I haven't posted in here in quite a while. With the vaccine now available, and myself being a liver transplant patient (had it done 17+ years ago when I was 27 due to Ulcerative Colitis), I want one. I've been anament about getting one. But sadly, I just can't find one in my area.
I've signed up with my county health commission, and they are so far behind. In Pa, they added all patients with high risk conditions to the 1a criteria list (where I was originally a 1c). But since there was never any definitive plan in place prior to the vaccine being available (not gonna get into that but I think you all know where I am going with that) it's a total clusterbleep.
But sadly, I've spend hours & hours a day on different sites (VaxxMax & findashot.org) and still no luck. I even tried the one tip that says wait till midnight on the one site and they open up. By the time you find a ZIP code of a CVS or Rite-Aid that "has" an opening, you have to go to the other window you have open, enter the ZIP, find the correct pharmacy, and then I always always always get the "apologies, there are no vaccines available at this time".
It's truly getting depressing, it really is. I want to scream or chuck my phone across the room but that won't do any good. What upsets me even more is that in my state, if you smoke, or have a BMI that is considered obese, you qualify!! SERIOUSLY?!!! a smoker who chose to have a deadly habit, can get a vaccine the same time as me? One who didn't chose to have a transplant but needed one due to genetics. And using BMI to determine vaccine qualifications? some people are fit as all get out but will have a high BMI! The whole way of distribution of the vaccine is just a mess and I only blame that orange ******* who hopefully soon will have his *** Iocked up along with his criminal kids!
Sorry to vent, but I needed to get this off my chest. I hope one day soon I can get one (am hoping the state allows my hospital to give vaccines to their highest at risk patients, but it's not approved to allow that yet) before I catch it. Because I don't want to think what can happen if I do get it (having no functioning immune system kinda tells me what will happen, and it's not a good outcome). I hope you all who qualify can get one easier than I can. God speed to you all!!