5-11 Vaccine appointments thread

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, not running out. Will let all the eager beavers waste their time. There will be a surplus in a months time and over half the country or more I are not vaxxing their young children at all.

There is plenty now. Everyone I know who wants to vaccinate their children was able to secure a spot this week. It was maybe tricky for about 36 hours, and now you have plenty of options.

There is no reason to wait.

Where is there plenty? At some random clinic in Alexandria? Our pediatrician office is out for now (limited initial supply) and county clinics are booked up.

Now, I don’t feel the need to spend hours on the internet searching for the soonest available appointment like I did for my elderly great-aunt back in the winter, my kid can wait a few days. But to act like the vaccine is readily available to anyone who wants it right now us a bit disingenuous IMO.

I went on cvs website, found and booked appointment in 2 minutes. Went to appointment, no one else there, shot done 90 seconds after we walked in.

But, whatever, keep waiting so you don’t waste time.

Do you live in the DMV? That wasn’t my experience at all. Closest appointment I could get was at a Walgreens over an hour away. We are here now. Our appointment was for 11:15. It’s now 11:44 an least 15 people ahead of us. CVS was booked solid within 100 miles of DC through December. If you don’t live here your post is irrelevant. If you live here you got incredibly lucky, not the norm at all so your post is still irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

For CVS near Columbia, I had to go out until 11/22 to find an appt. Which is fine.

[Anonymous]

Try Walgreens or the VA DOH sites. Plenty of appointments in Tysons corner.
Personally, I found the CVS and Giant sites to be impossible to navigate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FYI, MoCo has daily clinics this week for 5-11 and right now there are lots of openings. I just got appts for my two kids for this evening.

Go here and click on the "county run clinic" button:
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/vaccine/children.html

Can you use these clinics if you are not a resident of Montgomery County/Maryland?

Yes. I am a DC resident and used it successfully.

[Anonymous]

There are appts right now available for tomorrow in District Heights at Giant.
https://giantfoodsched.rxtouch.com/rbssched/program/wellness/Patient/Schedule?zip=20003&appointmentType=6495

[Anonymous]

Anyone who went to Tysons able to get the second shot booked yet? We had our first shots done on Saturday the sixth and received the links shortly after but every time we try it says there’s no appointments available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, not running out. Will let all the eager beavers waste their time. There will be a surplus in a months time and over half the country or more I are not vaxxing their young children at all.

There is plenty now. Everyone I know who wants to vaccinate their children was able to secure a spot this week. It was maybe tricky for about 36 hours, and now you have plenty of options.

There is no reason to wait.

Where is there plenty? At some random clinic in Alexandria? Our pediatrician office is out for now (limited initial supply) and county clinics are booked up.

Now, I don’t feel the need to spend hours on the internet searching for the soonest available appointment like I did for my elderly great-aunt back in the winter, my kid can wait a few days. But to act like the vaccine is readily available to anyone who wants it right now us a bit disingenuous IMO.

I went on cvs website, found and booked appointment in 2 minutes. Went to appointment, no one else there, shot done 90 seconds after we walked in.

But, whatever, keep waiting so you don’t waste time.

Do you live in the DMV? That wasn’t my experience at all. Closest appointment I could get was at a Walgreens over an hour away. We are here now. Our appointment was for 11:15. It’s now 11:44 an least 15 people ahead of us. CVS was booked solid within 100 miles of DC through December. If you don’t live here your post is irrelevant. If you live here you got incredibly lucky, not the norm at all so your post is still irrelevant.

NP. I live in Vienna. In less than a min using my zip code I found the following pharmacies have openings tomorrow for the 5-11 vaccine: Walmart in Tysons is wide open, Walgreens in Sterling has a few left. I didn’t check the mass sites.

[Anonymous]

Still no luck in DC or close in enough that I'm not in my car for 2 hours. I won't try the pop up clinics after reading about the lines and they only have 250 shots at schools at which there are 800 kids, 250 of which I'm sure will get it first. Frustrating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still no luck in DC or close in enough that I'm not in my car for 2 hours. I won't try the pop up clinics after reading about the lines and they only have 250 shots at schools at which there are 800 kids, 250 of which I'm sure will get it first. Frustrating.

Tell us your zip code. We can help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still no luck in DC or close in enough that I'm not in my car for 2 hours. I won't try the pop up clinics after reading about the lines and they only have 250 shots at schools at which there are 800 kids, 250 of which I'm sure will get it first. Frustrating.

Kalorama Pharmacy has openings on 11/19

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still no luck in DC or close in enough that I'm not in my car for 2 hours. I won't try the pop up clinics after reading about the lines and they only have 250 shots at schools at which there are 800 kids, 250 of which I'm sure will get it first. Frustrating.

City of Alexandria clinic near King Street Metro station has 100+ appointments for tomorrow
(Wednesday Nov.10) from 3-8 PM.

https://vase.vdh.virginia.gov/vdhapps/f?p=535:205:::NO:205205_CLINIC_DETAILS_ID:276884895984141362915045542520999826227

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still no luck in DC or close in enough that I'm not in my car for 2 hours. I won't try the pop up clinics after reading about the lines and they only have 250 shots at schools at which there are 800 kids, 250 of which I'm sure will get it first. Frustrating.

The clinics are now at the point where they don't have major lines.

https://twitter.com/_DCHealth/status/1458188392244600838

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FYI, MoCo has daily clinics this week for 5-11 and right now there are lots of openings. I just got appts for my two kids for this evening.

Go here and click on the "county run clinic" button:
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/vaccine/children.html

Can you use these clinics if you are not a resident of Montgomery County/Maryland?

Yes. I am a DC resident and used it successfully.

In Anacostia, I don’t want none unless it’s got buns hun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still no luck in DC or close in enough that I'm not in my car for 2 hours. I won't try the pop up clinics after reading about the lines and they only have 250 shots at schools at which there are 800 kids, 250 of which I'm sure will get it first. Frustrating.

Kalorama Pharmacy has openings on 11/19

Agh, not anymore!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still no luck in DC or close in enough that I'm not in my car for 2 hours. I won't try the pop up clinics after reading about the lines and they only have 250 shots at schools at which there are 800 kids, 250 of which I'm sure will get it first. Frustrating.

The pop-up sites seem to be getting easier after the initial rush.

I’m in DC and was able to make an appointment at one of the mass vax sites in VA for Sunday (the Tyson’s Lord and Taylor site). My school ended up having scheduled times so I got one of those for Saturday instead.

The PG county sites and Giant also seemed to be easier to book than CVS or Walgreens in DC.