Got Mom’s appointment for her first vaccine. The process was a little clunky at first, but really wasn’t that difficult. It could be done by an 80 year-old. But this time it wasn’t! 😉
I don’t know how it’s done in other states, but we were provided a website URL. At 9:00 AM sharp, a scheduling link appeared. The only downside was because they only allow so many people to access the app at once, I got a “try later” message for about 40 minutes.
Sadly, the online form didn’t hold the information, so each “try later” (translate to me clicking over and over hoping I’d get lucky), I had to re-enter her DOB and zip code. Once traffic lightened enough for me to get in, I landed on a queue page with a timer. The wait time was about 45-minutes from that point, but the countdown timer made it simple and I knew exactly how long before I needed to pay attention.
Once I verified with my 80+ year-old Mom that she was not pregnant but did have a few other health concerns, I was offered a choice of health departments and available dates/times. I entered her mobile number, she received a text confirmation for her appointment, and that was it.
Friends with someone in ‘provider enrollment,’ said that over 55,000 Indiana seniors made appointments today. Also interesting to note — within 4 hours of opening up for appointments, Jackson County was booking into April… and within 5 hours, appointment times were no longer being taken. That’s really awesome on one hand… but sort of scary on the other if you’re an old — but not too old — person whose job isn’t considered essential. Gimme that shot!
How severe the pandemic is in the places where people I care about are located…
Daily NEW COVID-19 cases (7 day moving average):
Indiana-72.7 (up); Jackson Co – 58.1 (up); Florida 69.1 (up significantly); Nevada – 78.3 (up significantly)
Looks like the map is similar in number of red states/counties as last month, but it’s moved to other areas. Big difference since July 15th though, don’t you think?
TIL (Today I Learned): Mercy dogs were trained during World War I to comfort mortally wounded soldiers as they died in no man’s land. Read more about mercy dogs that were stationed on the front lines in WWI…
And finally, here’s the best quote I read all day:
“Explain to me how we have a $700 billion dollar defense budget and the Capitol was taken over by a dude in a buffalo costume.”