Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 11:18     Subject: MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

You are the one making accusations with no evidence. And complainy posts on DCUM is not evidence - that's just normal MoCo White people who have made complaining into an art long before the pandemic. MoCo has a large population that is older than the rest of the state, and not much vaccine hesitancy. It means there is a lot of demand. That is a good thing.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 10:51     Subject: Re:MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's what happened:

MoCo has 2 county-run sites, both at schools. Those schools said they need the space back by 4/1 since schools are reopening.

MoCo proposes using Montgomery College Germantown campus as a state mass vax site. The state is focused on geographic equity and there is already one for the DC region of MD, at Six Flags. The state's focus is opening up sites to serve Western MD and Eastern Shore, since there is nothing there. The state won't open up more sites other than those, until they get more doses.

MoCo and MD meet about the Germantown site. MD offers to help MoCo with some logistics like laptops, wifi and stuff like that. MoCo takes this to mean it'll be a state-run mass vax site. MD does not. Note no paperwork was signed.

So the Germantown site is a county-run site, replacing the 2 existing county-run sites that will close on 3/31.

As for the vaccine being available to all adults by 4/27, that's true for _state-run_ vaccine sites, NOT for MoCo sites. In the name of equity, MoCo has made gettting a vaccine incredibly complicated. Just in Phase 1, there are 9 different tiers, compared to 3 in the rest of MD.

Here's the difference:

MoCo currently open for:
Phase 1A - Tier 1, Phase 1A - Tier 2, Phase 1- Tier 3, Phase 1B - Tier 1, Phase 1B - Tier 2, Phase 1B - Tier 3, Phase 1C - Tier 1 (only).

MD open for:
Phase 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A

then 3/30, MD open for:
Phase 1C, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B

In short, if you want to get a vaccine at a well-run site, sign up for the state mass vax site. You'll also be eligible sooner there.


This is true. I am eligible under state guidelines but not MoCo. I did go to a mass vax site in Baltimore. The downside is that I stood in line for 3 hours. But I have my vaccination.


MoCo actually hasn't made getting a vaccine "incredibly complicated". The MoCo health department is just making sure that people who have less time/internet access can also get vaccines. This category disproportionately includes people if color. Y'all are pissed because MoCo won't give YOU the vaccine before people in higher priority groups. But you're fine, because there are plenty of sites in MoCo that follow state rules. So yes you can get the vaccine in MoCo, or you can travel to Baltimore or PG where the Governor is allocating a lot of doses.

But this is why it's taking MoCo so much longer to get people vaccinated. It's too damn slow.

The more people in MoCo are vaccinated, the better off EVERYONE will be.

Plus there are many in the minority groups who are hesitant to get the vaccine , and if MoCo waits for those people to get over their fears and get the vaccine it will be 2022 by the time MoCo opens up for all groups.

Trying for equity is great, but MoCo leaders are too focused on equity over the welfare of the entire county.

You know.. I'm not a MoCo hater, but I really am tired of MoCo's over emphasis on equity, and I grew up lower income, too.

Just get on with it already. If MoCo cares so much about lower income people then they should want MoCo to open up so that people can get back to work and their kids can get back into schools. It's super frustrating to watch how MoCo is handling it.


Where are you getting the impression they are taking longer? They are using up all the doses they get from the state. The hospitals are the ones hoarding doses and the county doesn't control them. There is a great 538 article about why it is important to prioritize. You are just angry they are vaccinating people other than you.


Nope, it doesn't bother me that I'm last. I'm kind of glad we are last because I don't relish being guinea pigs, but we will get the vaccine eventually. We are able to wfh permanently. It's not about me. It's about the entire county.

MoCo isn't getting more vaccines because they are too slow to roll it out. Yes, they use it all, but it takes them longer to use all of it, so the state is giving it to them at the rate they are using it.

And if you think MoCo is doing such a wonderful job, then why is that sooo many people in MoCo are complaining about not being able to get a vax appointment even though they are in the group that is supposed to be able to get it? I see "vaccine hunter" posts on this forum and the neighborhood listserv. MoCo seems to be holding vax spots in the name of equity, but many in those groups don't want to get the vaccine. That's why it's taking too long.

MoCo is super slow to rollout vaccinations in the name of equity. That hurts the entire county, including the very people MoCo is trying to help. Moco can't see the forest for the trees.


No it doesn't, stop lying

Yes, it does. Stop lying... see.. I can play that game, too.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 10:51     Subject: MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of people if color who want the vaccine and haven't been able to access appointments. These vaccine hesitancy arguments are lies to justify a system that results in White people getting more vaccines relative to their population. And then you coming about it. WITAF.

sure, and there are plenty of those who don't want to get vaccinated, too.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 10:50     Subject: MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:People who make sh$t up to oppose vaccinating people of color belong in hell.

who is making sh1t up?

https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2021/03/05/growing-share-of-americans-say-they-plan-to-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-or-already-have/

A majority of Black Americans (61%) now say they plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine or have already received one, up sharply from 42% who said they planned to get vaccinated in November. Differences in intent to be vaccinated among Black, White, Hispanic or Asian adults are generally smaller now than they were three months ago.

People with lower income levels continue to be less inclined than those with higher incomes to get a vaccine,



https://www.vox.com/recode/22330018/covid-vaccine-hesitancy-misinformation-carnegie-mellon-facebook-survey

Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 10:43     Subject: Re:MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's what happened:

MoCo has 2 county-run sites, both at schools. Those schools said they need the space back by 4/1 since schools are reopening.

MoCo proposes using Montgomery College Germantown campus as a state mass vax site. The state is focused on geographic equity and there is already one for the DC region of MD, at Six Flags. The state's focus is opening up sites to serve Western MD and Eastern Shore, since there is nothing there. The state won't open up more sites other than those, until they get more doses.

MoCo and MD meet about the Germantown site. MD offers to help MoCo with some logistics like laptops, wifi and stuff like that. MoCo takes this to mean it'll be a state-run mass vax site. MD does not. Note no paperwork was signed.

So the Germantown site is a county-run site, replacing the 2 existing county-run sites that will close on 3/31.

As for the vaccine being available to all adults by 4/27, that's true for _state-run_ vaccine sites, NOT for MoCo sites. In the name of equity, MoCo has made gettting a vaccine incredibly complicated. Just in Phase 1, there are 9 different tiers, compared to 3 in the rest of MD.

Here's the difference:

MoCo currently open for:
Phase 1A - Tier 1, Phase 1A - Tier 2, Phase 1- Tier 3, Phase 1B - Tier 1, Phase 1B - Tier 2, Phase 1B - Tier 3, Phase 1C - Tier 1 (only).

MD open for:
Phase 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A

then 3/30, MD open for:
Phase 1C, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B

In short, if you want to get a vaccine at a well-run site, sign up for the state mass vax site. You'll also be eligible sooner there.


This is true. I am eligible under state guidelines but not MoCo. I did go to a mass vax site in Baltimore. The downside is that I stood in line for 3 hours. But I have my vaccination.


MoCo actually hasn't made getting a vaccine "incredibly complicated". The MoCo health department is just making sure that people who have less time/internet access can also get vaccines. This category disproportionately includes people if color. Y'all are pissed because MoCo won't give YOU the vaccine before people in higher priority groups. But you're fine, because there are plenty of sites in MoCo that follow state rules. So yes you can get the vaccine in MoCo, or you can travel to Baltimore or PG where the Governor is allocating a lot of doses.

But this is why it's taking MoCo so much longer to get people vaccinated. It's too damn slow.

The more people in MoCo are vaccinated, the better off EVERYONE will be.

Plus there are many in the minority groups who are hesitant to get the vaccine , and if MoCo waits for those people to get over their fears and get the vaccine it will be 2022 by the time MoCo opens up for all groups.

Trying for equity is great, but MoCo leaders are too focused on equity over the welfare of the entire county.

You know.. I'm not a MoCo hater, but I really am tired of MoCo's over emphasis on equity, and I grew up lower income, too.

Just get on with it already. If MoCo cares so much about lower income people then they should want MoCo to open up so that people can get back to work and their kids can get back into schools. It's super frustrating to watch how MoCo is handling it.


Where are you getting the impression they are taking longer? They are using up all the doses they get from the state. The hospitals are the ones hoarding doses and the county doesn't control them. There is a great 538 article about why it is important to prioritize. You are just angry they are vaccinating people other than you.


Nope, it doesn't bother me that I'm last. I'm kind of glad we are last because I don't relish being guinea pigs, but we will get the vaccine eventually. We are able to wfh permanently. It's not about me. It's about the entire county.

MoCo isn't getting more vaccines because they are too slow to roll it out. Yes, they use it all, but it takes them longer to use all of it, so the state is giving it to them at the rate they are using it.

And if you think MoCo is doing such a wonderful job, then why is that sooo many people in MoCo are complaining about not being able to get a vax appointment even though they are in the group that is supposed to be able to get it? I see "vaccine hunter" posts on this forum and the neighborhood listserv. MoCo seems to be holding vax spots in the name of equity, but many in those groups don't want to get the vaccine. That's why it's taking too long.

MoCo is super slow to rollout vaccinations in the name of equity. That hurts the entire county, including the very people MoCo is trying to help. Moco can't see the forest for the trees.


No it doesn't, stop lying
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 10:42     Subject: MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

There are plenty of people if color who want the vaccine and haven't been able to access appointments. These vaccine hesitancy arguments are lies to justify a system that results in White people getting more vaccines relative to their population. And then you coming about it. WITAF.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 10:39     Subject: Re:MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's what happened:

MoCo has 2 county-run sites, both at schools. Those schools said they need the space back by 4/1 since schools are reopening.

MoCo proposes using Montgomery College Germantown campus as a state mass vax site. The state is focused on geographic equity and there is already one for the DC region of MD, at Six Flags. The state's focus is opening up sites to serve Western MD and Eastern Shore, since there is nothing there. The state won't open up more sites other than those, until they get more doses.

MoCo and MD meet about the Germantown site. MD offers to help MoCo with some logistics like laptops, wifi and stuff like that. MoCo takes this to mean it'll be a state-run mass vax site. MD does not. Note no paperwork was signed.

So the Germantown site is a county-run site, replacing the 2 existing county-run sites that will close on 3/31.

As for the vaccine being available to all adults by 4/27, that's true for _state-run_ vaccine sites, NOT for MoCo sites. In the name of equity, MoCo has made gettting a vaccine incredibly complicated. Just in Phase 1, there are 9 different tiers, compared to 3 in the rest of MD.

Here's the difference:

MoCo currently open for:
Phase 1A - Tier 1, Phase 1A - Tier 2, Phase 1- Tier 3, Phase 1B - Tier 1, Phase 1B - Tier 2, Phase 1B - Tier 3, Phase 1C - Tier 1 (only).

MD open for:
Phase 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A

then 3/30, MD open for:
Phase 1C, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B

In short, if you want to get a vaccine at a well-run site, sign up for the state mass vax site. You'll also be eligible sooner there.


This is true. I am eligible under state guidelines but not MoCo. I did go to a mass vax site in Baltimore. The downside is that I stood in line for 3 hours. But I have my vaccination.


MoCo actually hasn't made getting a vaccine "incredibly complicated". The MoCo health department is just making sure that people who have less time/internet access can also get vaccines. This category disproportionately includes people if color. Y'all are pissed because MoCo won't give YOU the vaccine before people in higher priority groups. But you're fine, because there are plenty of sites in MoCo that follow state rules. So yes you can get the vaccine in MoCo, or you can travel to Baltimore or PG where the Governor is allocating a lot of doses.

But this is why it's taking MoCo so much longer to get people vaccinated. It's too damn slow.

The more people in MoCo are vaccinated, the better off EVERYONE will be.

Plus there are many in the minority groups who are hesitant to get the vaccine , and if MoCo waits for those people to get over their fears and get the vaccine it will be 2022 by the time MoCo opens up for all groups.

Trying for equity is great, but MoCo leaders are too focused on equity over the welfare of the entire county.

You know.. I'm not a MoCo hater, but I really am tired of MoCo's over emphasis on equity, and I grew up lower income, too.

Just get on with it already. If MoCo cares so much about lower income people then they should want MoCo to open up so that people can get back to work and their kids can get back into schools. It's super frustrating to watch how MoCo is handling it.


Where are you getting the impression they are taking longer? They are using up all the doses they get from the state. The hospitals are the ones hoarding doses and the county doesn't control them. There is a great 538 article about why it is important to prioritize. You are just angry they are vaccinating people other than you.


Nope, it doesn't bother me that I'm last. I'm kind of glad we are last because I don't relish being guinea pigs, but we will get the vaccine eventually. We are able to wfh permanently. It's not about me. It's about the entire county.

MoCo isn't getting more vaccines because they are too slow to roll it out. Yes, they use it all, but it takes them longer to use all of it, so the state is giving it to them at the rate they are using it.

And if you think MoCo is doing such a wonderful job, then why is that sooo many people in MoCo are complaining about not being able to get a vax appointment even though they are in the group that is supposed to be able to get it? I see "vaccine hunter" posts on this forum and the neighborhood listserv. MoCo seems to be holding vax spots in the name of equity, but many in those groups don't want to get the vaccine. That's why it's taking too long.

MoCo is super slow to rollout vaccinations in the name of equity. That hurts the entire county, including the very people MoCo is trying to help. Moco can't see the forest for the trees.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 10:26     Subject: MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

People who make sh$t up to oppose vaccinating people of color belong in hell.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 10:25     Subject: Re:MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's what happened:

MoCo has 2 county-run sites, both at schools. Those schools said they need the space back by 4/1 since schools are reopening.

MoCo proposes using Montgomery College Germantown campus as a state mass vax site. The state is focused on geographic equity and there is already one for the DC region of MD, at Six Flags. The state's focus is opening up sites to serve Western MD and Eastern Shore, since there is nothing there. The state won't open up more sites other than those, until they get more doses.

MoCo and MD meet about the Germantown site. MD offers to help MoCo with some logistics like laptops, wifi and stuff like that. MoCo takes this to mean it'll be a state-run mass vax site. MD does not. Note no paperwork was signed.

So the Germantown site is a county-run site, replacing the 2 existing county-run sites that will close on 3/31.

As for the vaccine being available to all adults by 4/27, that's true for _state-run_ vaccine sites, NOT for MoCo sites. In the name of equity, MoCo has made gettting a vaccine incredibly complicated. Just in Phase 1, there are 9 different tiers, compared to 3 in the rest of MD.

Here's the difference:

MoCo currently open for:
Phase 1A - Tier 1, Phase 1A - Tier 2, Phase 1- Tier 3, Phase 1B - Tier 1, Phase 1B - Tier 2, Phase 1B - Tier 3, Phase 1C - Tier 1 (only).

MD open for:
Phase 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A

then 3/30, MD open for:
Phase 1C, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B

In short, if you want to get a vaccine at a well-run site, sign up for the state mass vax site. You'll also be eligible sooner there.


This is true. I am eligible under state guidelines but not MoCo. I did go to a mass vax site in Baltimore. The downside is that I stood in line for 3 hours. But I have my vaccination.


MoCo actually hasn't made getting a vaccine "incredibly complicated". The MoCo health department is just making sure that people who have less time/internet access can also get vaccines. This category disproportionately includes people if color. Y'all are pissed because MoCo won't give YOU the vaccine before people in higher priority groups. But you're fine, because there are plenty of sites in MoCo that follow state rules. So yes you can get the vaccine in MoCo, or you can travel to Baltimore or PG where the Governor is allocating a lot of doses.

But this is why it's taking MoCo so much longer to get people vaccinated. It's too damn slow.

The more people in MoCo are vaccinated, the better off EVERYONE will be.

Plus there are many in the minority groups who are hesitant to get the vaccine , and if MoCo waits for those people to get over their fears and get the vaccine it will be 2022 by the time MoCo opens up for all groups.

Trying for equity is great, but MoCo leaders are too focused on equity over the welfare of the entire county.

You know.. I'm not a MoCo hater, but I really am tired of MoCo's over emphasis on equity, and I grew up lower income, too.

Just get on with it already. If MoCo cares so much about lower income people then they should want MoCo to open up so that people can get back to work and their kids can get back into schools. It's super frustrating to watch how MoCo is handling it.


Where are you getting the impression they are taking longer? They are using up all the doses they get from the state. The hospitals are the ones hoarding doses and the county doesn't control them. There is a great 538 article about why it is important to prioritize. You are just angry they are vaccinating people other than you.

Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 10:14     Subject: Re:MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's what happened:

MoCo has 2 county-run sites, both at schools. Those schools said they need the space back by 4/1 since schools are reopening.

MoCo proposes using Montgomery College Germantown campus as a state mass vax site. The state is focused on geographic equity and there is already one for the DC region of MD, at Six Flags. The state's focus is opening up sites to serve Western MD and Eastern Shore, since there is nothing there. The state won't open up more sites other than those, until they get more doses.

MoCo and MD meet about the Germantown site. MD offers to help MoCo with some logistics like laptops, wifi and stuff like that. MoCo takes this to mean it'll be a state-run mass vax site. MD does not. Note no paperwork was signed.

So the Germantown site is a county-run site, replacing the 2 existing county-run sites that will close on 3/31.

As for the vaccine being available to all adults by 4/27, that's true for _state-run_ vaccine sites, NOT for MoCo sites. In the name of equity, MoCo has made gettting a vaccine incredibly complicated. Just in Phase 1, there are 9 different tiers, compared to 3 in the rest of MD.

Here's the difference:

MoCo currently open for:
Phase 1A - Tier 1, Phase 1A - Tier 2, Phase 1- Tier 3, Phase 1B - Tier 1, Phase 1B - Tier 2, Phase 1B - Tier 3, Phase 1C - Tier 1 (only).

MD open for:
Phase 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A

then 3/30, MD open for:
Phase 1C, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B

In short, if you want to get a vaccine at a well-run site, sign up for the state mass vax site. You'll also be eligible sooner there.


This is true. I am eligible under state guidelines but not MoCo. I did go to a mass vax site in Baltimore. The downside is that I stood in line for 3 hours. But I have my vaccination.


Yeah, NO.

Not doing that. Nothing is worth standing in a 3 hour line, in Baltimore. No. Just no.


When I can drop by a CVS or pop-up vax site, walk up, say hello and get a shot and then be on my way in under ten minutes, that’s when I’ll get mine.

Until then, I’ll just keep doing what I’ve been doing the last year. It’s worked just fine so far.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 09:49     Subject: Re:MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's what happened:

MoCo has 2 county-run sites, both at schools. Those schools said they need the space back by 4/1 since schools are reopening.

MoCo proposes using Montgomery College Germantown campus as a state mass vax site. The state is focused on geographic equity and there is already one for the DC region of MD, at Six Flags. The state's focus is opening up sites to serve Western MD and Eastern Shore, since there is nothing there. The state won't open up more sites other than those, until they get more doses.

MoCo and MD meet about the Germantown site. MD offers to help MoCo with some logistics like laptops, wifi and stuff like that. MoCo takes this to mean it'll be a state-run mass vax site. MD does not. Note no paperwork was signed.

So the Germantown site is a county-run site, replacing the 2 existing county-run sites that will close on 3/31.

As for the vaccine being available to all adults by 4/27, that's true for _state-run_ vaccine sites, NOT for MoCo sites. In the name of equity, MoCo has made gettting a vaccine incredibly complicated. Just in Phase 1, there are 9 different tiers, compared to 3 in the rest of MD.

Here's the difference:

MoCo currently open for:
Phase 1A - Tier 1, Phase 1A - Tier 2, Phase 1- Tier 3, Phase 1B - Tier 1, Phase 1B - Tier 2, Phase 1B - Tier 3, Phase 1C - Tier 1 (only).

MD open for:
Phase 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A

then 3/30, MD open for:
Phase 1C, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B

In short, if you want to get a vaccine at a well-run site, sign up for the state mass vax site. You'll also be eligible sooner there.


This is true. I am eligible under state guidelines but not MoCo. I did go to a mass vax site in Baltimore. The downside is that I stood in line for 3 hours. But I have my vaccination.


MoCo actually hasn't made getting a vaccine "incredibly complicated". The MoCo health department is just making sure that people who have less time/internet access can also get vaccines. This category disproportionately includes people if color. Y'all are pissed because MoCo won't give YOU the vaccine before people in higher priority groups. But you're fine, because there are plenty of sites in MoCo that follow state rules. So yes you can get the vaccine in MoCo, or you can travel to Baltimore or PG where the Governor is allocating a lot of doses.

But this is why it's taking MoCo so much longer to get people vaccinated. It's too damn slow.

The more people in MoCo are vaccinated, the better off EVERYONE will be.

Plus there are many in the minority groups who are hesitant to get the vaccine , and if MoCo waits for those people to get over their fears and get the vaccine it will be 2022 by the time MoCo opens up for all groups.

Trying for equity is great, but MoCo leaders are too focused on equity over the welfare of the entire county.

You know.. I'm not a MoCo hater, but I really am tired of MoCo's over emphasis on equity, and I grew up lower income, too.

Just get on with it already. If MoCo cares so much about lower income people then they should want MoCo to open up so that people can get back to work and their kids can get back into schools. It's super frustrating to watch how MoCo is handling it.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 09:32     Subject: Re:MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's what happened:

MoCo has 2 county-run sites, both at schools. Those schools said they need the space back by 4/1 since schools are reopening.

MoCo proposes using Montgomery College Germantown campus as a state mass vax site. The state is focused on geographic equity and there is already one for the DC region of MD, at Six Flags. The state's focus is opening up sites to serve Western MD and Eastern Shore, since there is nothing there. The state won't open up more sites other than those, until they get more doses.

MoCo and MD meet about the Germantown site. MD offers to help MoCo with some logistics like laptops, wifi and stuff like that. MoCo takes this to mean it'll be a state-run mass vax site. MD does not. Note no paperwork was signed.

So the Germantown site is a county-run site, replacing the 2 existing county-run sites that will close on 3/31.

As for the vaccine being available to all adults by 4/27, that's true for _state-run_ vaccine sites, NOT for MoCo sites. In the name of equity, MoCo has made gettting a vaccine incredibly complicated. Just in Phase 1, there are 9 different tiers, compared to 3 in the rest of MD.

Here's the difference:

MoCo currently open for:
Phase 1A - Tier 1, Phase 1A - Tier 2, Phase 1- Tier 3, Phase 1B - Tier 1, Phase 1B - Tier 2, Phase 1B - Tier 3, Phase 1C - Tier 1 (only).

MD open for:
Phase 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A

then 3/30, MD open for:
Phase 1C, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B

In short, if you want to get a vaccine at a well-run site, sign up for the state mass vax site. You'll also be eligible sooner there.


This is true. I am eligible under state guidelines but not MoCo. I did go to a mass vax site in Baltimore. The downside is that I stood in line for 3 hours. But I have my vaccination.


MoCo actually hasn't made getting a vaccine "incredibly complicated". The MoCo health department is just making sure that people who have less time/internet access can also get vaccines. This category disproportionately includes people if color. Y'all are pissed because MoCo won't give YOU the vaccine before people in higher priority groups. But you're fine, because there are plenty of sites in MoCo that follow state rules. So yes you can get the vaccine in MoCo, or you can travel to Baltimore or PG where the Governor is allocating a lot of doses.


If MoCo cares so much equity, why are they moving their vax sites from Silver Spring and Rockville (one that is walking distance from a Metro station) to Germantown? Germantown has lower POC numbers than SS, and it's about 10 miles from the nearest Metro station.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 09:26     Subject: Re:MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's what happened:

MoCo has 2 county-run sites, both at schools. Those schools said they need the space back by 4/1 since schools are reopening.

MoCo proposes using Montgomery College Germantown campus as a state mass vax site. The state is focused on geographic equity and there is already one for the DC region of MD, at Six Flags. The state's focus is opening up sites to serve Western MD and Eastern Shore, since there is nothing there. The state won't open up more sites other than those, until they get more doses.

MoCo and MD meet about the Germantown site. MD offers to help MoCo with some logistics like laptops, wifi and stuff like that. MoCo takes this to mean it'll be a state-run mass vax site. MD does not. Note no paperwork was signed.

So the Germantown site is a county-run site, replacing the 2 existing county-run sites that will close on 3/31.

As for the vaccine being available to all adults by 4/27, that's true for _state-run_ vaccine sites, NOT for MoCo sites. In the name of equity, MoCo has made gettting a vaccine incredibly complicated. Just in Phase 1, there are 9 different tiers, compared to 3 in the rest of MD.

Here's the difference:

MoCo currently open for:
Phase 1A - Tier 1, Phase 1A - Tier 2, Phase 1- Tier 3, Phase 1B - Tier 1, Phase 1B - Tier 2, Phase 1B - Tier 3, Phase 1C - Tier 1 (only).

MD open for:
Phase 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A

then 3/30, MD open for:
Phase 1C, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B

In short, if you want to get a vaccine at a well-run site, sign up for the state mass vax site. You'll also be eligible sooner there.


This is true. I am eligible under state guidelines but not MoCo. I did go to a mass vax site in Baltimore. The downside is that I stood in line for 3 hours. But I have my vaccination.


MoCo actually hasn't made getting a vaccine "incredibly complicated". The MoCo health department is just making sure that people who have less time/internet access can also get vaccines. This category disproportionately includes people if color. Y'all are pissed because MoCo won't give YOU the vaccine before people in higher priority groups. But you're fine, because there are plenty of sites in MoCo that follow state rules. So yes you can get the vaccine in MoCo, or you can travel to Baltimore or PG where the Governor is allocating a lot of doses.


Ultimately though, everybody gets fewer doses in the places that are spending a ton of time screening people out. Just get on with it. Every high risk person is protected by more vaccinated people around them.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 09:07     Subject: Re:MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here's what happened:

MoCo has 2 county-run sites, both at schools. Those schools said they need the space back by 4/1 since schools are reopening.

MoCo proposes using Montgomery College Germantown campus as a state mass vax site. The state is focused on geographic equity and there is already one for the DC region of MD, at Six Flags. The state's focus is opening up sites to serve Western MD and Eastern Shore, since there is nothing there. The state won't open up more sites other than those, until they get more doses.

MoCo and MD meet about the Germantown site. MD offers to help MoCo with some logistics like laptops, wifi and stuff like that. MoCo takes this to mean it'll be a state-run mass vax site. MD does not. Note no paperwork was signed.

So the Germantown site is a county-run site, replacing the 2 existing county-run sites that will close on 3/31.

As for the vaccine being available to all adults by 4/27, that's true for _state-run_ vaccine sites, NOT for MoCo sites. In the name of equity, MoCo has made gettting a vaccine incredibly complicated. Just in Phase 1, there are 9 different tiers, compared to 3 in the rest of MD.

Here's the difference:

MoCo currently open for:
Phase 1A - Tier 1, Phase 1A - Tier 2, Phase 1- Tier 3, Phase 1B - Tier 1, Phase 1B - Tier 2, Phase 1B - Tier 3, Phase 1C - Tier 1 (only).

MD open for:
Phase 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A

then 3/30, MD open for:
Phase 1C, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B

In short, if you want to get a vaccine at a well-run site, sign up for the state mass vax site. You'll also be eligible sooner there.


This is true. I am eligible under state guidelines but not MoCo. I did go to a mass vax site in Baltimore. The downside is that I stood in line for 3 hours. But I have my vaccination.


MoCo actually hasn't made getting a vaccine "incredibly complicated". The MoCo health department is just making sure that people who have less time/internet access can also get vaccines. This category disproportionately includes people if color. Y'all are pissed because MoCo won't give YOU the vaccine before people in higher priority groups. But you're fine, because there are plenty of sites in MoCo that follow state rules. So yes you can get the vaccine in MoCo, or you can travel to Baltimore or PG where the Governor is allocating a lot of doses.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2021 06:40     Subject: Re:MoCo opening mass vax site - thank you Marc Elrich

Anonymous wrote:Here's what happened:

MoCo has 2 county-run sites, both at schools. Those schools said they need the space back by 4/1 since schools are reopening.

MoCo proposes using Montgomery College Germantown campus as a state mass vax site. The state is focused on geographic equity and there is already one for the DC region of MD, at Six Flags. The state's focus is opening up sites to serve Western MD and Eastern Shore, since there is nothing there. The state won't open up more sites other than those, until they get more doses.

MoCo and MD meet about the Germantown site. MD offers to help MoCo with some logistics like laptops, wifi and stuff like that. MoCo takes this to mean it'll be a state-run mass vax site. MD does not. Note no paperwork was signed.

So the Germantown site is a county-run site, replacing the 2 existing county-run sites that will close on 3/31.

As for the vaccine being available to all adults by 4/27, that's true for _state-run_ vaccine sites, NOT for MoCo sites. In the name of equity, MoCo has made gettting a vaccine incredibly complicated. Just in Phase 1, there are 9 different tiers, compared to 3 in the rest of MD.

Here's the difference:

MoCo currently open for:
Phase 1A - Tier 1, Phase 1A - Tier 2, Phase 1- Tier 3, Phase 1B - Tier 1, Phase 1B - Tier 2, Phase 1B - Tier 3, Phase 1C - Tier 1 (only).

MD open for:
Phase 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A

then 3/30, MD open for:
Phase 1C, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B

In short, if you want to get a vaccine at a well-run site, sign up for the state mass vax site. You'll also be eligible sooner there.


This is true. I am eligible under state guidelines but not MoCo. I did go to a mass vax site in Baltimore. The downside is that I stood in line for 3 hours. But I have my vaccination.