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In reply to the discussion: Publix COVID website doesn't work. [View all]

Dreampuff

(778 posts)
24. So sorry to everyone who is going through this
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 03:55 PM
Feb 2021

I haven't been battling to get on the Publix site because it seems to be a nightmare. I have tried Sam's Club and Walmart, without much luck.

There is one bright spot. We are signed up on our County's website and each got a phone call yesterday although we had to turn it down. When we first signed up, we chose the option to have the nearest vaccinations instead of the least amount of wait time. Since I signed both of us up at once, we also opted to be able to get it at the same time. The person taking the information seemed to be very alert, that yesterday they couldn't even find my husband's info at first when they called to set up my appointment. 20 minutes later he got a phone call for his appointment, but it is about 1 hour away from us and with people having to sit in line and still get turned away, we will just wait until we can get one right here. The thing that puzzles me is that I live in the largest city in our County so why would we drive to a town that's a fraction of this size? Poor allocating?

Was Pinellas one of the many counties that was taken over by the state's website? Fortunately mine isn't. I still have to chuckle when I hear the governor saying that all we need is more vaccines and don't want the federal government in here because everything is going so smoothly. Is he drunk or high or just that stupid?

I feel your pain and share your outrage. ariadne0614 Feb 2021 #1
Thank you. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2021 #2
Same bullshit here in Pinellas. I got in but every time I filled out the info mitch96 Feb 2021 #3
I have never gotten that far. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2021 #4
Ok my other computer got in for booking but it's only county's in the panhandle... ahhh no mitch96 Feb 2021 #5
We've tried every time the Publix website has been open since rzemanfl Feb 2021 #10
I think as more people get vaccinated more spots will be open.. It was interesting that when mitch96 Feb 2021 #12
Who knows? So many questions are unanswered. rzemanfl Feb 2021 #15
I got lucky. I went on at 6am a few weeks ago and about 1/2 hr later I was in. Got #1 and... CurtEastPoint Feb 2021 #6
That's the thing. you don't know how their algorithm works. If you log on to the webbsite mitch96 Feb 2021 #7
Can I ask what county? n/t rzemanfl Feb 2021 #11
Sorry, should have specified. Georgia CurtEastPoint Feb 2021 #13
For 3 weeks I tried in StJohns to get onto the NoMoreRepugs Feb 2021 #8
My wife and I are in the Pinellas County Health Department's line- rzemanfl Feb 2021 #9
I just went to the State patient portal and got this info... mitch96 Feb 2021 #14
Enraging-thank the moronic governor. I'm babylonsister Feb 2021 #16
I am going to give myself a rest. I only go to the grocery store and Walgreens anyway rzemanfl Feb 2021 #18
We've been trying for weeks radical noodle Feb 2021 #17
Us too. It isn't worth the stress. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2021 #19
Agreed. We're content to wear masks radical noodle Feb 2021 #20
True, but I used to swim two or three miles a week. Now I drive two or three miles a week. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2021 #21
We had a similar experience this morning. hay rick Feb 2021 #22
They used to say how many appointments were available. I am giving up rzemanfl Feb 2021 #23
So sorry to everyone who is going through this Dreampuff Feb 2021 #24
I'm not really sure about this county. I know they are no longer doing stampedes rzemanfl Feb 2021 #25
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