Leaving DC to get vaccinated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MD resident here who is glad to have DC residents eligible by MD criteria coming to get vaccinated here. But please be very careful when you choose your location so that you are not worsening inequity by taking shots away from people in areas with low vaccination rates. So sure, go to the mass vax sites but maybe not to pharmacies in lower-income areas where people really need the convenience of those nearby locations, especially if they don’t have cars or have complicated work hours.

Did you read any of these posts? The slots are not being filled.

+1 if anything you are helping the lower income people because you are going driving someplace where the slots are not being filled. Then the lower income dc people will have more options local to them or on a bus route.

Except that this isn’t what everyone is doing. Sure, take a car to Salisbury if you’re eligible in MD. But if you are a well-off DC resident grabbing CVS appointments in Gaithersburg or Langley Park at midnight, you’re being a bad person. Don’t kid yourself. And if you don’t know why I mentioned those two places, you don’t know enough about the MD suburbs to be coming out here taking vaccines. Or you don’t care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Washingtonian reported on this

https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/03/30/people-from-dc-are-driving-to-rural-towns-and-red-states-to-get-covid-vaccinations/

+1

[Anonymous]

Went to a mass vax site in stafford VA. Was eligible and there was a lot of availability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to the lobby of children’s hospital in the evenings....they walk around with extra shots at the end of each day.

Like the lobby before they check ID and give you the sticker photo ID badge? Or do you mean inside the actual waiting room? Also, approximately what time is the end of the day? 5?

[Anonymous]

Went to Salisbury yesterday. There was no ID requirement. Several DC residents were there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have to show ID in Salisbury?

They are not checking ID's at CVS locations in MD. I am getting my 2nd shot today at a CVS in Southern MD. CVS just wants to distribute their supply as fast as possible. No questions asked.

-DC resident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have to show ID in Salisbury?

They are not checking ID's at CVS locations in MD. I am getting my 2nd shot today at a CVS in Southern MD. CVS just wants to distribute their supply as fast as possible. No questions asked.

-DC resident

Apparentlly, DC CVS locations are giving vaccines to MD residents, so in my book, turnabout is fair play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have to show ID in Salisbury?

They are not checking ID's at CVS locations in MD. I am getting my 2nd shot today at a CVS in Southern MD. CVS just wants to distribute their supply as fast as possible. No questions asked.

-DC resident

Apparentlly, DC CVS locations are giving vaccines to MD residents, so in my book, turnabout is fair play.

And by this I mean MD residents who don't meet the DC requirements for getting a vaccine in a CVS. Which are very restrictive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Went to a mass vax site in stafford VA. Was eligible and there was a lot of availability.

Same, but in a different VA location. So many available appointments not taken.

[Anonymous]

I got a vax in MD. Have paid millions in DC tax but that didn’t matter. Had to leave to get a shot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to the lobby of children’s hospital in the evenings....they walk around with extra shots at the end of each day.

Like the lobby before they check ID and give you the sticker photo ID badge? Or do you mean inside the actual waiting room? Also, approximately what time is the end of the day? 5?

Front lobby. 6pm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went to a mass vax site in stafford VA. Was eligible and there was a lot of availability.

Same, but in a different VA location. So many available appointments not taken.

What kind of documents does a person need to show?