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I started the process of getting the vaccine this past weekend. Just like everything else left over from official Trumpery, there was no real planning. Every state has its own plan or lack there of. So every place is different. Here, the state only currently has one vaccination site. That's at a stadium on the west side of Phoenix far from the center of population of the Phoenix area. I think that both the city and county are giving shots in Tucson. The state is promising to open one up, here. All of the sites including the state site-to-be are in a small area of the oldest part of town, inconvenient for most of the population of the county. I chose the county because I don't think I'm eligible under city rules yet. For all three levels of government vaccine is getting to be in short supply. So all I've signed up for is to be put on a waiting list. The geniuses at the top of county government decided they'd expand the pool of people eligible for vaccination starting tomorrow, though the first communication I got back said it would be a week or more before I (already on a waiting list) could begin scheduling dates for shots. I had to pick a site already, though I don't understand why. They only let me choose from a couple sites for reasons I do understand. At those sites the shots are given indoors, instead of in a line of cars, which makes sense for older folks. I'm currently hoping I can go down there to get my shots in daylight, since I don't drive at night much anymore.
The whole process should get easier when everyone is eligible. Should be, but I doubt it will be till very late in the game.
Meanwhile, who knows how many doses were destroyed and need to be replaced in Texas when 3/4 of that state had its power grid go down this week. If my 80 year-old favorite former professor is still alive she's probably suffering someplace in Austin. In a shelter because the power's not on? Might not be able to go home if the power's on, because of busted water pipes? (Don't mess with Texas? Don't bother. That state messes itself up enough.) From New York, Cuomo has already made noises about skipping the Federal distribution and buying vaccine direct from the producers for his state. Not helpful, Mario! New York isn't the only place that could give shots faster than it's getting vaccine.
The whole process should get easier when everyone is eligible. Should be, but I doubt it will be till very late in the game.
Meanwhile, who knows how many doses were destroyed and need to be replaced in Texas when 3/4 of that state had its power grid go down this week. If my 80 year-old favorite former professor is still alive she's probably suffering someplace in Austin. In a shelter because the power's not on? Might not be able to go home if the power's on, because of busted water pipes? (Don't mess with Texas? Don't bother. That state messes itself up enough.) From New York, Cuomo has already made noises about skipping the Federal distribution and buying vaccine direct from the producers for his state. Not helpful, Mario! New York isn't the only place that could give shots faster than it's getting vaccine.
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