tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post18707813092770585..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: My Covid Vaccination: A Cliffhanger Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-67551259429908825402021-01-22T10:47:53.438-05:002021-01-22T10:47:53.438-05:00I was successful, Kathy. It was just luck. And i...I was successful, Kathy. It was just luck. And it was with Mount Sinai, which had to cancel several days worth of appointments because they did not receive the numbers of doses they had expected. I just happened to have an appointment the day after more arrived.<br />It's that fractionation again. And the fact that websites where one can make an appointment often crash when millions of people suddenly try to log on.<br />At least the grown ups are taking over the seats of power. Cleaning out the dumpsters the previous crowd left behind will take time. They had a party and trashed the house. Now the adults have returned and must deal with a terrible mess. I am just grateful that there are people willing to throw themselves into the task. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-57552151194943796822021-01-22T04:52:43.001-05:002021-01-22T04:52:43.001-05:00I hope you got it.
A friend had an appt. at Mt. Si...I hope you got it.<br />A friend had an appt. at Mt. Sinai, showed up and was turned away: no vaccines left.<br />She made another appt and I have to see what happens.<br />I wonder if urgent care centers are giving vaccines, as I live near a few of them. Mt. Sinai is a cab ride away,, and friends don't think they're safe from viral germs. The prior administration destroyed what was left of the national health care system, weakened and sidelined the CDC, etc. It seems as if the new administration means business: Dr. Fauci is on TV again, telling the truth. The U.S. is back in WHO. Top organizers are working on the vaccination plan. We shall see what happens. But I am singing the "Hallelujah" chorus and "Ode to Joy" now that the trainwreck is out of the White House. I wish TV did not show him or mention his name. What a mess he created everywhere, and then led a racist insurrection! Calmness and capability is all I'm asking for.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-48866205880919009262021-01-19T09:30:22.338-05:002021-01-19T09:30:22.338-05:00I am so glad you are getting your protection, Caro...I am so glad you are getting your protection, Caro. Here in New York, inoculating the health care workers went smoothly too. The only strange outcome was that, in some places, up to 1/3 of the health care people inexplicably refused the vaccine. That led to arguments about what to do with the leftover vials of vaccine from their allocation.<br /><br />Fingers crossed that our new federal administration will get a decent level of cooperation as it takes the helm and tried to steer our US ship of state to safety.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-37719095966928321242021-01-19T02:05:17.250-05:002021-01-19T02:05:17.250-05:00I was vaccinated at the louisa Jordan hospital yes...I was vaccinated at the louisa Jordan hospital yesterday at 2.20. A well organised snake of 5000 people ( all key health care workers) moved in 20 minutes blocks. They had even made the carpark free. Good luck Annamaria!Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-60073865494472036432021-01-18T20:42:22.975-05:002021-01-18T20:42:22.975-05:00I am hoping to succeed and pass my luck along to y...I am hoping to succeed and pass my luck along to you, Bro. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-7256617877182974012021-01-18T20:41:00.022-05:002021-01-18T20:41:00.022-05:00Such a travesty. What needed to happen was a huge...Such a travesty. What needed to happen was a huge effort to set up systems that would work on a national basis. This is what fragmentation does. Hundreds may thousands of different ways of doing the same thing. All with their own weaknesses. The creation of the successful vaccines in record time was close to miraculous. The researchers succeeded because they had science on their side. The roll out requires logic and truth. Things that we’ve had a paucity of on a Federal level of late. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-28621684694290409642021-01-18T20:01:25.126-05:002021-01-18T20:01:25.126-05:00You're always more persistent than I, Sis. I h...You're always more persistent than I, Sis. I have been battling for a shot in either arm in either of two States since the first date announced. They keep changing the ground rules, reneging on promises and generally continuing with the same level of confusion that's plagued our polity since the beginning of COVID. The good thing is, I figure I'll get a shot before my granddaughter's birthday in April--if I'm very lucky. BUT I'll consider it a family success if YOU score on the 20th. xxJeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-36867053941306993962021-01-18T19:34:08.590-05:002021-01-18T19:34:08.590-05:00There were 500 vaccines and I was #494. Hundreds, ...There were 500 vaccines and I was #494. Hundreds, maybe 1000 more, who had waited at least an hour, were turned away.Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-12847039689004835962021-01-18T19:33:24.688-05:002021-01-18T19:33:24.688-05:00It was pretty horrific. People in their 70s, 80s, ...It was pretty horrific. People in their 70s, 80s, and 90s, some of them waiting out in the cold overnight. I got there an hour and a half early, so only waited outside 4 hours. Then 1.5 inside. https://www.wvlt.tv/2021/01/02/individuals-share-experience-after-knox-county-sees-its-first-vaccine-clinic/<br />Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-45027964704320744602021-01-18T19:31:00.965-05:002021-01-18T19:31:00.965-05:00Thanks, Kwei. I have always been sure I could nev...Thanks, Kwei. I have always been sure I could never write a thriller. But I do feel as if I am living in suspense!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-90925213573831330522021-01-18T19:28:42.585-05:002021-01-18T19:28:42.585-05:00Thank you for your good wishes, Kaye. I am glad yo...Thank you for your good wishes, Kaye. I am glad you managed to get inoculated! I am doing my best to keep positive about what might happen for me on Wednesday. But 51/2 hours?? Where did that happen, if you don’t mind saying. <br />I am in touch with a friend who is 87 and doesn’t even own a computer. The people from her synagogue are trying to help her. I worry a lot about the folks like her who have no one to help them. I hope there are places all over the country where they can go to get help. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-16708201544295339982021-01-18T16:17:40.848-05:002021-01-18T16:17:40.848-05:00Great suspense, by the way 😁Great suspense, by the way 😁Kwei Quarteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469765268067837660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-79535525437258776962021-01-18T16:17:18.736-05:002021-01-18T16:17:18.736-05:00As you say, oy vey! Further proof that computers d...As you say, oy vey! Further proof that computers don't necessarily make things more organized.Kwei Quarteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469765268067837660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-26169962628357993642021-01-18T11:24:34.133-05:002021-01-18T11:24:34.133-05:00Oh man! My waiting in line for 5 1/2 hours doesn&#...Oh man! My waiting in line for 5 1/2 hours doesn't seem so bad, compared to this. I DID get the vaccine, at least. I may even get the second dose--that is TBD. Good luck!!Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-61373905327425848382021-01-18T11:12:12.557-05:002021-01-18T11:12:12.557-05:00My fingers too, Michael. If we go in age order--ol...My fingers too, Michael. If we go in age order--oldest first, or height order--shortest first, then first place is where I belong. By any other logical or scientific order, I imagine, would place somewhere in the middle or the end of the line. Stay tuned!!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-83177401786582849882021-01-18T10:26:17.456-05:002021-01-18T10:26:17.456-05:00Fingers crossed! Will you be the first MIEer to su...Fingers crossed! Will you be the first MIEer to succeed???Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.com