March when my (now late) stepmother was.
My appointment for the first dose is January 25th, at a VA hospital. The 2nd dose will be February 23rd. I’m over 65 but have no other risk factors.
Sometimes it’s good to live in a very tiny country in a war zone, with a very centralized medical system. (Israel)
So far, 73% of all citizens over age 60 have received their first shot,(with the second one scheduled 21 days afterwards. My second shot will be next week, Jan 20. )
The shots are now being given to everyone over 50.
Most appointments are at the normal neighborhood medical clinics, but in some cities they are also using sports arenas and convention centers.
Population of the country is 9 million people, 1.9 million have been vaccinated so far.
I checked the Ohio website last night. It seems that there is only a plan for people 65 and up, healthcare workers (including EMS), people in assisted living, people in psych hospitals, cognitively disabled people and educators. Those plans go through February.
I’m diabetic and obese, but only 41 and don’t work away from home. I’d hope that after the above-mentioned people they can get to incarcerated people and essential workers.
I suspect I’ll be after all them, and before young, healthy people and kids. Like maybe the front of the line for my age group.
I’d suspect Ohio is kind of weird when it comes to rollout. We’ve got a huuuuuge medical community (Cleveland Clinic actually has competitors) but also plenty of rural communities which always come with scarcity. I haven’t heard of how the rollout’s going, one way or another.
Just cross posting from the other thread. If somebody could check if I’ve done the calculation right, I estimate that everyone in the U.S. who wants to be vaccinated should be done by about July.
I’m in Maryland, in the 65-74 age group. Gov. Hogan says the target for commencing vaccinations for my cohort is early March. So I’m hoping for March, probably settling for April.
Already have a song in mind for when I get that second shot. To the tune of the refrain of “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love)”:
Double shot of my covid vax, yeah yeah yeah
Double shot of my covid vax
Now I know I can finally relax, I’ve got a
Double shot of my covid vax
Nitpick: 16-17 year olds can get vaccinated, and probably should.
49, healthy, not in an essential job or health care. I will get my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine on June 19, and my second shot on July 5.
No, of course they’re not scheduled that far ahead, but won’t you all be impressed if my guess turns out to be right.
February, apparently? At least, that’s when they just announced it was going to happen for higher ed employees in my state. This is all happening much faster than I would have expected; my dad and my brother have already had their first shot.
The Moderna vaccine has not been approved for under 18 so no, they probably shouldn’t.
Pfizer is approved for 16 and up so they should.
Sure. Don’t think many 16 yr olds were in the study groups but whatever, right?
And how do you know this? There had to have been a decent number for them to recommend it for them and to get approval?
It is likely why the approval vote wasn’t unanimous.
Footnote: the Moderna approval vote for use in 18+ was unanimous.
The Pfizer vote was 17-3 with one abstention.
Yes, I linked the article saying that. You asked how I knew that very few 16 yr olds were part of the trial. If they had only sought approval for 18+ it would probably have been unanimous.
I agree. One of the three specifically cited that as her reason. It’s safe to assume that it was the reason for the other two.
I received word from my workplace that I will be receiving it in the next day or two.
I just found out that I am not next in line, apparently “K-12 teachers and school district staff” does not include those working for community college despite that fact that I’m working at a specialized satellite campus (essentially a boarding school), with teenage students, doing F2F teaching as of next week. So… guess I’m back at the end of the line.