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[jammerbirdi]

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The answer to most of your questions is that the CDC's researchers evaluate the problem and it then makes recommendations to the states. The states then decide to follow the vaccine recommendations (NH) or not (CA), just like they decide whether to follow the CDC's mask recommendations (VT) or not (TX).

How's that working out for the states that decided to go off the rail?

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This vaccine rollout highlights exactly why many people oppose government run healthcare. Politicians making political decisions about vital medical practices while people's lives hang in the balance. The public will never get behind it unless there are sufficient safeguards to keep the politicians out of the decision making process so it won't all be like this.

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The CA thing gets worse. More reporting today that the whole SF Bay Area, home to 20% of the state's population, got only I think it was 2% of the zip codes chosen for the increased vaccines. There are plenty of poorer zip codes in the Bay Area. Local pols are trying to get the new rollout "fixed." It also seems the state selected zip codes in many rural counties, which are poorer but that's mostly because few people live there and no larger cities, no "rich" zip codes.

On another note, I just got an email from Kaiser, my HMO, that I am eligible to get vaccinated, and I get my first shot Monday. I am thrilled but confused. I am NOT eligible per the state right now. I signed up for all kinds of notifications from the state that were to tell me when I became eligible. I got no notification that I am now eligible. So I have no clue what Kaiser is doing. Everything I see is 65+ or categories that do not include me. I did not contact my doctor or anyone else ever to ask for an appointment. Just got an email with a link to get an appointment. So very odd, but I am certainly not going to ask any questions.

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If you volunteer to help with vaccinations for 4 hours you can get a shot. I signed up and I’ll let y’all know how it goes.

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Every woman who has ever been presented with a career/sex quid pro quo in the entertainment industry should come forward and simply say, “Me, too.” - jammer The New York Times 10/10/17

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If all else fails, you can move to Alaska

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/alaska-1st-state-open-vaccinations-16/story?id=76355027

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Oh me. Oh my.

LA Times:

Flooded with Hollywood and media workers, Pasadena cancels COVID-19 vaccine clinic

By LAURA J. NELSONSTAFF WRITER

MARCH 9, 2021 UPDATED 7:03 PM PT

Pasadena officials on Tuesday canceled a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for senior citizens, grocery store employees and other essential workers after hundreds of people who were not eligible for the shots signed up for appointments.

People who did not yet qualify for the vaccine under state guidelines claimed about 900 of the 1,500 slots at a clinic that was designed for people older than 65 and essential workers who live or work in Pasadena, city spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said.

Many of the appointments were booked by people who worked in the media and in Hollywood, Derderian said, including at production companies, streaming TV services and news outlets and on the sets of soap operas.

“Hundreds signed up within the first hour,” Derderian said. “It was like rapid fire.”

The Pasadena Public Health Department last week sent an email to healthcare workers, senior citizens, child-care workers, teachers and food workers who had expressed interest in getting the vaccine, telling them they could book appointments at a clinic at Pasadena City College.

The email told workers they would be required to present proof that they worked in an eligible industry and lived or worked in Pasadena. The email also included a registration link to California’s vaccination appointment system, CalVax, and provided slots for five days, including Thursday.

On Monday, a Los Angeles Times reporter who had received a link to sign up for an appointment called the city, Derderian said. Officials opened the registration system and saw that hundreds of people with jobs in Hollywood and the media had claimed available slots, she said.

The registration link for Thursday’s vaccination clinic had spread quickly. A warning in red letters, telling users not to forward the links, had failed to keep the links private.

The CalVax website does not allow health departments or vaccine clinics to limit registrations to people who live or work in certain ZIP Codes. That means people who are not eligible for vaccines, or not eligible at a particular site, can still fill out the registration forms and secure an appointment.

Some patients said they thought they were eligible because the page included a drop-down menu that asked users to select their industry, including “Service — entertainment, performance.” A warning message in dark red letters, directly above the form, read: “Vaccine supply is limited. Before registering, please check to see if you are eligible to sign up.”

California has limited vaccine access to people 65 and older, as well as essential workers in food and agriculture, education and child care, healthcare and emergency services. No other essential workers are currently eligible.

The Pasadena health department tries to improve its screening process by calling every person who lists an address outside the city on the registration form, Derderian said. Many are restaurant workers and grocery store employees who are eligible for shots and commute to the city for work, she said. Officials remind them to bring a pay stub, a letter from their employer or another form of documentation that shows they work within the city boundaries.

Calling 900 people within a few days to verify their eligibility or ask them not to come was just too much, Derderian said. The city decided to reschedule the clinic. No new date has been confirmed.

“We would have hundreds of people showing up who would not have qualified, and they would have been turned away,” Derderian said. “I’m sure the situation would have escalated in many cases.”

She added: “We do check for ID. We will turn you away if you don’t meet the current tier, if you don’t live in town or work in town. Our health officer will not risk her credentials or the health department’s licensing or the city’s reputation. We are very strict in adhering to the guidelines.”

Canceling the clinic was particularly difficult news for senior citizens who had struggled to get appointments, and who have been largely shut off from the world for a year, Derderian said. Some cried when they learned their appointments had been moved, she said.

Local officials have complained that the state’s technology for making and managing vaccine appointments is flawed, and does not allow them to easily reserve vaccine appointments for people in communities where infection rates are high and vaccination rates are low.

The problems in Pasadena mirrored a situation in Los Angeles County in which registration codes meant to reserve vaccination appointments for residents of communities hit hard by COVID-19 wound up in the hands of more privileged Angelenos, including private-school teachers and Hollywood workers, as The Times previously reported.

Health departments have traditionally used CalVax to schedule flu vaccine clinics, and some — including Pasadena and Long Beach — are using the software to schedule COVID-19 vaccinations too.

Other agencies, including Los Angeles County, have transitioned to a new state-run website called My Turn, which is specifically designed for the pandemic. The software has its own limitations and has been hammered by complaints of glitches and compatibility problems.

Times staff writer Melody Gutierrez contributed to this report.

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Every woman who has ever been presented with a career/sex quid pro quo in the entertainment industry should come forward and simply say, “Me, too.” - jammer The New York Times 10/10/17

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100 MILLION!

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I read that the reason the Pfizer vaccine has to be stored at such a cold temperature is that they didn't have enough time to get the fatty substance (what the mRNA gets put into) stable at higher temperatures. Moderna has been working on that issue longer and have figured out how to make it stable at higher temperatures. So Pfizer may be able to move away from the special super cold refrigeration requirements before it is all over.

Since the J&J vaccine is not as effective I am surprised that it is getting pushed now by the White House and a special Rose Garden event with the J&J and Merck CEOs. Merck is helping J&J produce more. Would rather see Merck get involved in producing more of the other two. But it could be that making 100 million J&J is a lot easier than 200 million if the other two and will take place much sooner, or Merck doesn't have the capability to make the other two.

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My understanding is that J&J's efficacy numbers are more heavily based on the variants that are currently running around, and thus are tied to more recent data than Pfizer and Moderna. That, combined with the simplicity of a one-dose model, makes it a quicker fix.

(That being said, I got my first shot of Pfizer today! Less unpleasant than I was expecting, although it helps that it's intramuscular, not into the vein. The NYS-FEMA joint site was well-organized and moved quickly. In three weeks, I get my second, and in six weeks my dad and I will attempt to set a Guinness world record for the longest hug. Assuming he's out of the sling.)

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Here’s the ultimate you’re not gonna believe this story.

TOMORROW, either California or just Los Angeles County (if you can figure it out, let me know because I’m getting a little bleary on details these days) opens up vaccinations to everyone over the age of 16.

Drops mic.

Not technically, but really. Meaning in reality.

In theory, it’s the 16-64 group with qualifying medical conditions. You remember the much narrower list of more dire health issues the state listed as serious enough for those in this age group to warrant being vaccinated now that recreational cannabis workers have been getting their shots for about three weeks.

Well, as I said a few posts back, deployment of that plan in a population the size of California’s was already being deemed to be a near impossible situation. The doctor Simon was on the radio saying that and suggesting that health care providers should be involved in determining their patients qualifications and administering the vaccine.

Well, I guess even that was determined to be too difficult in actuality.

So here’s how they’re going to do it.

The honor system. Wait. (Ahem.) What I meant to say is, The Honor System.

I’d drop the mic now but I already dropped it.

So, in effect, as it is now being described by the aforementioned Dr Simon, there will be no screening done, no checking of qualifying illnesses through some database, no shown paperwork or medical records or anything at all required now from those in that age group as they go through the process of securing their shots.

Seems like this would have the potential for seeing those who don’t actually have the qualifying illnesses at all to move themselves into the vaccine lines at this time AHEAD of those who actually have the qualifying illness severities.

No? Okay.

What do I know. Let’s see how it works.

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Every woman who has ever been presented with a career/sex quid pro quo in the entertainment industry should come forward and simply say, “Me, too.” - jammer The New York Times 10/10/17

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-12/here-is-how-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-beginning-monday-in-california

Who is eligible?

People ages 16 to 64 can be eligible if they are deemed to be at the very highest risk to get very sick from COVID-19. The state is also expanding eligibility to people who live or work in incarceration facilities or homeless shelters, as well as public transit workers, including airport workers for commercial airlines.

How do I get a vaccine?

Officials are urging residents to work with their healthcare providers to seek vaccinations as their first step.

“Check first with your usual healthcare provider to see if they have vaccines and available appointments. Healthcare providers who have vaccines may also begin reaching out to you, as a patient with a significant, high-risk medical condition or disability known to the provider, to schedule your vaccine appointment,” the state said.

Other options include local pharmacies, local health departments, community pop-up clinics or using the My Turn website.

Will I have to prove I qualify?

The state said people will not be required to prove they have disabilities or health conditions when they go in for vaccinations. Instead, those eligible will be expected to sign a self-attestation confirming they meet the criteria.

“To protect confidentiality, verification documentation of the diagnosis or type of disability is not required, but instead, anyone meeting the eligibility requirements will be asked to sign a self-attestation that they meet the criteria for high-risk medical conditions or disabilities,” the state said.

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Every woman who has ever been presented with a career/sex quid pro quo in the entertainment industry should come forward and simply say, “Me, too.” - jammer The New York Times 10/10/17