Virginia has been expanding eligibility for vaccination

[Yonnie3]

In the Charlottesville area this seems premature.

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With the small quantity of vaccines one has to wonder why that site looks like this this morning. There may be a reasonable explanation, but one of the pluses noted when they opened this site was that people wouldn't have to wait out in the weather.

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Text of first tweet above:
Kathryn Young
@itskathrynyoung
At full operation, UVA Health has the ability to offer between 14,000 to 15,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine per day at the Seminole Square location alone. Currently getting ~6,000 doses per week.

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Kathryn Young
@itskathrynyoung
The current line at the JCPenney covid vaccination site at Fashion Square Mall

[followed by video of a long line outside the vaccination site]

[Yonnie3]

1. Blue Ridge Health District comments

They always seem to be planning after the fact.

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Text of the tweets:
Blue Ridge Health District
@HealthyBRHD
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Apr 2, 2021
#COVID19 Vaccine Site Update:
With over 1,400 appointments scheduled for today at the JCPenney vaccine site, we expected heavy crowds as this is our largest clinic yet at this site.
Blue Ridge Health District
@HealthyBRHD
We have evaluated the staffing plan and clinic flow and have increased the number of registration and vaccination staff onsite for today’s clinic. This will greatly help to decrease the lines experienced this morning.
12:23 PM · Apr 2, 2021

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I got my first shot yesterday afternoon.

I scheduled it a few days ago, on Tuesday maybe. I went down to a local pharmacy after work. It was about a fifteen-minute walk. I went in and got the shot, no line at all. Afterward, I read the literature on the vaccine (Moderna). Feeling fine, I picked up some newspapers and walked back home.

From the time I left home to the time I got back, it was an hour.

[Yonnie3]

3. I got my second Moderna 3-30 with about a 20 minute line.

I scheduled both through the CVS website on 2-26, with the first on 3/2 and a 45 minute wait due to folks without appointments getting in line. I had received two email invites from Blue Ridge Health Department to schedule my vaccination, but they couldn't actually provide appointments.

I found a local appointment after 100s of hours of checking on the CVS site. They rarely have any appointments in this area and most people I know headed as far south as Danville to get appointments at CVS.

In the last week or so, several other pharmacies in the area have begun offering appointments, but all seem to be booked quickly. Since vaccine had been distributed on a population basis this area lags behind other districts for 1b due to the large number of medical workers and elderly. They are still trying to get the upper tiers of 1b category completed via the large sites they have set up.

Your experience sounds so much better than mine!