Getting a Shot

[shannon_a]

Last night, when Kauai announced that you could fill out their essential worker form to get put on their filler list for unused vaccine appointments if you didn't qualify, I dutifully did so, listing my occupation as "technical writer", which should not be essential. (What is essential in Hawaii? Bartending. Running hotels. None of which should be either according to CDC guidelines. Meanwhile, Hawaii is purposefully ignoring most high-risk medical groups because it's too hard to administer, though that's a violation of CDC guidelines too, and will result in people dying.)

This morning I promptly got email telling me to sign up to get my shot. According to their scheduling software, there were wasted slots today (but it was too late, because they ended at noon), there were slots tomorrow, and there were at least a hundred slots on Thursday. So, it doesn't really sound like Kauai is actually limited on its shots at the moment, despite the statewide limitations (60+, huge definition of essential workers, three super-high-risk medical conditions), which might be why Kauai started pushing people to fill out their "filler list" form.

So, I'm getting my first Moderna shot on April First. My iPhone decided it was a "ModernArt" shot.

Comments

[andrewducker]

Enjoy your modernity! I hope the side-effects are minimal.

(And please stay safe until it kicks in.)

[shannon_a]

Hope so too! But, I usually have a pretty robust immune system, so it could knock me on my butt.