This is a job for government. FEMA's mass vaccination (Reply #28)

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Sat Mar 6, 2021, 01:23 AM

radius777 (3,406 posts)

28. This is a job for government. FEMA's mass vaccination

sites have seemed to go well. The Federal Gov't should just setup a website and FEMA and DOH should handle everything. It's too much of a patchwork of various locations, websites etc. Just develop a uniform system with uniform methods and roll it out everywhere.

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83 replies	Author	Time	Post
Older Americans cope with shock and stress as vaccine effort overlooks them [View all]	turbinetree	Mar 2021	OP
This country is going tribal.	aocommunalpunch	Mar 2021	#1
It's Not Going Tribal	RobinA	Mar 2021	#80
The online system is leaving people out	JI7	Mar 2021	#2
Yep I helped my mom 93	Tree Lady	Mar 2021	#21
I agree,my daughter did it for me and I have	pidge	Mar 2021	#24
This is the problem.	Dawson Leery	Mar 2021	#25
It's hardto know how to solve this	moonscape	Mar 2021	#27
Maybe they could ...	cannabis_flower	Mar 2021	#33
They are doing that now in Texas	pinkstarburst	Mar 2021	#36
Great!	cannabis_flower	Mar 2021	#46
And those with relatives who think the virus is not that serious	JI7	Mar 2021	#62
I think that's a great idea	MustLoveBeagles	Mar 2021	#65
Kick	dalton99a	Mar 2021	#3
K&R	MustLoveBeagles	Mar 2021	#4
Here in Philly	BumRushDaShow	Mar 2021	#5
+1000	llmart	Mar 2021	#8
Agreed .......................	turbinetree	Mar 2021	#9
Email and text msg. communication for isolated	appalachiablue	Mar 2021	#6
+1000	llmart	Mar 2021	#12
This is what I've been complaining about on several threads today.	llmart	Mar 2021	#7
I feel like it's part of the Hunger Games or playing Mega Millions or Powerball	turbinetree	Mar 2021	#15
Seniors routinely use local services and get SS and Medicare.	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#26
They sure know how to find seniors when they want to sell them something.	llmart	Mar 2021	#35
Yes. You can be found when there is a dollar to be made off you.	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#63
This Would Have Required	RobinA	Mar 2021	#81
Excellent points. nt	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#83
I'm sorry.. they're not being	Cha	Mar 2021	#10
This is not about how seniors were in one of the first classes to be allowed to get the vaccine.	llmart	Mar 2021	#14
Ah.. sorry. They are no hoops	Cha	Mar 2021	#20
lucky you, others seemed to be far worse off nt	Celerity	Mar 2021	#22
If she lived in the ritzy Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida, where wealthy contributors	sop	Mar 2021	#11
Oregon	Timewas	Mar 2021	#13
A friend of mine in the Portland area..	Grasswire2	Mar 2021	#16
The entire	Timewas	Mar 2021	#18
They decided about three weeks ago to open up M&T Stadium for mass vaccination but you basically	turbinetree	Mar 2021	#17
The NATIVE government (not Indian, not Casino) as about to get vax	obamanut2012	Mar 2021	#42
in the same boat	BatteriesNotNeeded	Mar 2021	#19
Its really tough most are not tech savvy	Tree Lady	Mar 2021	#23
This is a job for government. FEMA's mass vaccination	radius777	Mar 2021	#28
+1000. Yes, EXACTLY a job for government.	yonder	Mar 2021	#30
Absolutely!	llmart	Mar 2021	#38
I am also 70, and I can't get an appointment.	tblue37	Mar 2021	#29
I am 80 days from being 75 in Albuquerque and haven't even been notified.	triron	Mar 2021	#53
There are no "noifications" here. You hvae to go online and try to sign up for an appointment, but	tblue37	Mar 2021	#58
Even if you can't use a computer you must have a telephone.	Ziggysmom	Mar 2021	#31
That's a pretty heartless attitude.	llmart	Mar 2021	#37
Heartless no. Fearful yes. Please let me explain?	Ziggysmom	Mar 2021	#47
Thank you for your personal story.	llmart	Mar 2021	#59
Your story about the couple's basement is Deja Vu!	Ziggysmom	Mar 2021	#75
I Tend To Be	RobinA	Mar 2021	#82
1. NO ONE should have to do that 2. hahahhahahhahhaha are you serious???	obamanut2012	Mar 2021	#44
It's not heartless at all. It's one side of the coin and great advice.	sciencescience	Mar 2021	#51
I hear you but just understand ...	KentuckyWoman	Mar 2021	#55
I wonder how she got so alone	treestar	Mar 2021	#56
My oldest sister is 80.	llmart	Mar 2021	#68
I have no one.	KentuckyWoman	Mar 2021	#73
HOPE when Biden Administration gets supply chain sorted	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2021	#32
For sure. As for force, as usual the feds are paying states to cooperate. :)	Hortensis	Mar 2021	#60
GA now lowest % of population vaccinated, TX fifth lowest	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2021	#72
:) Hey, TX can use a win, I don't grudge it. AK and NM are almost 24% with	Hortensis	Mar 2021	#74
Interesting.. How do you think low-population #s affect vaccine rollout?	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2021	#76
Fewer to vaccinate? Just a guess.	Hortensis	Mar 2021	#77
Lol. Been trying to figure out why Alaska is # 1 with	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2021	#78
Reverse 911 system should be used for this	MoonlitKnight	Mar 2021	#34
My 90-yr-old mom would have been left out if not for family	Maeve	Mar 2021	#39
My sister in-law is waiting for someone to call her	spinbaby	Mar 2021	#40
I've been playing grocery store lotto for weeks.	tavernier	Mar 2021	#41
Sadly, I'm not surprised that people are being left behind,	area51	Mar 2021	#43
+1	appalachiablue	Mar 2021	#64
Older people without younger relatives who can help them, will have a hard time	LisaL	Mar 2021	#45
I know a woman on Long Island in this position. She's given up.	lindysalsagal	Mar 2021	#48
My friend in Great Neck gets his on the tenth. 68 y.o., with Parkinson's.	Grasswire2	Mar 2021	#71
This infuriates me so much	cmf	Mar 2021	#49
+1. Great idea	dalton99a	Mar 2021	#52
I'm one of them.	ananda	Mar 2021	#50
Where I live,	Mossfern	Mar 2021	#54
I have an update on my quest for a shot, I will be getting my shot tomorrow at 9:30 AM	turbinetree	Mar 2021	#57
Congrats, Turbine! The feds have taken on a DUTY TO VACCINATE	Hortensis	Mar 2021	#61
Yes they have and thank you for your thoughts	turbinetree	Mar 2021	#70
These people are all on Medicare how isn't it a thing that they get a call from	dsc	Mar 2021	#66
In NM, the state Dept of Health is the sole determiner of when you nget notified for an	triron	Mar 2021	#67
can't Medicare call the health Dept and say	dsc	Mar 2021	#69
I guess they could but doubt they do in our state since I haven't heard of it.	triron	Mar 2021	#79

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