The Wall Street Journal article I linked includes this paragraph, “‘Every one of these customers is coming through our digital front end, so we have their email, we have their text message, and we have the ability to communicate with them regularly,’ said Jonathan Roberts, CVS chief operating officer.” They may have that ability, but it’s wrong for them to use the contact information for marketing purposes.
They don’t have my email. It was an optional field.
And if they message me other than to remind me of the second appointment, they’re going to hear about it.
CVS are already shitbags. They are using customer info on file from prescriptions to robocall customers.
I guess she flunked out of Prison Matron school, so ER nurse was all she could get.
NO disrespect intended to nurses in general. But not everyone is cut out to be in a healing profession.
I have a yahoo address that I give whenever any business asks me for my email address. ALL my junk mail goes there. I delete all of it every day. I’m very picky about giving out my main email address.
I’m bad but I’m nowhere near that bad. Jeez, I feel for you.
Hah! A few years ago, for five years, I had to have regular bloods - it used to terrify me. You would try to joke about it, just to get through it. On occasion the phlebs would give me one of those kiddy stickers for being a brave boy, as part of the joke. And yes, I wore them with pride!
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Received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine today. Didn’t feel much of anything for the first 30 minutes, but starting from 3 hours onwards my arm became progressively more sore. If I don’t move the arm it isn’t so bad, but it sucks to not have the full range of motion. In some ways it’s like having a gum infection and not being able to chew food properly.
Even though I’m relatively young, I apparently qualified because [and I’m deliberately being vague here] I do volunteer work that involves going into low-income housing where residents are likely to be infected with, and multiple residents have already died, from COVID-19. Fortunately, the organization I volunteer with was able to register me for the vaccine. The second dose is scheduled for early April.
I got the call! Well, a text actually, from my GP. Gotta say it’s a very efficient system here - click on the link, it takes you to the NHS vaccine booking site, input date of birth, pick a date and time from a whole bunch of choices.
The text also says if you need help booking you can call the GP’s office and they’ll do it for you.
I’m booked for Monday.
I was really surprised - nationally in the UK we’re currently on over 65s and adults with underlying health conditions. I’m 51 with no underlying conditions. My GP is obviously ahead of the game.
Vaccine centre is a short walk from my house. Am thrilled.
Hooray!
Because so many people were asking what’s going on, everybody who signed up got a text from the local government confirming that we’re in the system. Notifications for appointments will be via text. They are still working on the 75 and over group, so I won’t have anything to report until June. I’m a bit jealous reading all these vaccination repots, but I am truly happy that so many people are getting vaccinated.
In the U.S., a number of health care providers have gotten into trouble for ignoring guidelines and vaccinating patients who aren’t in a current priority group. Is it possible that your GP isn’t so much “ahead of the game” as they are just ignoring the rules of the game? Most providers in the U.S. also rely on self-screening for eligibility. Is it possible that the appointment system is set up with the assumption you’ll only sign up if you’re eligible?
I don’t imagine it’s very likely - there’s no incentive to ignore the rules, and vaccinations are being coordinated by the local NHS Trusts, with bookings going through a centralised NHS portal so it would be pretty transparent if a GP practice had gone rogue.
I do know that our region’s vaccination rate is a lot higher than the national average so that may be the reason I’ve been called a month sooner than I expected.
I have to go with hubs when he gets injections because of his reaction. Our routine is this: Health care worker is warned, hubs is sitting or laying on a gurney with me in charge of his glasses, and shot is given. Hubs passes out. I stand behind his head and snap an ammonia popper under his nose and then step back because he wakes up swinging. After a few seconds, its safe to get to hand him his glasses and some water. I drive us home.
Nitpick.
See, it bothers me that you refer (even jokingly) to this as “pestering” them. If you were allergic to peanuts, would you consider it “pestering” to inform a health care professional of this as they try to stuff a peanut butter sandwich into your mouth? For you to be aware of and speak up about your needs in a serious situation is not “pestering,” which implies deliberately being a nuisance over nothing and just for the sake of it. So don’t think of it that way.
[/end of lecture from Auntie ThelmaLou]
I’m making fun of myself here, because of course they want me to speak up. My coding of “speaking up” as “pestering” is a neurosis, and labeling it as such helps me pay attention to it and not let it influence me as much.
My daughter works in the bakery of her local grocery store. She is the only one in the department who has not tested positive for COVID. How she has escaped it is beyond me.
Yesterday, an announcement was posted - they have extra vaccines, sign up in the pharmacy. She is now set to receive her first dose Monday.
A little later, a manager from a different department pulled her aside and quietly mentioned spouses and significant others were also eligible. Her fiancé will also receive his first dose Monday.
They’re both so excited.
A friend’s college senior son signed up as a DoorDash delivery driver solely to qualify as a “food worker” and be eligible for the vaccine, though I think he made a couple of deliveries.
Maybe she’s one of those people who get it but show no symptoms, then did not test until after she “recovered.” She could be the source for everyone else there.
Mine mentions something about Hoosiers.
Just got my second one. Woohoo - I get to to the the mall and buy badly needed new shoes in a week or so.
And no side effects ye…
Nope. Everyone has been able to source their patient zero.
That’s also beyond the frequent testing she has been doing and multiple antibody tests she’s had.
Why can’t you just buy shoes online? Tons of places with shoes you return if they don’t fit.