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Did you go to Fairfax Clinic Today - how was it?
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Anonymous
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I was thinking of taking my 6 year old tomorrow but might wait until Saturday if I'm more likely to be able to get the vaccine....
The website says most of the 300 doses at each clinic were gone within about 1-1.5 hours. If you went, how was the line? How was the wait? What time did you arrive? Did anyone get turned away? |
Anonymous
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I got to the Leesburg Pike location at 8 exactly. I was in line for just over an hour, only to watch the health care worker give out the very last number (250) to the person immediately in front of me.
Made me very resentful of the people obviously cutting in line half an hour earlier (seeing friends/neighbors ahead of them and joining them). About 50 people got turned away behind me, and some of them were loudly complaining about it, too. Positive note: the people with numbers were also given an estimated time when they could return for the actual shot. |
Anonymous
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10:42, that stinks!
(The website says they're doing 300 doses now - was it really only 250?) Doesn't seem to make sense to be holding 12,000 doses for the Saturday clinic when they could get more people done during the week and alleviate the crowds and wait times on Saturday. Why not give out 500 or 1000 doses at the weekday clinics? Maybe it's because the age limit is higher on Saturday and they want to make sure older kids start getting vaccinated? |
Anonymous
How infuriating! (1) That adults would cut in line -- that happened to me and my kids on a field trip I was chaperoning last week, btw -- an entire group of kids with adult care-givers cut right in line in front of the 3 first grade boys I was with and we were almost late for the bus because of it! Once the boys were at the top of the slide and line, I went to the bottom to wait for them only to find that another adult and his two kids cut in line as well! I don't understand that!! And especially in this situation (flu shots)! Unbelievable. (2) That you had to wait an hour before they handed out numbers. I don't know why they don't just hand them out right away as people arrive. Maybe I'm missing something. How many people do you think arrived prior to 8am when they started? That's nice that they told people when they could return though. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm thinking I'll wait until Saturday at the mass clinic. Maybe I'll see you there (unless you're trying again tomorrow)! |
Anonymous
I'm guessing they don't do more doses per clinic per day because it takes them almost the entire day (8:00 - 4:00) to distribute the 300 doses. I do think that the Saturday clinic won't be so bad. Be sure to check the website as they're very good about updating the site with approximate wait times. |
Anonymous
| I went to the Fairfax clinic on Old Lee Hwy at 8:25 today, and was given a number close to 300 on a slip of paper that told me to return at 1 pm. (There was also a place on the form for the workers to tell me to return at 11, presumably for lower numbers.) The clinic worker said that everyone between 200 and 300 was to return at 1, and because of my higher number, we should expect to be finished around 3 or 3:30. I'm hoping that's the case, so I can be home by the time my older child gets back from school around 4. I'll post to let you know how it goes! |
Anonymous
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I'm 10:42 - there was some discussion among those of us in line about whether it was 250 or 300. I'm just guessing it was 250 because the man passing out numbers was writing on a page that said 250, and he was accompanied by a woman who said, "Okay, that's the last one." But I could be wrong - I was looking at the page upside down.
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Anonymous
| It was 300 at each location. At every location except Mt. Vernon, all the numbers were given out by 9. DH went to Mt Vernon at 9:30 and was around 250 (got the vaccine at 11:3). The website was updated at 12:35 to say they'd reached 300. I went there last week, and this was definitely busier, but if you're willing to trek to Mt. Vernon it is manageable compared to the other locations. |
Anonymous
| Before complaining too much about holding out vaccines for the weekend, remember how their last mass clinic went for children. Some people opted to camp out over night or arrive hours before the clinic opened, and they all wanted 4-5 hours for their shot. But by 1PM, there was NO WAIT for the shot. Their website will have the information, check it regularly throughout the day. I'd be willing to bet you that if you wait until after lunch, you can waltz in there and get your shot without having to wait in line for hours and hours. |
Anonymous
I went to the Fairfax clinic last Sat at 3 and had no wait. But, I think this weekend will be different because... 1. Weather is supposed to be nice. It rained heavily during the last clinic in the afternoon, which must have scared people away 2. Afternoons are toddler naptimes. This clinic is geared toward older kids who don't nap Still, my advice is to go in the afternoon because they aren't going to run out of vaccines. I'm still shocked that they only vaccinated 4000+ at the last clinic. |
Anonymous
| 11:43 here. We got there a few minutes before 1, and everyone was lining up outside. The workers handed out the paperwork and calling us in by groups of 10 every few minutes. Everything was well organized and moved pretty quickly though the various waiting areas. I do recommend that you complete the consent form online as it will save you time from having to fill it out there, but they still took everyone in numerical order and were fair. There were 5 nurses, and we were finished by 2:30. |