MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

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Anonymous wrote:Eh, MoCo doesn't have that many vaccines and has tons of elderly people. That's the hold up, the state did not distribute vaccines based on number of 65+ people who would actually take the vaccine.

Instead the state created a drive in site at Six flags that only those people rich enough to have a car and 2-4 hours or spare time or leave can get thru.

We were there yesterday, most people are white and under the age of 65. MoCo is still trying to get through the enormous about of seniors who live here.

Car ownership is hardly a sign of being rich. The majority of car-owning households in MoCo have 2 cars, in fact: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/montgomery-county-md#housing

There are 370k households in MoCo: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/montgomerycountymaryland and there are 366k households with 1 or 2 cars.

I do realize not everyone has a car, but MoCo could just run shuttle buses from the Silver Spring transit center to the mass vax site.

As it is, the new county-selected site in Germantown is almost 10 miles from the nearest Metro station, so clearly they are not considering public transport access when choosing a site anyway.

You get that not all the elderly people who don't have a car or can't drive live in Silver Spring? Plenty of people upcounty who would really struggle just to get to the SS transit center. Nevermind the cost and the risks of putting vulnerable people together in a bus for so long.

Well plenty of elderly will struggle to get to Germantown too, so.....

Yes I'm sure you're very concerned about them lol

?? Just saying there are winners and losers regardless of where you put it. Thankfully the mass vax sites are far from the only option for seniors.

The mass vax sites receive a large share of the doses so yes, they are the main option for many seniors. And yes, if you don't put a mass vax site in the most populous county you have a lot of losers in that county.

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Hogan is a vindictive POS just like Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh, MoCo doesn't have that many vaccines and has tons of elderly people. That's the hold up, the state did not distribute vaccines based on number of 65+ people who would actually take the vaccine.

Instead the state created a drive in site at Six flags that only those people rich enough to have a car and 2-4 hours or spare time or leave can get thru.

We were there yesterday, most people are white and under the age of 65. MoCo is still trying to get through the enormous about of seniors who live here.

Car ownership is hardly a sign of being rich. The majority of car-owning households in MoCo have 2 cars, in fact: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/montgomery-county-md#housing

There are 370k households in MoCo: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/montgomerycountymaryland and there are 366k households with 1 or 2 cars.

I do realize not everyone has a car, but MoCo could just run shuttle buses from the Silver Spring transit center to the mass vax site.

As it is, the new county-selected site in Germantown is almost 10 miles from the nearest Metro station, so clearly they are not considering public transport access when choosing a site anyway.

You get that not all the elderly people who don't have a car or can't drive live in Silver Spring? Plenty of people upcounty who would really struggle just to get to the SS transit center. Nevermind the cost and the risks of putting vulnerable people together in a bus for so long.

You get the idea -- the county can easily run shuttle buses from key locations to the Six Flags site. They have not.

Very vulnerable elderly (nursing homes) are getting vaccinated on-site as part of the federal program anyway.

Have you been to the mass vax site? Obviously, you have not.

I have an it's a completely car based system. It is not set up for buses, shuttle buses, or even a van or large suv full of people. You stay in your car, open a window, get the shot. There is not walk up service, you are not allowed out of the car. That, I assume, I part of the reason why you can only schedule two appointments at a time. It's not a walk up and stand in line site.

Another site or portion of the site would have to be devoted to cans or vans or buses full of people.

I took a senior friend to the mass vaccine site in Salisbury on Monday and it’s not like that at all. You park and walk in.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh, MoCo doesn't have that many vaccines and has tons of elderly people. That's the hold up, the state did not distribute vaccines based on number of 65+ people who would actually take the vaccine.

Instead the state created a drive in site at Six flags that only those people rich enough to have a car and 2-4 hours or spare time or leave can get thru.

We were there yesterday, most people are white and under the age of 65. MoCo is still trying to get through the enormous about of seniors who live here.

Car ownership is hardly a sign of being rich. The majority of car-owning households in MoCo have 2 cars, in fact: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/montgomery-county-md#housing

There are 370k households in MoCo: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/montgomerycountymaryland and there are 366k households with 1 or 2 cars.

I do realize not everyone has a car, but MoCo could just run shuttle buses from the Silver Spring transit center to the mass vax site.

As it is, the new county-selected site in Germantown is almost 10 miles from the nearest Metro station, so clearly they are not considering public transport access when choosing a site anyway.

You get that not all the elderly people who don't have a car or can't drive live in Silver Spring? Plenty of people upcounty who would really struggle just to get to the SS transit center. Nevermind the cost and the risks of putting vulnerable people together in a bus for so long.

You get the idea -- the county can easily run shuttle buses from key locations to the Six Flags site. They have not.

Very vulnerable elderly (nursing homes) are getting vaccinated on-site as part of the federal program anyway.

Have you been to the mass vax site? Obviously, you have not.

I have an it's a completely car based system. It is not set up for buses, shuttle buses, or even a van or large suv full of people. You stay in your car, open a window, get the shot. There is not walk up service, you are not allowed out of the car. That, I assume, I part of the reason why you can only schedule two appointments at a time. It's not a walk up and stand in line site.

Another site or portion of the site would have to be devoted to cans or vans or buses full of people.

I took a senior friend to the mass vaccine site in Salisbury on Monday and it’s not like that at all. You park and walk in.

DP. Oh in Salisbury? That's so helpful. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hogan is a vindictive POS just like Trump.

It’s awesome. F’ MoCo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh, MoCo doesn't have that many vaccines and has tons of elderly people. That's the hold up, the state did not distribute vaccines based on number of 65+ people who would actually take the vaccine.

Instead the state created a drive in site at Six flags that only those people rich enough to have a car and 2-4 hours or spare time or leave can get thru.

We were there yesterday, most people are white and under the age of 65. MoCo is still trying to get through the enormous about of seniors who live here.

Car ownership is hardly a sign of being rich. The majority of car-owning households in MoCo have 2 cars, in fact: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/montgomery-county-md#housing

There are 370k households in MoCo: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/montgomerycountymaryland and there are 366k households with 1 or 2 cars.

I do realize not everyone has a car, but MoCo could just run shuttle buses from the Silver Spring transit center to the mass vax site.

As it is, the new county-selected site in Germantown is almost 10 miles from the nearest Metro station, so clearly they are not considering public transport access when choosing a site anyway.

You get that not all the elderly people who don't have a car or can't drive live in Silver Spring? Plenty of people upcounty who would really struggle just to get to the SS transit center. Nevermind the cost and the risks of putting vulnerable people together in a bus for so long.

You get the idea -- the county can easily run shuttle buses from key locations to the Six Flags site. They have not.

Very vulnerable elderly (nursing homes) are getting vaccinated on-site as part of the federal program anyway.

Have you been to the mass vax site? Obviously, you have not.

I have an it's a completely car based system. It is not set up for buses, shuttle buses, or even a van or large suv full of people. You stay in your car, open a window, get the shot. There is not walk up service, you are not allowed out of the car. That, I assume, I part of the reason why you can only schedule two appointments at a time. It's not a walk up and stand in line site.

Another site or portion of the site would have to be devoted to cans or vans or buses full of people.

I took a senior friend to the mass vaccine site in Salisbury on Monday and it’s not like that at all. You park and walk in.

DP. Oh in Salisbury? That's so helpful. Thanks.

Point being that the state has the capability to set up the mass vaccination sites in a way that driving through is not required.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hogan is a vindictive POS just like Trump.

It’s awesome. F’ MoCo!

And there it is

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh, MoCo doesn't have that many vaccines and has tons of elderly people. That's the hold up, the state did not distribute vaccines based on number of 65+ people who would actually take the vaccine.

Instead the state created a drive in site at Six flags that only those people rich enough to have a car and 2-4 hours or spare time or leave can get thru.

We were there yesterday, most people are white and under the age of 65. MoCo is still trying to get through the enormous about of seniors who live here.

Car ownership is hardly a sign of being rich. The majority of car-owning households in MoCo have 2 cars, in fact: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/montgomery-county-md#housing

There are 370k households in MoCo: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/montgomerycountymaryland and there are 366k households with 1 or 2 cars.

I do realize not everyone has a car, but MoCo could just run shuttle buses from the Silver Spring transit center to the mass vax site.

As it is, the new county-selected site in Germantown is almost 10 miles from the nearest Metro station, so clearly they are not considering public transport access when choosing a site anyway.

You get that not all the elderly people who don't have a car or can't drive live in Silver Spring? Plenty of people upcounty who would really struggle just to get to the SS transit center. Nevermind the cost and the risks of putting vulnerable people together in a bus for so long.

You get the idea -- the county can easily run shuttle buses from key locations to the Six Flags site. They have not.

Very vulnerable elderly (nursing homes) are getting vaccinated on-site as part of the federal program anyway.

Have you been to the mass vax site? Obviously, you have not.

I have an it's a completely car based system. It is not set up for buses, shuttle buses, or even a van or large suv full of people. You stay in your car, open a window, get the shot. There is not walk up service, you are not allowed out of the car. That, I assume, I part of the reason why you can only schedule two appointments at a time. It's not a walk up and stand in line site.

Another site or portion of the site would have to be devoted to cans or vans or buses full of people.

I took a senior friend to the mass vaccine site in Salisbury on Monday and it’s not like that at all. You park and walk in.

DP. Oh in Salisbury? That's so helpful. Thanks.

Point being that the state has the capability to set up the mass vaccination sites in a way that driving through is not required.

The "capability"? What does that even mean? Each facility is different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hogan is a vindictive POS just like Trump.

+1000 I will remember that well when he runs for whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hogan is a vindictive POS just like Trump.

It’s awesome. F’ MoCo!

And there it is

+1, F Montgomery indeed! Let them do without.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh, MoCo doesn't have that many vaccines and has tons of elderly people. That's the hold up, the state did not distribute vaccines based on number of 65+ people who would actually take the vaccine.

Instead the state created a drive in site at Six flags that only those people rich enough to have a car and 2-4 hours or spare time or leave can get thru.

We were there yesterday, most people are white and under the age of 65. MoCo is still trying to get through the enormous about of seniors who live here.

Car ownership is hardly a sign of being rich. The majority of car-owning households in MoCo have 2 cars, in fact: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/montgomery-county-md#housing

There are 370k households in MoCo: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/montgomerycountymaryland and there are 366k households with 1 or 2 cars.

I do realize not everyone has a car, but MoCo could just run shuttle buses from the Silver Spring transit center to the mass vax site.

As it is, the new county-selected site in Germantown is almost 10 miles from the nearest Metro station, so clearly they are not considering public transport access when choosing a site anyway.

You get that not all the elderly people who don't have a car or can't drive live in Silver Spring? Plenty of people upcounty who would really struggle just to get to the SS transit center. Nevermind the cost and the risks of putting vulnerable people together in a bus for so long.

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You get the idea -- the county can easily run shuttle buses from key locations to the Six Flags site. They have not.

Very vulnerable elderly (nursing homes) are getting vaccinated on-site as part of the federal program anyway.

hy would you put groups of people together on a bus? So they can catch Covid from each other?

I went to the Furniture stadium site in Waldorf. Definitely a hike but very well run. You stay in your car - no walk in's. Took an hour including a wait time of 30 minutes after the shot because Ihave specific allergies they were concerned about. Could not have been easier.

[Anonymous]

Just FOUR MORE WEEKS TO GO, MoCo! Then you’ll have YOUR first mass-vax site in Germantown!!!

Only a month from now! You can do it! Just keep washing those hands and hiding in the basement!

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Anonymous wrote:Just FOUR MORE WEEKS TO GO, MoCo! Then you’ll have YOUR first mass-vax site in Germantown!!!

Only a month from now! You can do it! Just keep washing those hands and hiding in the basement!

It must feel good to stick it to the people who pay for your public services

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh, MoCo doesn't have that many vaccines and has tons of elderly people. That's the hold up, the state did not distribute vaccines based on number of 65+ people who would actually take the vaccine.

Instead the state created a drive in site at Six flags that only those people rich enough to have a car and 2-4 hours or spare time or leave can get thru.

We were there yesterday, most people are white and under the age of 65. MoCo is still trying to get through the enormous about of seniors who live here.

Car ownership is hardly a sign of being rich. The majority of car-owning households in MoCo have 2 cars, in fact: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/montgomery-county-md#housing

There are 370k households in MoCo: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/montgomerycountymaryland and there are 366k households with 1 or 2 cars.

I do realize not everyone has a car, but MoCo could just run shuttle buses from the Silver Spring transit center to the mass vax site.

As it is, the new county-selected site in Germantown is almost 10 miles from the nearest Metro station, so clearly they are not considering public transport access when choosing a site anyway.

You get that not all the elderly people who don't have a car or can't drive live in Silver Spring? Plenty of people upcounty who would really struggle just to get to the SS transit center. Nevermind the cost and the risks of putting vulnerable people together in a bus for so long.

You get the idea -- the county can easily run shuttle buses from key locations to the Six Flags site. They have not.

Very vulnerable elderly (nursing homes) are getting vaccinated on-site as part of the federal program anyway.

Have you been to the mass vax site? Obviously, you have not.

I have an it's a completely car based system. It is not set up for buses, shuttle buses, or even a van or large suv full of people. You stay in your car, open a window, get the shot. There is not walk up service, you are not allowed out of the car. That, I assume, I part of the reason why you can only schedule two appointments at a time. It's not a walk up and stand in line site.

Another site or portion of the site would have to be devoted to cans or vans or buses full of people.

I took a senior friend to the mass vaccine site in Salisbury on Monday and it’s not like that at all. You park and walk in.

DP. Oh in Salisbury? That's so helpful. Thanks.

Point being that the state has the capability to set up the mass vaccination sites in a way that driving through is not required.

The moco site is set up so you can take shuttle to the site, this was reported. In the MD preregistration, no matter which location you choose, they ask you if you need transportation, IDK what type of transportation they provide, but I suppose they have a plan in place if they are asking that question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just FOUR MORE WEEKS TO GO, MoCo! Then you’ll have YOUR first mass-vax site in Germantown!!!

Only a month from now! You can do it! Just keep washing those hands and hiding in the basement!

Don't know what you're talking about but I guess you are not up to date. It opens today- Here's the latest news for your reading pleasure:

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/03/mass-vaccination-site-set-to-open-in-montgomery-county/