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Texas stats today, per NYT: 107 deaths per day average last 7 days, seventh highest in country.....
They were being way way underutilized (https://www.bakersfield.com/news/gov-gavin-newsom-urges-kern-residents-to-get-vaccinated/article_9df466d4-941a-11eb-aa13-e7fc9156bf31.html mentions they can do 5400/day but were averaging 900/day.)Now Open to Everyone 16 and Older
The CSUB Mass Vaccination Hub is now open to everyone 16 years and older. The hub is open seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center. Appointments can be made at California’s My Turn website or you may simply walk in without an appointment.
The vaccinations are free, and the entire process takes approximately 40 to 60 minutes.
https://myturn.ca.gov/ tells me ineligible because I don't meet the criteria at https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/COVID19-vaccine-information-for-public.aspx. I'm not yet 50 years old nor do I have pre-existing condtions nor am I in some essential industry.danrjones said:Interesting
Kern County opened for all about a week ago. The county website would ask your zipcide and then give you as passcode to use on the CA site. Limited appointments here in my small town. I snagged one and got the Moderna last week. Couldn't get one in town for my wife and had to drive to Bakersfield.
Bakersfield had tons of openings. And at their fairgrounds they are doing a mass clinic using Pfizer. Fairly busy in the morning but lots of unused time slots later in the day. Thousands maybe.
I already got my 1st Pfizer dose on Friday because I was worried about demand crush on April 15. I spent over 3.5 afternoons calling many pharmacies near and far. Often the answer was one of these: no supply, no wait list, wait list full (or very long like 100+ people), wait list closed, WL only for eligible people.LeftieBiker said:Hang in there, Cwerdna: states are now rapidly opening up eligibility. Not as fast as they are discarding vital restrictions, but still fairly fast...
Persons age 16 years and older should receive 2 doses at least 21 days apart.
Second doses should be administered as close to the recommended interval as possible.
If it is not feasible to adhere to the recommended interval, you may schedule the second dose up to 6 weeks (42 days) after the first dose; there is limited efficacy data beyond this window, but a dose after this time does not need to be repeated.
No way my county's giving any override codes to its general population.danrjones said:Correct we were not eligible but Kern County opened up the county to everyone. They provided an over ride code to put into the CA website at the bottom so that anyone could schedule.
cwerdna said:They are some local sites all around the Bay Area that are only for designated communities (e.g. people of color, poor people, limited access to tech and/or medical care, etc.). Example: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-palo-alto-opens-vaccination-clinic-for-residents-18-and-over/2509632/. Arguably, this has happened way too late for that community. And, there's https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/press-release-03-05-2021-Eastridge-Mall-latest-COVID19-mass-vaccination-site.aspx.
If any such sites don't impose restrictions (e.g. essential work, pre-existing conditions , zip code, etc.), it is considered umm... shady to go there to get a vaccine unless they have leftovers or nobody there wants it.
Certain sites have specific residency restrictions and you can't schedule them w/o a code. Unfortunately, the code sometimes spreads and non-eligible residents end up being able to schedule. This has made the news numerous times. Example: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/race-for-a-vaccine/some-marin-county-residents-misuse-codes-for-vaccinations-at-oakland-coliseum-report/2476027/.Nubo said:cwerdna said:They are some local sites all around the Bay Area that are only for designated communities (e.g. people of color, poor people, limited access to tech and/or medical care, etc.). Example: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-palo-alto-opens-vaccination-clinic-for-residents-18-and-over/2509632/. Arguably, this has happened way too late for that community. And, there's https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/press-release-03-05-2021-Eastridge-Mall-latest-COVID19-mass-vaccination-site.aspx.
If any such sites don't impose restrictions (e.g. essential work, pre-existing conditions , zip code, etc.), it is considered umm... shady to go there to get a vaccine unless they have leftovers or nobody there wants it.
Eh? I just scheduled. How am I to know if I'm being "shady"?
cwerdna said:Certain sites have specific residency restrictions and you can't schedule them w/o a code. Unfortunately, the code sometimes spreads and non-eligible residents end up being able to schedule. This has made the news numerous times. Example: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/race-for-a-vaccine/some-marin-county-residents-misuse-codes-for-vaccinations-at-oakland-coliseum-report/2476027/.Nubo said:cwerdna said:They are some local sites all around the Bay Area that are only for designated communities (e.g. people of color, poor people, limited access to tech and/or medical care, etc.). Example: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-palo-alto-opens-vaccination-clinic-for-residents-18-and-over/2509632/. Arguably, this has happened way too late for that community. And, there's https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/press-release-03-05-2021-Eastridge-Mall-latest-COVID19-mass-vaccination-site.aspx.
If any such sites don't impose restrictions (e.g. essential work, pre-existing conditions , zip code, etc.), it is considered umm... shady to go there to get a vaccine unless they have leftovers or nobody there wants it.
Eh? I just scheduled. How am I to know if I'm being "shady"?
For others, I think some might be walk-in but are still intended for some areas that are impacted greatly by COVID and have low vax rates. I believe https://iccnc.org/news/2021/3/29/jv3dj0ajs7k7f3zap8r983hv1wote8 falls under that. Not being a resident there and taking advantage if there aren't extras can be shady...
There are a bunch of vaccine hunter FB groups and usually folks are pretty careful to point that out if someone posts about one of those. And, usually, people are good about not hosing the people those are intended for.
goldbrick said:I had my second Moderna shot yesterday and felt fine. Feel like :| today. I think I'll go home and rest.
Good luck to everyone trying to find an appointment. Here in CO it seems to still be hit or miss. Like fishing, you just need to keep trying until you're successful.
You're fine then. I answered honestly and today, My Turn still told me no, likely because of my county still restricting to 50+ (https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/COVID19-vaccine-information-for-public.aspx).Nubo said:Well I didn't have any codes; I just went to http://myturn.ca.gov, answered the questions and chose a site that had an available slot for the J&J vaccine. So if there are any external intentions, I wasn't made aware of them. Maybe the supply has opened up enough; there were multiple sites with open appointments. Got one the first time I tried.
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