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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts) Thu Feb 11, 2021, 11:19 AM Feb 2021

Just got a call from the VA and scheduled a Covid shot for Saturday...

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Just got a call from the VA and scheduled a Covid shot for Saturday... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Feb 2021 OP

"Here's the latest info on who can now get a COVID-19 vaccine at VA." Goonch Feb 2021 #1

Yes! Laffy Kat Feb 2021 #2

Thank you! I just helped my stepdad send in his info. Croney Feb 2021 #3

Going to the VA beats the shot line in messhall. leanforward Feb 2021 #4

Why the 75-65 years of age discrepancy between VAMCs and local VA Clinics? soryang Feb 2021 #5

It depends on how much of the vaccine that VA clinic gets. marie999 Feb 2021 #6

So Publix can do it right and the VA can't? soryang Feb 2021 #7

The two VA hospitals near me are vastly different. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2021 #8

Goonch

(3,811 posts)

1. "Here's the latest info on who can now get a COVID-19 vaccine at VA."

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2021, 11:29 AM

Feb 2021

"Veterans who already receive care at VA and are at high risk from COVID-19"

https://www.va.gov/health-care/covid-19-vaccine/#who-can-now-get-a-covid-19-vac

Laffy Kat

(16,523 posts)

2. Yes!

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2021, 11:31 AM

Feb 2021

Croney

(4,924 posts)

3. Thank you! I just helped my stepdad send in his info.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2021, 11:56 AM

Feb 2021

All the vaccine sign-up places require an email address, which he doesn't have, but we used one I can check for him. He's 87 and should easily qualify, but he's in Louisiana, and things are muddled there.

leanforward

(1,080 posts)

4. Going to the VA beats the shot line in messhall.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2021, 12:03 PM

Feb 2021

Got my shot, at the VA. Moderna no problems.

soryang

(3,306 posts)

5. Why the 75-65 years of age discrepancy between VAMCs and local VA Clinics?

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2021, 12:11 PM

Feb 2021

the CDC criterion is 65 years of age. Locally this is not being followed by VA clinics, they are using 75 years of age.

Yet, if I call the VA medical center located far away from me, they said they can offer an appointment if I'm over 65?

marie999

(3,334 posts)

6. It depends on how much of the vaccine that VA clinic gets.

Reply to soryang (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 10:40 AM

Feb 2021

soryang

(3,306 posts)

7. So Publix can do it right and the VA can't?

Reply to marie999 (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 11:03 AM

Feb 2021

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Sounds like the way the USPS is being operated.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,763 posts)

8. The two VA hospitals near me are vastly different.

Reply to soryang (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 25, 2021, 02:50 PM

Feb 2021

One (with standard freezers) gets about 400 doses a week.
The other (with super-cold freezers) gets about 3000 doses a week.
It's worth calling around to any VA hospital within your tolerable driving distance.

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