Lots of Pfizer vaccine appointments in Salisbury

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Also J&J. You can pick which one.

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There are appointments from today through next Monday.

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I'm curious why those doses weren't sent to Hagerstown or Greenbelt. It's crazy that they keep sending a bunch of vaccines to a site that requires people to drive so far.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why those doses weren't sent to Hagerstown or Greenbelt. It's crazy that they keep sending a bunch of vaccines to a site that requires people to drive so far.

Politics. The Gov has told everyone to drive there and then stop at the beach to get French Fries. This literally happened.

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We want convenient sites in parts of the state where uptake is low so that there will be a low barrier to entry for people who might otherwise just avoid it altogether. Yes, it isn't ideal for MoCo and PrGeorge folks, but I support having excess capacity in other areas of the state.

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Any Virginians going there? Is it a total free-for-all?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious why those doses weren't sent to Hagerstown or Greenbelt. It's crazy that they keep sending a bunch of vaccines to a site that requires people to drive so far.

Pfizer needs ultra-cold freezers to be stored. They don't have that at the site in Hagerstown. Not sure about Greenbelt.

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Anonymous wrote:There are appointments from today through next Monday.

All that shows up on the massvax site is j and j. Am I missing something? How can I find Pfizer appointments there?

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Anonymous wrote:We want convenient sites in parts of the state where uptake is low so that there will be a low barrier to entry for people who might otherwise just avoid it altogether. Yes, it isn't ideal for MoCo and PrGeorge folks, but I support having excess capacity in other areas of the state.

I agree. If there wasn't a mass vax site on the Eastern Shore that would be seen as inequitable too. The populations of the counties from the Bay Bridge south are around 350k so it's a large enough group that it needs to be served.

PG got one of the earliest mass vax sites and now has another. The situation with no site in MoCo was more frustrating and clearly political. But that doesn't mean that the Eastern Shore shouldn't have one. (and I say this as a MoCo resident who drove to Salisbury and will go again next week).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We want convenient sites in parts of the state where uptake is low so that there will be a low barrier to entry for people who might otherwise just avoid it altogether. Yes, it isn't ideal for MoCo and PrGeorge folks, but I support having excess capacity in other areas of the state.

I agree. If there wasn't a mass vax site on the Eastern Shore that would be seen as inequitable too. The populations of the counties from the Bay Bridge south are around 350k so it's a large enough group that it needs to be served.

PG got one of the earliest mass vax sites and now has another. The situation with no site in MoCo was more frustrating and clearly political. But that doesn't mean that the Eastern Shore shouldn't have one. (and I say this as a MoCo resident who drove to Salisbury and will go again next week).

Agreed. Eastern Shore has one mass vax site to cover _9_ counties.

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Anonymous wrote:Any Virginians going there? Is it a total free-for-all?

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We want convenient sites in parts of the state where uptake is low so that there will be a low barrier to entry for people who might otherwise just avoid it altogether. Yes, it isn't ideal for MoCo and PrGeorge folks, but I support having excess capacity in other areas of the state.

I agree. If there wasn't a mass vax site on the Eastern Shore that would be seen as inequitable too. The populations of the counties from the Bay Bridge south are around 350k so it's a large enough group that it needs to be served.

PG got one of the earliest mass vax sites and now has another. The situation with no site in MoCo was more frustrating and clearly political. But that doesn't mean that the Eastern Shore shouldn't have one. (and I say this as a MoCo resident who drove to Salisbury and will go again next week).

Agreed. Eastern Shore has one mass vax site to cover _9_ counties.

Nine counties with 450,000 people. Only 8% of Marylanders.

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Anonymous wrote:Any Virginians going there? Is it a total free-for-all?

Yes, anyone can go there.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We want convenient sites in parts of the state where uptake is low so that there will be a low barrier to entry for people who might otherwise just avoid it altogether. Yes, it isn't ideal for MoCo and PrGeorge folks, but I support having excess capacity in other areas of the state.

I agree. If there wasn't a mass vax site on the Eastern Shore that would be seen as inequitable too. The populations of the counties from the Bay Bridge south are around 350k so it's a large enough group that it needs to be served.

PG got one of the earliest mass vax sites and now has another. The situation with no site in MoCo was more frustrating and clearly political. But that doesn't mean that the Eastern Shore shouldn't have one. (and I say this as a MoCo resident who drove to Salisbury and will go again next week).

Agreed. Eastern Shore has one mass vax site to cover _9_ counties.

Nine counties with 450,000 people. Only 8% of Marylanders.

It's not just population, but there's also distance for people to travel to get to a site.

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Anonymous wrote:There are appointments from today through next Monday.

All that shows up on the massvax site is j and j. Am I missing something? How can I find Pfizer appointments there?

I just checked again and the appointments are still there