Lots of Pfizer vaccine appointments in Salisbury

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Anonymous wrote:We want convenient sites in parts of the state where uptake is low so that there will be a low barrier to entry for people who might otherwise just avoid it altogether. Yes, it isn't ideal for MoCo and PrGeorge folks, but I support having excess capacity in other areas of the state.

I agree. If there wasn't a mass vax site on the Eastern Shore that would be seen as inequitable too. The populations of the counties from the Bay Bridge south are around 350k so it's a large enough group that it needs to be served.

PG got one of the earliest mass vax sites and now has another. The situation with no site in MoCo was more frustrating and clearly political. But that doesn't mean that the Eastern Shore shouldn't have one. (and I say this as a MoCo resident who drove to Salisbury and will go again next week).

Agreed. Eastern Shore has one mass vax site to cover _9_ counties.

Nine counties with 450,000 people. Only 8% of Marylanders.

OK, so 8% of Marylanders who live in what is by definition a rural area, which means driving longer distances for necessities.
It's not just population, but there's also distance for people to travel to get to a site.

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Anonymous wrote:We want convenient sites in parts of the state where uptake is low so that there will be a low barrier to entry for people who might otherwise just avoid it altogether. Yes, it isn't ideal for MoCo and PrGeorge folks, but I support having excess capacity in other areas of the state.

I agree. If there wasn't a mass vax site on the Eastern Shore that would be seen as inequitable too. The populations of the counties from the Bay Bridge south are around 350k so it's a large enough group that it needs to be served.

PG got one of the earliest mass vax sites and now has another. The situation with no site in MoCo was more frustrating and clearly political. But that doesn't mean that the Eastern Shore shouldn't have one. (and I say this as a MoCo resident who drove to Salisbury and will go again next week).

Agreed. Eastern Shore has one mass vax site to cover _9_ counties.

Nine counties with 450,000 people. Only 8% of Marylanders.

It's not just population, but there's also distance for people to travel to get to a site.

I'm not saying there shouldn't be a mass vax site, it just seems like a lot of doses are being sent their instead of being split with other areas. There should definitely be a site there but there doesn't need to be as many doses. The fact the there were appointments available for a whole week says a lot when other sites don't show up at all when you check for availability.

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+1 — no one is saying the Shore shouldn’t have a site, just that it was wrong to open one there weeks before PG or MoCo counties and it’s wrong to keep allocating the same number of doses if there is excess supply there and excess demand in the DC suburbs.

Hogan has been terrible at vaccine rollout.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 — no one is saying the Shore shouldn’t have a site, just that it was wrong to open one there weeks before PG or MoCo counties and it’s wrong to keep allocating the same number of doses if there is excess supply there and excess demand in the DC suburbs.

Hogan has been terrible at vaccine rollout.

Completely agree. East MD should have their site but at the same time with most populous counties. Hogan made a bad political move. I thought he was smarter than that.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 — no one is saying the Shore shouldn’t have a site, just that it was wrong to open one there weeks before PG or MoCo counties and it’s wrong to keep allocating the same number of doses if there is excess supply there and excess demand in the DC suburbs.

Hogan has been terrible at vaccine rollout.

YES I’m the 450,000/8% of Marylanders PP and this is what I meant. It’s ridiculous at the point.

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Anonymous wrote:Any Virginians going there? Is it a total free-for-all?

I am tempted, but if I have to go to Salisbury then I will just go to rehoboth de and get shot there and check on 2nd home. I really don’t want to drive 3 hours to de for vaccine. Why is fairfax county so slow? High population I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:Any Virginians going there? Is it a total free-for-all?

I am tempted, but if I have to go to Salisbury then I will just go to rehoboth de and get shot there and check on 2nd home. I really don’t want to drive 3 hours to de for vaccine. Why is fairfax county so slow? High population I guess.

Wow, if I lived in Fairfax and had a second home in Delaware I would’ve been to Salisbury already. just go on a Friday, get the shot, keep going, and then spend the weekend there. Repeat three weeks later. It’s not exactly on the way but it’s pretty close. We have a second home in New Jersey and got vaccinated there a month ago.

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Can someone please tell me how people are getting these appointments. I am phase 3 and preregistered with both the state and the county. I have been getting/expect to get radio silence. How are people snagging individual appointments at any particular mass vax site? What are my chances of getting a walk-in vaccine?

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Spend 5 minutes on the Maryland Vaccine Hunters facebook page and you will find tons of ideas on how to get a vaccine. Some of the mass vax sites are taking walk-ups with no appointment now.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 — no one is saying the Shore shouldn’t have a site, just that it was wrong to open one there weeks before PG or MoCo counties and it’s wrong to keep allocating the same number of doses if there is excess supply there and excess demand in the DC suburbs.

Hogan has been terrible at vaccine rollout.

This
It took weeks to open a mass vaccination site in MoCo
Another concern is that this might indicate vaccine hesitancy in the red parts of the state. That will slow our return to normal

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Anonymous wrote:Any Virginians going there? Is it a total free-for-all?

I am tempted, but if I have to go to Salisbury then I will just go to rehoboth de and get shot there and check on 2nd home. I really don’t want to drive 3 hours to de for vaccine. Why is fairfax county so slow? High population I guess.

Probably right. Fairfax is in 1c all groups and doing appointments for those who registered as of April 5. There was a spike to 12k on April 7 when the final other essential groups (it, finance, legal, media etc) could register. It is back down to around 2k. With the weekly vaccine pace it seems like everyone who registered for 1C should get an appointment by this weekend. Anyone left should be able to get appointment by end of the month.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please tell me how people are getting these appointments. I am phase 3 and preregistered with both the state and the county. I have been getting/expect to get radio silence. How are people snagging individual appointments at any particular mass vax site? What are my chances of getting a walk-in vaccine?

We signed up for Salisbury at massvax.maryland.gov

DC residents.

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Anonymous wrote:Any Virginians going there? Is it a total free-for-all?

I am tempted, but if I have to go to Salisbury then I will just go to rehoboth de and get shot there and check on 2nd home. I really don’t want to drive 3 hours to de for vaccine. Why is fairfax county so slow? High population I guess.

Wow, if I lived in Fairfax and had a second home in Delaware I would’ve been to Salisbury already. just go on a Friday, get the shot, keep going, and then spend the weekend there. Repeat three weeks later. It’s not exactly on the way but it’s pretty close. We have a second home in New Jersey and got vaccinated there a month ago.

This what I did, though I came from Bethesda, got the shot in Salisbury (in and out in approximately 17 minutes, including the 15 minute post-shot observation period), and continued on to Bethany, which is 50 minutes away. I spent my money on fries and frozen custard in DE, so no joy for Hogan. To the prior PP, Deleware was not vaccinating non-residents as of a couple weeks ago, so double-check that before deciding.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please tell me how people are getting these appointments. I am phase 3 and preregistered with both the state and the county. I have been getting/expect to get radio silence. How are people snagging individual appointments at any particular mass vax site? What are my chances of getting a walk-in vaccine?

Preregistering has done nothing for me but if you check mdvax.info or even just call the M and T site you might find something.

It’s a stupid effing system though that has all of us calling checking 15 different websites

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please tell me how people are getting these appointments. I am phase 3 and preregistered with both the state and the county. I have been getting/expect to get radio silence. How are people snagging individual appointments at any particular mass vax site? What are my chances of getting a walk-in vaccine?

Preregistering has done nothing for me but if you check mdvax.info or even just call the M and T site you might find something.

It’s a stupid effing system though that has all of us calling checking 15 different websites

Go to the mass vax site - https://massvax.maryland.gov/ - enter in Salisbury or Hagerstown or Greenbelt or M & T. Know a ton of folks who got J & J at Hagerstown over the weekend.