5-11 Vaccine appointments thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I figured this out - the links don't work, its not a matter of having to wait. Just navigate your browser manually to the VASE site like you are booking a brand new appointment and you can easily schedule that way. If you use the second shot links they send you it will say there are no appointments. Not sure why!

[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.

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

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

I realized I’d rather have an appointment than roll the dice bringing kids to a spot far away from our neighborhood. Luckily we found two in VA.

[Anonymous]

CVS has a lot of appointments open now, mostly in DC or VA, closer to Thanksgiving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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

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

I realized I’d rather have an appointment than roll the dice bringing kids to a spot far away from our neighborhood. Luckily we found two in VA.

Glad it worked out. The clinics seemed to have burned through the initial rush and it seems likely that the lines are going to be minimal going forward.

https://twitter.com/_DCHealth/status/1458583697284812802

[Anonymous]

We just got ours at McLean Pharmacy. No wait and nice quiet atmosphere for my anxious kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just got ours at McLean Pharmacy. No wait and nice quiet atmosphere for my anxious kids.

And they had both the shotblocker and that buzzy thing to help with the discomfort!

[Anonymous]

Fairfax County Public Schools now offering after school clinics at a few elementaries:
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health/novel-coronavirus/vaccine/school-clinics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:City of Alexandria just opened another clinic for tonight at Nova CC campus in Alex. They had a few for later in the week which filled up yesterday and must have just posted this one tonight. >150 appointments available as of right now...

Sorry, here is the link to the list of clinics. I now see there are 3 new ones for 5-11 tonight, tomorrow and Saturday:

https://www.alexandriava.gov/Vaccines

Thank you very much!

Wow, thank you to the PP who posted the Alexandria link. I have been hunting for an appointment time in DC for days and just scheduled for this evening.

[Anonymous]

Apparently there are tons of appointments available at Sela Charter School today - I think you can just walk up.

[Anonymous]

If you are in MD and having problems finding a vaccine clinic or pharmacy near you with open appointments, consider this.

PG County has opened pediatric vaccination clinics around the county. There is a fixed location at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro. There are mobile clinics set up in various high schools and elementary schools. The mobile clinics in the high schools are once/week (I took my kids to Bowie HS on Monday, but Eleanor Roosevelt HS in Greenbelt is on Tuesdays, and High Point HS in Beltsville is on Fridays). The web-site says they are making appointments, but when we went on MOnday, they put everyone in the same walk-in line whether they had appointments or not.

Additionally, although the web-site says it is for county residents only, they volunteers at Bowie on Monday were accepting anyone in line. There was at least one family from Anne Arundel county and at least two families from Howard County in line and everyone who waited in line was given a vaccination.

I had appointments for my two kids on 11/18, which I canceled after I got them vaccinated at the walk-in clinic on Monday (11/8).

https://www.pgcps.org/coronavirus/pgcps-vaccination-plan?fbclid=IwAR30jv9zUnocvD-Lvb4AVMT_ZV7MF6Lu1gXGFON_SV0YB_kAJe0gQwUq3oA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Same experience. Something is wrong with the link they sent by email to book the second shot. I just went back in and booked as if they were new shots for 12/1 after school and it worked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I figured this out - the links don't work, its not a matter of having to wait. Just navigate your browser manually to the VASE site like you are booking a brand new appointment and you can easily schedule that way. If you use the second shot links they send you it will say there are no appointments. Not sure why!

When I was there last week, they had tables set up so that you could schedule your appointment during the 15 minute waiting period. That's where they directed me after the kids' shots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I figured this out - the links don't work, its not a matter of having to wait. Just navigate your browser manually to the VASE site like you are booking a brand new appointment and you can easily schedule that way. If you use the second shot links they send you it will say there are no appointments. Not sure why!

We got our first shot there this past Saturday. They had a table allowing you to schedule your 2nd shot in the waiting area. The nearest appointment was about 24 days out, which is fine. I'm not looking to go back to the Tysons mall on a Saturday during the holiday shopping season.

[Anonymous]

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

I haven't see any MoCo clinics for the 5-11 age group in the past few days, are others seeing the same thing?

[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

I haven't see any MoCo clinics for the 5-11 age group in the past few days, are others seeing the same thing?

A few have opened up now. Check the link again