So, tell us all how you managed that. I'm getting nowhere. Maybe I'm on the "do not vaccinate list" because of all the bombs I've lobbed at ADPH along the way.
I’m UAB faculty too. Hence ability to get on volunteer list. I came home from volunteering and first dose to find email with first vax scheduled for Friday. Cancelled that so someone else can take.
I work at UAB, and I got an email from them several weeks ago telling me I could sign up to be vaccinated. At first, I thought that only people over 75 could sign up, but when I read the directions better, I saw I could go ahead and sign up, even at my age (63), that I might not be put “in line” immediately, but that if I would just go ahead and get in line so to speak, I would eventually be contacted. So I went ahead and registered. The initial message I had gotten seemed to suggest that health care professionals and people over 75 were first in line, and the rest of us would hear back when our group came up for eligibility. So I figured maybe by summer for me. A few days after responding, I got an email giving me a date and time to show up to be vaccinated about 2 weeks later. I was given a card today at the time I was vaccinated, documenting the information from this vaccination, and I am supposed to get an email at some point telling me when to come back for shot #2. It was a very well organized event, lots of people were there working and helping. They had us stand in a line outside at 6 foot intervals, marked on the ground as has been done so many places. While in line, I was given a form on a clipboard that I had to complete. Someone took my temperature (forehead) and recorded that on my form, then as the line proceeded, I eventually got inside and was pointed to one of several stations where a nurse took the form from me, verified my information, asked my name and birthdate, looked me up on her computer, then administered the vaccination. After giving me the vaccination and the card to keep with vaccine information on it, she also gave me a timer set for 15 minutes. Then I was directed to a large indoor lecture room with many seats roped off (so we could not sit in them). This was for social distancing. There were people there to direct each person to a specific seat where we were allowed to sit distanced from others in the room. I was happy I had taken a book. When my timer went off, I exited the lecture room, turned in my timer, and was directed back outside. It went very smoothly. I have so far not had any problems from the vaccination…the brand I received was Pfizer.
Got my first vax of Pfizer at hoover. Volunteered and worked the morning shift helping with observation. Sooo many happy people. Including me.
Delighted to have received my first COVID vaccination this morning!
So, tell us all how you managed that. I'm getting nowhere. Maybe I'm on the "do not vaccinate list" because of all the bombs I've lobbed at ADPH along the way.
I’m UAB faculty too. Hence ability to get on volunteer list. I came home from volunteering and first dose to find email with first vax scheduled for Friday. Cancelled that so someone else can take.
I work at UAB, and I got an email from them several weeks ago telling me I could sign up to be vaccinated. At first, I thought that only people over 75 could sign up, but when I read the directions better, I saw I could go ahead and sign up, even at my age (63), that I might not be put “in line” immediately, but that if I would just go ahead and get in line so to speak, I would eventually be contacted. So I went ahead and registered. The initial message I had gotten seemed to suggest that health care professionals and people over 75 were first in line, and the rest of us would hear back when our group came up for eligibility. So I figured maybe by summer for me. A few days after responding, I got an email giving me a date and time to show up to be vaccinated about 2 weeks later. I was given a card today at the time I was vaccinated, documenting the information from this vaccination, and I am supposed to get an email at some point telling me when to come back for shot #2. It was a very well organized event, lots of people were there working and helping. They had us stand in a line outside at 6 foot intervals, marked on the ground as has been done so many places. While in line, I was given a form on a clipboard that I had to complete. Someone took my temperature (forehead) and recorded that on my form, then as the line proceeded, I eventually got inside and was pointed to one of several stations where a nurse took the form from me, verified my information, asked my name and birthdate, looked me up on her computer, then administered the vaccination. After giving me the vaccination and the card to keep with vaccine information on it, she also gave me a timer set for 15 minutes. Then I was directed to a large indoor lecture room with many seats roped off (so we could not sit in them). This was for social distancing. There were people there to direct each person to a specific seat where we were allowed to sit distanced from others in the room. I was happy I had taken a book. When my timer went off, I exited the lecture room, turned in my timer, and was directed back outside. It went very smoothly. I have so far not had any problems from the vaccination…the brand I received was Pfizer.