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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LMGTFY....
https://mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-bowser-and-dc-health-announce-vaccination-plans-children-5-11-years-old[/quote]

How is this helpful? "Where will they be held" wasn't the OP's question - it was "can non-students access those vaccines?"

This rollout has been a sh*tshow. They've had MONTHS to plan this out, and this is what we get?

I'm glad that I was luckily able to get an appointment through CVS, but I just happened to be up at 4am. There's no information about who will be eligible, there's no pre-registration or centralization of information. I realize that a lot of this is emerging, but the city should have made an effort to centralize more of this -- because once again, this is going to come down to who has the privilege to sit on a computer and chase appointments.[/quote]

This doesn't seem to be a sh*tshow.  You said yourself you already have an appointment.  Like, a day after the vaccine was approved.

You have ridiculous standards.[/quote]

NP - I agree it is a terrible rollout.  I tried to get CVS,etc appts and there are none available.  The DCPS rollout is a joke - there are no times on the website or info as to when and how you can go if you don't go to school at the listed clinic.  Our pediatrician isn't offering the vax for whatever reason.  They had months and months to get this organized.  And now finally after it's approved, we still have to wait several weeks?!?!?!  The holidays are coming up and these kids need to be fully vaxxed and most won't be through the two doses plus two weeks by winter break.  It's shameful. [/quote]

There are actual things that DC has no control over -- like supply, or actual date of approval.  Plus there are actual resource constraints in the form of people who can give the shots, etc.  It sounds like people are getting shots pretty quickly, and can make appointments.  CVS or Walgreens having difficult appointment systems isn't DC's fault.

I know of three clinics in my neighborhood that are giving the shots next week.  My school has a clinic with times on a weekend.  I made an appointment at CVS for 11/14.  I know that we will be getting the shot in the week or two at one of those places.

I understand that others want shots more quickly, and may have to drive out to VA or something to get it.  I think people just have to understand that every individual's needs are not going to be satisfied in every way by the government.  However, the government in this case seems to be rolling out the vaccines to the extent they are able, and they will be satisfying the majority of people that want the shot in the next month.[/quote]

This. Omg, people on this thread are blindly narcissistic privileged jerks[/quote]

Oh sure, we are "blindly narcissistic jerks" because we want our kids to be protected from Covid as soon as possible.  Expecting[b] some form of urgency and organization[/b] for the administration of a life saving vaccine is not unreasonable.  [/quote]

Having the vaccine on hand on the day it gets approved seems to reflect urgency.  Children's calling at-risk kids' families seems to express urgency.  There are many places you can get the vaccine, reflecting organization.  It's just not exactly what you want.  It is the government, not a concierge medical service.[/quote]

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