Vaccine pop-up clinics at DC schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LMGTFY....
https://mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-bowser-and-dc-health-announce-vaccination-plans-children-5-11-years-old

How is this helpful? "Where will they be held" wasn't the OP's question - it was "can non-students access those vaccines?"

This rollout has been a sh*tshow. They've had MONTHS to plan this out, and this is what we get?

I'm glad that I was luckily able to get an appointment through CVS, but I just happened to be up at 4am. There's no information about who will be eligible, there's no pre-registration or centralization of information. I realize that a lot of this is emerging, but the city should have made an effort to centralize more of this -- because once again, this is going to come down to who has the privilege to sit on a computer and chase appointments.

This doesn't seem to be a sh*tshow. You said yourself you already have an appointment. Like, a day after the vaccine was approved.

You have ridiculous standards.

NP - I agree it is a terrible rollout. I tried to get CVS,etc appts and there are none available. The DCPS rollout is a joke - there are no times on the website or info as to when and how you can go if you don't go to school at the listed clinic. Our pediatrician isn't offering the vax for whatever reason. They had months and months to get this organized. And now finally after it's approved, we still have to wait several weeks?!?!?! The holidays are coming up and these kids need to be fully vaxxed and most won't be through the two doses plus two weeks by winter break. It's shameful.

It also doesn't say, do we wait in line at these clinics? Why no appointments? Just show up and hope for the best? Great plan. My guess is the first few will be inundated and you won't get your shot after waiting an hour.

Yes, we get that you want Fauci to come to your house personally.

I'd imagine that, given the vaccine clinics that happened earlier, they aren't expecting to be "inundated". They are perhaps using past experience to guide their planning. Plus, let's be real, when DC DID do vaccine appointments it didn't go well. So they've left the appointments to pharmacies, and are doing clinics otherwise.

And hey, there was someone upthread complaining that making appointments would privilege the people who are internet-adept. So now it is both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LMGTFY....
https://mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-bowser-and-dc-health-announce-vaccination-plans-children-5-11-years-old

How is this helpful? "Where will they be held" wasn't the OP's question - it was "can non-students access those vaccines?"

This rollout has been a sh*tshow. They've had MONTHS to plan this out, and this is what we get?

I'm glad that I was luckily able to get an appointment through CVS, but I just happened to be up at 4am. There's no information about who will be eligible, there's no pre-registration or centralization of information. I realize that a lot of this is emerging, but the city should have made an effort to centralize more of this -- because once again, this is going to come down to who has the privilege to sit on a computer and chase appointments.

This doesn't seem to be a sh*tshow. You said yourself you already have an appointment. Like, a day after the vaccine was approved.

You have ridiculous standards.

NP - I agree it is a terrible rollout. I tried to get CVS,etc appts and there are none available. The DCPS rollout is a joke - there are no times on the website or info as to when and how you can go if you don't go to school at the listed clinic. Our pediatrician isn't offering the vax for whatever reason. They had months and months to get this organized. And now finally after it's approved, we still have to wait several weeks?!?!?! The holidays are coming up and these kids need to be fully vaxxed and most won't be through the two doses plus two weeks by winter break. It's shameful.

It also doesn't say, do we wait in line at these clinics? Why no appointments? Just show up and hope for the best? Great plan. My guess is the first few will be inundated and you won't get your shot after waiting an hour.

Huh? They are trying to make the vaccine available to as many people as possible as quickly as possible, WHICH IS WHAT YOU CLAIM TO WANT. Show up at 3:30 on Friday in SE DC and I guarantee you will get a shot. Otherwise you can fiddle with CVS and try to get an appointment.

Choices, people. Go to a mass vaccine event or ride the computer. You can have it both ways.

you miss the point - OP’s children are entitled to get the vax within 24 hrs of the release, at no inconvenience to herself. Anything else is a shitshow.

[Anonymous]

The first community center sites open on Friday at 3:30 pm.

"On Friday, Nov 5, we will host walk-up vaccine clinics for children ages 5-11 from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m at two community centers:
-Takoma Community Center (300 Van Buren Street NW)
-Ft. Stanton Recreation Center (1812 Erie Street SE)"

[Anonymous]

I can't get appointments at any CVS or Walgreens in the city, so looks like we will be attending one of the pop-ups.

[Anonymous]

Aren’t pediatricians going to have it? I figured I’d just call our ped in the next few weeks and make an appointment. No way am I standing in line for hours at some pop up clinic or wasting my time refreshing the CVS website to get my kids a vaccine that isn’t really an emergency need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t pediatricians going to have it? I figured I’d just call our ped in the next few weeks and make an appointment. No way am I standing in line for hours at some pop up clinic or wasting my time refreshing the CVS website to get my kids a vaccine that isn’t really an emergency need.

thanks for sharing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Aren’t pediatricians going to have it? I figured I’d just call our ped in the next few weeks and make an appointment. No way am I standing in line for hours at some pop up clinic or wasting my time refreshing the CVS website to get my kids a vaccine that isn’t really an emergency need.

thanks for sharing

So you can’t answer the question? I thought the rollout was supposed to go chiefly through pediatricians and not mass vax sites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t pediatricians going to have it? I figured I’d just call our ped in the next few weeks and make an appointment. No way am I standing in line for hours at some pop up clinic or wasting my time refreshing the CVS website to get my kids a vaccine that isn’t really an emergency need.

thanks for sharing

So you can’t answer the question? I thought the rollout was supposed to go chiefly through pediatricians and not mass vax sites.

This thread is about pop-up clinics at DC schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t pediatricians going to have it? I figured I’d just call our ped in the next few weeks and make an appointment. No way am I standing in line for hours at some pop up clinic or wasting my time refreshing the CVS website to get my kids a vaccine that isn’t really an emergency need.

Our pediatrician is scheduling by invitation only and focusing first on high-risk kids. They've sent out multiple emails encouraging parents to go to a pharmacy or clinic for the vaccinations because they weren't sure how many doses they would receive at first and high-risk kids will have priority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By the way, there was a post on another thread from a pediatrician about why there might be delays in getting the vaccine. Try to show some patience and grace.

Anecdotally, a majority of my family and close friends with small kids who live outside of DC (west coast & south) have made appointments with no hassle. So not sure what the deal is with DC. I feel like we saw this with the adult vaccine roll out. Other parts of the country were much more efficient at actually getting it done.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:By the way, there was a post on another thread from a pediatrician about why there might be delays in getting the vaccine. Try to show some patience and grace.

Anecdotally, a majority of my family and close friends with small kids who live outside of DC (west coast & south) have made appointments with no hassle. So not sure what the deal is with DC. I feel like we saw this with the adult vaccine roll out. Other parts of the country were much more efficient at actually getting it done.

??? There are several threads where people are sharing how they got their appointments in Va. through CVS and Walgreens. Have your friends gotten appointments through a pediatrician?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:By the way, there was a post on another thread from a pediatrician about why there might be delays in getting the vaccine. Try to show some patience and grace.

Anecdotally, a majority of my family and close friends with small kids who live outside of DC (west coast & south) have made appointments with no hassle. So not sure what the deal is with DC. I feel like we saw this with the adult vaccine roll out. Other parts of the country were much more efficient at actually getting it done.

FWIW, Moco and Northern VA seem to be having the same issues.

Kind of not surprised there's no problem getting vaccines in the South.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:By the way, there was a post on another thread from a pediatrician about why there might be delays in getting the vaccine. Try to show some patience and grace.

Anecdotally, a majority of my family and close friends with small kids who live outside of DC (west coast & south) have made appointments with no hassle. So not sure what the deal is with DC. I feel like we saw this with the adult vaccine roll out. Other parts of the country were much more efficient at actually getting it done.

I would wonder if there is less demand in those places for immediate vaccine access in those areas. I've discovered that DC tends to be quite the outlier in terms of its covid caution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t pediatricians going to have it? I figured I’d just call our ped in the next few weeks and make an appointment. No way am I standing in line for hours at some pop up clinic or wasting my time refreshing the CVS website to get my kids a vaccine that isn’t really an emergency need.

My ped said they would have it eventually but will only have an immediate supply for 2% of their patients (it is a large practice).

[Anonymous]

You cannot both be very very angry about the vaccine roll-out AND not want to stand in line for a vaccine available in the FIRST WEEK of its approval.