mellowtigger | Minnesota's vaccine rollout (Reply)

I still have no idea when I'll get a vaccine.

Our governor has called for prosecution of whoever told outright lies to states about the USA's distribution capacity and scheduling. We're not reaching our intended/expected rollout schedule. We're still in Phase 1a, and I as an "essential employee" at my building should be included when we reach Phase 1c, if I'm reading these guidelines appropriately.

After more than a month, we currently are delivering only 88,113 doses per week. With a population of over 5.6 million, it would take about 64 weeks to give everyone in Minnesota a single dose... and more than 2 years to give everyone their recommended 2 doses. That's right, 2 years more of these safety procedures. I sure hope this new national administration is working on increasing supply.

In better news, my usual healthcare clinic gave me this link which states that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is preservative-free. Yay! That means it's safe for me to take it. I can't get the usual doses from shared vials, because my body reacts to the thimerosal preservative in them. I learned about it back in the 1980s as a teenager when I tried to switch from glasses to contacts. My eyes reached a point that they would burn intensely and turn red as soon as I put the contacts in. The optometrist told me that he sees some people react to the thimerosal. I've always worn glasses since then.

I didn't learn until much later that even knowing some people react to thimerosal, we still inject it directly into people's tissue without testing them first for reactivity. It seems like a bad plan, but I guess people like me are quite rare.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to my messenger-rna vaccine dose... someday.