In other vaccine news, there's a bad trend happening where we vaccines given per day is trending down. Even with all of the US open for anyone over 16 to get it now, people don't seem to be lining up like one might expect. It seems the resistance is quite strong, maybe stronger than I had thought.
I wonder if that could be because people are waiting for dose number two. There's a number of places I could walk into in CT now with no appointment and get a shot if I needed the first one. There's nothing more I can do until the 30th when enough time has gone by between doses. A big chunk of the population got their shots in the same 1-2 week window, and now we're all playing the waiting game.
About 50% of adults have already received dose one, so I don't think it's that. The number doesn't seem high enough to be just about waiting for shot 2. An article I read earlier's guess was while a lot of people aren't "anti-vax" there's a significant that are still just waiting to see how things play out and the negative news with J&J last week likely added to people's hesitancy, and IMO some of the words Fauci says and the way he acts doesn't really encourage people to get the shot. By that, I mean, he still doesn't do anything normal after being vaccinated and still says we should all mask up (which I agree, until a point). If he would just go out to a restaurant and say "I feel safe" I think it would go a long way in convincing people to get a shot.
But what if he doesn't feel safe? They're still doing studies; they're still learning. Maybe he should say, which I believe from what I've read is the truth, something like "the data shows the vaccines are very effective (90% etc), and that in most cases, those who did get covid after vaccination have much milder cases. The immediate benefit of the vaccine is for your health and future. Even if you are young and healthy, you have a chance of getting a bad case of covid or long covid. We still don't know why some very healthy people become very sick or die, and we're still learning about long covid. Getting the vaccine means you likely won't get covid at all, and if you do, you won't have to be hospitalized from it. This is the first benefit - to yourself and your loved ones. We're still learning about whether/how much vaccinated people can transit the virus. We're still learning how long the vaccine protects you. Everyone wants life to get back to normal, and the more people get vaccinated as soon as possible, the quicker that can happen. It's not going to happen tomorrow - I know we're telling people to still take precautions after vaccination and you're tired of doing so. But it will happen much sooner than if you don't get vaccinated. Without the vaccine, we estimate it would take X years to get back to normal, if we ever do, and we'll continue losing loved ones. At 50% vaccinated, we estimate X amount of time, and at 70%, we'll be ready to go. Even though we're telling you to wear a mask today, a tomorrow without a mask will happen much quicker than without the vaccine." Obviously I'm way oversimplifying, but a statement along those lines, that isn't too technical, could go a long way. Some people will never be reached by anything someone like Fauci says, but if it's just a case of "well if I have to wear a mask anyway, what's the point" - that's where what he says could help.
I've been checking on getting an appointment and every place by me has nothing open.
I am ready and willing to get one, but not being able to get an appointment isn't keeping me up at night. It isn't going to change much of anything in the course of my daily routine. I still anticipate wearing a mask for the foreseeable future while at work, which doesn't bother me. And as my wife is wont to say, I am often to content to never leave the house if I don't have to. Getting a vaccine isn't going to suddenly inspire me to go somewhere I wouldn't otherwise go. I do wish more things were open for the kids, like the rec center and the pool (which just opened on a limited basis). We have started going to local parks now that the weather is nice, and they are troopers wearing their masks if other kids are around.
I think there are indeed a lot of walk up vaccination clinics now. Maybe something like that is/will be available in your area and you can just go one day without having to schedule it.
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