I remember that I got mine a little early because the city put together a special clinic for city employees and managed to get election workers looped in AND I FELT GUILTY FOR GETTING MINE BEFORE SOMEONE WHO I THOUGHT MIGHT DESERVE IT MORE what a time that was - ThreadSky

hulcricket.bsky.social • 8 days ago

I remember that I got mine a little early because the city put together a special clinic for city employees and managed to get election workers looped in AND I FELT GUILTY FOR GETTING MINE BEFORE SOMEONE WHO I THOUGHT MIGHT DESERVE IT MORE

what a time that was

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uwes98.bsky.social•8 days ago

I was on campus 5x per week starting June or july 2020 so I said fuck it I deserve it.

glenmaffews.bsky.social•8 days ago

yeahhh I checked the caretaker for high risk box or whatever they called it, legit but still felt icky

jennyd67.bsky.social•8 days ago

I work in VA research (in an off-site office) and was working at home then, but our hospital director got them for ALL employees and I had guilt about that too!

magnolia2010.bsky.social•8 days ago

lawyers in AL were eligible before the chronically ill. [they REALLY needed trials to start again.] i got mine before my diabetic husband. that made me feel terrible and the beloved is like WTF ARE YOU SAYING GO GET THAT SHOT

hulcricket.bsky.social•8 days ago

I was feeling guilty about it when I got it scheduled and posting about it and the medical professionals in our online space were like "stop feeling guilty and just go get it you dip" and that was very helpful

magnolia2010.bsky.social•8 days ago

he was like "if you get it, you're keeping me safe, so go now." that was what shoved me into gear.

joshuasakins.bsky.social•8 days ago

I got mine early because they said clergy members were eligible. Had I been active clergy for the past several years? Nope. Did anyone ask? Nope. My justification was that I have CF, so I should have been included from the start but Alabama hates sick folks.

cvh.bsky.social•8 days ago

lmfao I had the same experience–clinic escorts were considered working in a healthcare facility b/c we were around staff, pregnant people, and unmasked protesters constantly. still got REAMED on twitter for getting my shot in Jan '21

athensgrease.bsky.social•8 days ago

same as both of y’all, actually

hulcricket.bsky.social•8 days ago

and like, it was barely 3-4 weeks after I got my second shot doctors were BEGGING unvaxxed people to come in they had plenty of doses and people weren't getting them it just turned that quickly

nikolaidenmark.bsky.social•8 days ago

There was like a five minute stretch when OK was leading the country in vax rate and then it fell off a cliff.

Because the tribes worked like gangbusters getting their members vaccinated and then it got to the reluctant whites who fucked it all up.

cvh.bsky.social•8 days ago

right, every epidemiologist was like "shots in arms, don't care who" and every scold on twitter was like "you personally took my immunocompromised grandfather's specific appointment time"

athensgrease.bsky.social•8 days ago

lmao Jesus Christ, yes

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

That sucks so much. The rules in the early days were so strict that my Mom was in the Walgreens one day and the pharmacists were walking around with two doses about to go to waste just trying to give it to anyone.

cvh.bsky.social•8 days ago

i know a few people who got theirs that way! or had late doctors appointments and they were trying to use their vials.

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

I can’t speak to every state, but in Louisiana they had to report back “wasted” doses. Trust me, if a facility “wasted” a dose someone was trying to figure out if we gave them too much.

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

WE GAVE AWAY A MILLION BUCKS AND PEOPLE STILL WOULDN’T TAKE IT

tikkikki.bsky.social•8 days ago

I got mine in Iowa earlier than I probably should have because my sister was a nurse.

plbsu.bsky.social•8 days ago

There was a hospital in Chicago that let like 100 or so board members, donors and spouses jump the line and this was treated as a MASSIVE scandal by local media! That a few people got vaccinated a couple months early!

ethanlavery.bsky.social•8 days ago

I got mine by being able to get on the county distribution list early. I also got my dad a spot. We got our shots sitting in neighboring booths and waited in the observation area together. My mom got hers earlier 2 counties over.

It felt like winning the lottery.

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

It was weird sitting with my random coworkers at a government facility waiting after our shot but I’d seen my coworkers more than anyone else since the first day so I guess it was appropriate?

imtiredthatisall.lol•8 days ago

oh yeah the one booster i was like "I am here for my booster" and they were all "you aren't a senior" and i was like "no but i have this condition that allows me to have it" and well. the one time having a condition was helpful i guess.

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

Also election workers were the lifeblood of keeping democracy going (ish?) and they definitely deserved the vaccine.

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

I got mine early because I was supporting the Unified Command Group and they wanted us to all be vaxxed before hurricane season. I almost cried I was so happy.

hulcricket.bsky.social•8 days ago

I did cry! I went outside and fucking bawled I was so relieved!

shorterexcerpts.bsky.social•8 days ago

Similar boat here after my first dose. It was when the Stankonia Dome (Mercedes-Benz) was used as a mass vaccination site: it was so well organized and I appreciated government actually being used for a non-means tested public good

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

The pandemic response proved that, actually, not only is the government helping people is good but also that is is POSSIBLE.

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

The grammar on this proves that I am tired.

yopauliefl.bsky.social•8 days ago

I so very much used BMI

Had to go to a “local” college an hour south of me and it was administered via the NJ National Guard.

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

God Bless the National Guard, BTW. Our Guard in Louisiana did everything from running test and vaccine shots to escorting equipment and shots … heroes.

dctrojan.bsky.social•8 days ago

My younger daughter got her first shot at a clinic on the eastern shore of MD - always plenty of capacity b/c the locals wouldn’t sign up - and it genuinely changed her view about the National Guard I have to say

yopauliefl.bsky.social•8 days ago

It was organized, friendly, efficient, and they were SERIOUS about having people wait at least 10 minutes before leaving

It was awesome to see them wave us out. “You are GOOD TO GO!!”

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

Hahaha. National Guard can enforce rules.

hulcricket.bsky.social•8 days ago

the big burly fireman who gave me my first shot was so gentle and delicate with the needle I giggled

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

They had public health nurses give us ours and they give kiddos vaccines, so smooth that you barely feel it.

spotto.bsky.social•8 days ago

The rather indifferent Walmart staff member jabbed the hell out of mine. I paid her back by maintaining eye contact for the entire thing. That usually works to freak out a tech.

christinastephens.bsky.social•8 days ago

So in a weird fluke, the Governor got his first shot the same day my grandmother got her first shot. And her nursing home had two extra doses and my parents lived so close to the nursing home that they called them to take those two doses so they didn’t go to waste.

I cried that day.

makeshermark.bsky.social•8 days ago

2nd shot, i was standing outside of my car, waiting my 10 minutes, talking to the gentleman in the next parking spot, and the sun was shining and we were grinning like loons. i’d love to bottle that sense of optimism, like the entire world was my oyster at that moment

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