MoCo clinic on Wednesday or DC?

[Anonymous]

I'm thinking about trying to get the H1N1 vaccine for my kids on Wednesday at Rockville High School, but fear it will be a madhouse. It sounds like the DC clinics were very well-run with minimal wait time and there seem to be multiple clinics in DC this Saturday (although I live in Rockville). Which do you think is the better bet?

[Anonymous]

I think the Rockville High students get priority, so I'm not sure how great that clinic will be for non-students. MoCo does have a flu hotline, and I find them pretty helpful. You could call and ask them what their plan is for Wednesday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the Rockville High students get priority, so I'm not sure how great that clinic will be for non-students. MoCo does have a flu hotline, and I find them pretty helpful. You could call and ask them what their plan is for Wednesday.

Is this right? It doesn't seem fair. I thought they were just using those particular high schools because they needed to pick a large place. Why would they favor high school students over younger kids, why would they pick those three high schools, and then why would they hold the next four clinics at the same schools, too?

[Anonymous]

I don't think that is the case. I believe the location was selected purely for the availability of space. Echo other message posters that the surrounding counties and the city certainly seem to be outshining MoCo to date.

[Anonymous]

Not that I am thrilled with MoCo, but in its defense, the availability of enough vaccine is MoCo's problem. They could have scheduled the clinics at better times (how am I supposed to get my preschooler vaccinated when I work til 7 in the district?).

The Piccard clinic was exceptionally well organized once you got inside. The only thing they could have done better is to have given the forms out so we didn't have to fill them out once in the door.