CDC Notifies States, Large Cities To Prepare For Vaccine Distribution As Soon As Late October

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Ohio is open to 40+ now and all adults if there are openings. 16+ officially opens on Monday. Things seem to be moving fast here.

Yeah it def. makes a difference what phases each place has.

KS is about the same amount of 1 dose as of this morning with 25.9% as Ohio just different parts of the population having been eligible. A lot of younger people (30s and below) in my state are getting it due to their occupations so retail, fast food, I even saw a good amount when it was just healthcare workers that were eligible.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Welp guess we're going for it:

Gov. Laura Kelly announced Friday that starting Monday, March 29, Kansas will make the COVID-19 vaccine available to all residents 16 and older as it enters Phase 5 of its Vaccine Prioritization Plan.

“With the anticipated increase in supply from the federal government, we must get every dose of vaccine into arms quickly,” Kelly said. “I strongly encourage every Kansan to get the COVID-19 vaccine so we can get back to school, back to work, and back to normal.”

Glad she feels confident to not rely on J&J doses

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I should note my area is still working on Phase 2 and only just getting into Phase 3/4 so I have no doubt those in gen pop will make appointments if they can if places open up for that for here but our area isn't there yet for the interest to wane enough just yet. Reading between the lines the rural counties, especially the ones that had been done long ago for Phase 2, are slowing down on people who are considered eligible and the governor doesn't want that to become too problematic with people just losing interest all together especially if health departments did surveys to capture the interest level.

 

[Joe in VA]

The U.S. reported on Friday a single-day record of Covid-19 vaccine shots administered.
Nearly 3.4 million new doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines were reported to have been given, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

[EACarlson]

I'm due for my second shot next week. My tribe will not answer their phone or call me back to schedule, I looked this morning and found appointments at Walgreens in my area but they won't let me schedule a second shot until I reach 27 days.

 

[anniemae]

I am starting to get very concerned about the rise in cases. We seem to be vaccinating as fast as possible but many states are reporting cases are increasing. Restrictions are being dropped, schools are starting back full time in many areas and I just don't know what to think.

 

[*DisneyDreamer]

I am starting to get very concerned about the rise in cases. We seem to be vaccinating as fast as possible but many states are reporting cases are increasing. Restrictions are being dropped, schools are starting back full time in man areas and I just don't know what to think.

Same. It’s really frustrating and disheartening to see cases rising while vaccinations are also ramping up. It just adds to the hopeless feeling of the whole situation. If vaccines can’t get this under control, nothing will.

I’m supposed to go to Disney the last week of April, and I will be fully vaccinated (2nd dose next Friday), but now I’m starting to get nervous that we’ll be in the middle of another spike because of the vacationers who can’t bother to take any precautions, among all the other things opening back up. Even though I’ll be vaccinated, I still plan to be extremely careful.

 

[Colleen27]

I am starting to get very concerned about the rise in cases. We seem to be vaccinating as fast as possible but many states are reporting cases are increasing. Restrictions are being dropped, schools are starting back full time in man areas and I just don't know what to think.

The news outlet I follow for Michigan data had an interesting take on the current situation, one that basically goes back to what we were all talking about back in the "flatten the curve" days - Michigan ranks 43rd among states in cumulative infection rate, with half as many cases per million as some of the states that are wide open and not seeing increases. And the theory is that because we did such a good job containing the virus earlier in the pandemic, the surge we're seeing now was all but inevitable unless we delayed reopening until vaccination rates were high enough to make up for the shortfall in natural immunity. Which makes sense but is also immensely frustrating, because it does go back to conversations a year ago about how all these shutdowns would do nothing but delay the impact of the virus while imposing massive economic hardship in the meantime.

 

[anniemae]

Same. It’s really frustrating and disheartening to see cases rising while vaccinations are also ramping up. It just adds to the hopeless feeling of the whole situation. If vaccines can’t get this under control, nothing will.

I’m supposed to go to Disney the last week of April, and I will be fully vaccinated (2nd dose next Friday), but now I’m starting to get nervous that we’ll be in the middle of another spike because of the vacationers who can’t bother to take any precautions, among all the other things opening back up. Even though I’ll be vaccinated, I still plan to be extremely careful.

It just feels like, yet again, the rug gets pulled out from under us. Just about a month ago cases were dropping very quickly and looked liked we were actually going to get out of this. I actually felt hope. Vaccinations were ramping up, supply started increasing, cases were plummeting etc. Now we are heading in the opposite direction and I feel like we are going backwards.

 

[jlwhitney]

The news outlet I follow for Michigan data had an interesting take on the current situation, one that basically goes back to what we were all talking about back in the "flatten the curve" days - Michigan ranks 43rd among states in cumulative infection rate, with half as many cases per million as some of the states that are wide open and not seeing increases. And the theory is that because we did such a good job containing the virus earlier in the pandemic, the surge we're seeing now was all but inevitable unless we delayed reopening until vaccination rates were high enough to make up for the shortfall in natural immunity. Which makes sense but is also immensely frustrating, because it does go back to conversations a year ago about how all these shutdowns would do nothing but delay the impact of the virus while imposing massive economic hardship in the meantime.

I agree with this, that is exactly what is happening. People lost focus when the goal posts moved to any case is a bad thing, when all you can do really in the end it let it play out and try to lower the impact as much as possible. If everyone stayed in a hard lockdown till the vaccines were fully done the economic fall out would be awful and cause so much more long lasting problems.

 

[RamblingMad]

I agree with this, that is exactly what is happening. People lost focus when the goal posts moved to any case is a bad thing, when all you can do really in the end it let it play out and try to lower the impact as much as possible. If everyone stayed in a hard lockdown till the vaccines were fully done the economic fall out would be awful and cause so much more long lasting problems.

That's what personal responsibility and emergency funds are for. We shouldn't be sacrificing grandma.

 

[KrazeeK120]

I live in IL and all residents 16+ can get the vaccine as of 4/12. We have a federally run mass vaccine site at the state fairgrounds in Springfield, about an hour away from me. I went ahead and made an appointment for 4/15 (and my husband has one on 4/18...we split up in case we have side effects so someone can take care of our kid). My county has been slower to roll out the vaccine than a lot of others for whatever reason, and I don’t feel confident I’ll be able to get one in my city in a timely manner. I know I will be getting Pfizer. I’m just glad to be on the calendar and I don’t mind the drive. I don’t go many places, it’ll be an exciting outing for me.

 

[jlwhitney]

That's what personal responsibility and emergency funds are for. We shouldn't be sacrificing grandma.

You can do that with out shutting down the economy also, unfortunately nothing is perfect and there has to be a balance.

 

[anniemae]

That's what personal responsibility and emergency funds are for. We shouldn't be sacrificing grandma.

I go back and forth. I just can't help but wonder if we just held out a few more weeks of restrictions if we would be in a better place now. Just to ramp up vaccinations and get people vaccinated. I also think shutting down is not the answer, but maybe just strict restrictions. But every day I see mandates lifted, schools opening, capacity limits lifted, other things opening etc. All while cases are rising. It just confuses me.

 

[Colleen27]

I agree with this, that is exactly what is happening. People lost focus when the goal posts moved to any case is a bad thing, when all you can do really in the end it let it play out and try to lower the impact as much as possible. If everyone stayed in a hard lockdown till the vaccines were fully done the economic fall out would be awful and cause so much more long lasting problems.

Yeah, but having had fairly tight restrictions this long, it feels sort of stupid to give up now. Like all of the businesses that have shuttered forever and all of the other economic and mental health fallout was for absolutely nothing because at this moment we're doing exactly what we could have done last year - let cases rage out of control with no new restrictions - without all of those losses. A year ago, I'd have been the first to argue for a more moderate course (and was arguing that, loudly) in keeping with the initial goal of keeping hospital systems from being overwhelmed rather than the later goals of near-total containment and keeping the number of cases within the ability of unfunded contact tracing efforts to contain, but tossing up our hands and giving up now feels like adding insult to the injury of everything lost over the last year. I can't imagine what it must be like right now for someone who lost their business over 15 cases per 100K to hear the governor say she's not considering any new restrictions now in response to 50 cases per 100K.

 

[godisney14]

Opening up everything and getting rid of restrictions because they see the trend going downwards is akin to going on an eating binge and back to previous eating habits after having lost a lot of weight. Makes no sense.

Should people who went on a successful weight loss program return to their pre-diet program eating habit or maintain a healthy diet plan?

 

[tarheelmjfan]

You can do that with out shutting down the economy also, unfortunately nothing is perfect and there has to be a balance.

The problem is the people yelling the loudest for everything to be open are in many instances the same people who want to get rid of all restrictions (masks, limiting group size, social distancing, etc.) & are refusing to be vaccinated. Where's the balance in that way of thinking? Things could have opened up sooner, if everyone was willing to play by the rules from the very beginning.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

This is good, there were some decent outbreaks in Amazon facilities and warehouses like these can be difficult to maintain distancing

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/co...ovid-19-vaccinations-for-front-line-employees
First up is KS, MO and NV. We have multiple Amazon facilities in the KC metro

 

[Mango7100]

The problem is the people yelling the loudest for everything to be open are in many instances the same people who want to get rid of all restrictions (masks, limiting group size, social distancing, etc.) & are refusing to be vaccinated. Where's the balance in that way of thinking? Things could have opened up sooner, if everyone was willing to play by the rules from the very beginning.

Exactly. I’m all for businesses being open, but so frustrated by peoples behavior. Our local bakery has a strict mask policy. A woman went in, they told her she had to wear a mask to enter, that was too much for her to handle, and she broke their door in response.

 

[RamblingMad]

The problem is the people yelling the loudest for everything to be open are in many instances the same people who want to get rid of all restrictions (masks, limiting group size, social distancing, etc.) & are refusing to be vaccinated. Where's the balance in that way of thinking? Things could have opened up sooner, if everyone was willing to play by the rules from the very beginning.

These are the same ones going on and one about personal responsibility and then having inadequate funds when this went down. They want the economy to reopen because they were financially irresponsible. They don’t care if someone’s grandma or grandpa has to die because they couldn’t save money.