Originally posted by robtcorl Wife and I got our first shots last week at Mercy on Ballas Rd. A group on FB called St. Louis and Eastern Missouri COVID-19 Vaccine Info, helped.
When I joined the group on Feb. 20 it had 5K members, after an article about it in the paper there's now 24K members.
Our area is supposed to get 50K doses of J&J this week,
St. Louis City and County combined receive 50% of the doses Missouri receives. Unfortunately the St. Louis area system isn’t doing a decent job communicating, so people are frustrated. I’d be content and more patient if I knew my place in line and approximate date - but it is a black hole. I don’t know whether they can’t tell us or won’t tell us. We’re not even getting notice of Mass Vaccination events, which are supposed to be broadly advertised.
Consequently people are forced to search for openings outside the area, form FB Groups, call friends, and pull personal connection strings to get appointments. I can’t knowingly fault anyone (certainly not the State) but at best the City/County Health Departments aren’t up to the task. BJC and Mercy are doing better, but that attracts “dose shoppers” which backs them up even more.
I do blame the media for over-hyping the whole thing. Next week is the one year anniversary of Two Weeks To Flatten The Curve.