How to get the Covid 19 vaccine

Sharpee | 02/20/2021 | Own

[sharpee]

How to get the Covid -19 vaccination in Ohio

Received my Covid 19 vaccination yesterday. It was a lot of work to get but we wanted to see the grand kids so I wanted it as soon as possible.

It was a learning experience and I wanted to pass along a couple of points.

First there are two types of signup processes que and schedule. The que process you fill out your information and they will contact you when a vaccine can be scheduled. It is offered by the Cleveland Clinic, Discount Drug mart University Hospital. One of the hospitals had a counter that showed there were over 100,000 people in the que and 12,000 vaccines given. For those pharmacies it is best to sign up as soon as the que opens. Soon does not mean the same day or even the same hour it means the same minute. Or else you can be thousands of people behind

The schedule process askes some preliminary questions and then searches for available slots based on zip code. These groups included Giant Eagle and Kroger’s. In talking with various pharmacies they indicated that the doses were added to the schedule when they receive them often with a morning delivery.

For the que based pharmacies you need to check every hour during the day. If possible have multiple family members checking. The available vaccines can change minute by minute.

In my case a cancelation opened a slot that that was available within the hour.

There are online groups organized by state that discuss the vaccination review their information and suggestions.

Talk to the pharmacists they can give you some information on how their pharmacy works. Some have hand written lists of people to call if they have extra doses. Hope this helps

[freedumb2003]

>>you might want to check Facebook for vaccine hunters Texas. There is a corresponding Ohio group. I hope you are OK with the weather and power issues. I understand your health concerns my wife is also struggling with health related issues<<

You are very kind. Nah, we do not interact with other people that much (just grocery shopping 1/week) - not worth pursuing. I am angrier about the fact we keep getting skipped and ignored than the actual vaccination, although we do want to be vaccinated so we can start traveling.

As for the weather, even if we are nervous about travel we had to go to California last week on business so we were nice and warm. Our place here (we are back) did not suffer any problems but the river outside is still frozen.

Thanks again, FRiend.

[GranTorino]

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[MayflowerMadam]

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