Off topic, but I really can’t wait for the approval/EUA for children under 12 to happen because the only people who are still unvaccinated in my family are my kids which to a large degree means we have to keep being very careful. Seems like that age group won’t be able to get vaccinated until October at the earliest and frankly that sucks.
I think between vaccinations that are complete and people not being sure about it, the criteria are going to be pretty broad by the end of April.
It is fascinating to watch younger internet people shoot for their appointments while not enough vaccine has been sent here to do first doses for the compiled waiting list of older folks.
Most of the world has been concentrating on 18 plus to be vaccinated. In fact the way most countries disclose vaccination numbers is on 18 over. I wonder other countries enforce under 18 vaccination for schooling, as opposed to voluntary vaccinations.
I don't get it. Yesterday the mayor of our city sent out an email detailing how many people have gotten it, broken out by age:
Residents who are partially or fully vaccinated include 95%+ of those who are 75 years old or more, 95%+ of those 65-74 years old, 81% who are 50-64 years old, 65% who are 30-49 years old, 38% that are 20-29 years old, and 8% who are 0-19 years old.
My wife and I are in our 50s. We signed up for the state registration system, we got email updates from our healthcare providers (affiliated with one of the major Boston medical centers) stating that we are eligible ... but no notifications of when we can actually go somewhere to get the jabs.
I'm 41, Israel opened up the vaccines to people over 40 yesterday. Called my HMO, made a same day appointment for their vaccination center at the local stadium, went there by bus in the rain. swiped in with my card when I got there and was given a number. waited close to an hour for my number to be called, got quickly stabbed in the upper arm an soon left.
It really shouldn't be that hard. My parents (i.e. 70ish) are now scheduled to get the vaccine towards the end of february in maryland.
I'm curious about the negative reaction about this news.
Here, growing up, we have a list of vaccines that a child gets as they grow up (tetanus, diphteria, chickenpox, etc). your pediatrist knows the schedule and follows along, obviously.
Perhaps the piece that is missing from an american mindset is that medical record is also in public hands, since healthcare is public funded and free for taxpayers. How else are doctors going to keep the record of the medical history of a patient?
I personally would love being able to travel without having to go through a PCR because there's a record somewhere that I'm immune for example. Those things aren't pleasant.
I find all these mandates silly, but in a way this makes more sense than the places here in the US which have a vaccination requirement but still accept proof of shots from early/mid 2021, which are known to have worn off long ago at this point.
Does anyone believe this will be expanded to grocery stores, pharmacies and other basic services come fall? My job is already close to pushing mandatory vaccination and I'm trying to decide whether I should pack up my things and leave?
At this point, in the US any adult who wants to be vaccinated, is. But we still have to mask up due to Delta getting past the vaccines, and children not being vaccinated.
I wish there was a healthcare.org style effort for unfucking the websites used for vaccine sign-ups. Just getting to see the list of appointments on the website many counties are using takes a ton of effort, and people who read/type/mouse slower are at a huge disadvantage. I think once the majority of seniors are vaccinated and the process is opened up to younger people, the remaining seniors will have an even harder time getting vaccinated
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