For those that are vaccinated - how/poll

[rubytue]

There was a lot of talk about how this board is doing better than the general public. Of course, it skews upper middle class white (best explanation). But let’s see... 

I’ll add the options below. I’m sure I forgot something. 

eta: I really don’t want this to devolve into judging the reasons. Just trying to get data behind the “how are we doing to well” questions. 

[rubytue]

Healthcare
Teacher/education
Comorbities
Leftovers
Volunteer
Other essential work
Age
Something else

[Jalapeñomel]

What’s the question?

[Captain Catnip]

Feb 27, 2021 20:29:28 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

What’s the question?

How are you eligible for the vaccine (if you are?)

[chilerellanos]

I’m a nurse that has direct patient care in a hospital setting.

[formerlyak]

Me - Education
DH - emergency services

[sahara78]

Something else - my state included caregivers and household members of those with developmental disabilities in Phase 1a. It was a pleasant surprise that we were prioritized.

[rupertpenny]

I’m eligible because of comorbidities. But my comorbidity is a BMI >30 which seems not that serious. Anyway, it didn’t keep me from getting my first dose last week.

[rosiebear]

Feb 27, 2021 21:33:18 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

I’m eligible because of comorbidities. But my comorbidity is a BMI >30 which seems not that serious. Anyway, it didn’t keep me from getting my first dose last week.

Interesting! My H is >30 but <40, and our state is drawing the line at 40.

[Jalapeñomel]

Feb 27, 2021 20:39:46 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

Feb 27, 2021 20:29:28 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

What’s the question?

How are you eligible for the vaccine (if you are?)

Education for both me and my spouse

[scribellesam]

Technically I am eligible in my state as the caretaker of a developmentally delayed child but in actuality I was offered a leftover dose from a clinic at my H’s hospital. (I had not planned to seriously pursue an appointment under my eligibility but happily accepted the spare dose).

[rosiebear]

Feb 27, 2021 21:34:55 GMT -5 rosiebear said:

I’ll be eligible Monday as a volunteer at a food pantry.

ETA: I would feel guilty about taking a dose as a volunteer because I don’t volunteer that many hours, but my regular job puts me in close contact with Covid deniers so I’m signing up asap.

[erbear]

Teacher with co-morbidities. It’s unclear which one put me in the eligible category.

[atexan]

Healthcare: psychologist

My husband was able to get one at my hospital as well due to a one-time limited-number offer for adult members of our households. I assume it was related to a surplus. We are super grateful since he is a teacher with comorbidities.

[WOT?*]

We qualify as intergenerational households. 50+ with a generation gap. We could likely hold off but we also have comorbidities and one of my @@@ in the household does as well, and as we're constantly in and out of hospitals and clinics, I want to be as clean and complication-free as possible.

[bimbi284]

Me: healthcare (psych) and I got it in 1a
H: education and he got it in 1b

[MixedBerryJam]

Sort of age but not technically. I live in a retirement community so while I'm under 65 they wanted everyone vaxxed.

[VillainV]

Other essential job

The military has been vaccinating active duty troops, especially those deploying or deployed. I am deployed, and wasn’t expecting it to be possible to get the vaccine where I am, but we did get enough doses for everyone who volunteered for vaccination.

The vaccine is NOT mandatory for military members yet. They can’t make it mandatory while it’s under EUA. But as soon as the FDA approves is (which I understand may be very soon for Pfizer and Moderna) it will very likely be mandatory.

[jewel]

Feb 27, 2021 21:33:04 GMT -5 sahara78 said:

Something else - my state included caregivers and household members of those with developmental disabilities in Phase 1a. It was a pleasant surprise that we were prioritized.

Same here. Although, I wish they would have extended that to the person with the disability as well. My mom and I were able to get vaccinated early, but my brother is the one who is personally most at risk for complications or death. I’d have happily given him my spot and will feel MUCH, much better once he’s vaccinated as well.

[tiramisu]

Mental health first responder. So after healthcare workers and EMTs/paramedics, but before other, non-healthcare first responders.

[jennybee1018]

I work in Education and am currently living in Qatar, so they decided to vaccinate all teachers/staff due to the fact that schools are in person.

[Velar Fricative]

Wow jewel, so only caregivers are eligible but not those with disabilities themselves?? That is very surprising. I hope he can get one soon.

[Velar Fricative]

Feb 27, 2021 21:33:18 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

I’m eligible because of comorbidities. But my comorbidity is a BMI >30 which seems not that serious. Anyway, it didn’t keep me from getting my first dose last week.

Yeah I would have been (surprisingly) eligible for this reason too. By surprising, I mean I know what my BMI is but I thought the limit was going to be higher than it is.

[brewco]

Healthcare- patient facing, non-hospital but considered essential for in-person visits.

[suzubell]

Feb 28, 2021 3:15:41 GMT -5 jewel said:

Feb 27, 2021 21:33:04 GMT -5 sahara78 said:

Something else - my state included caregivers and household members of those with developmental disabilities in Phase 1a. It was a pleasant surprise that we were prioritized.

Same here. Although, I wish they would have extended that to the person with the disability as well. My mom and I were able to get vaccinated early, but my brother is the one who is personally most at risk for complications or death. I’d have happily given him my spot and will feel MUCH, much better once he’s vaccinated as well.

I also qualified as an unpaid caregiver to a person with a disability. In my state, that is considered “Heath care personnel.”

[audette]

My employer made a big deal of telling us all last year that we are essential employees. I am not full time at thw office yet, but I have probably averaged 50% since the shit down. Some of my tasks cannot be done remotely. I will be among the first group sent back to the office full time.

My county mentioned earlier that over half of our county population qualifies in this tier (the essential employee one), and my employer is one of the three biggest employers in the county, so I took that to back up what my employer said last year, and signed up for a vaccine.

No one at the vaccination site asked me anything to verify my employment, which I found strange.

[rubytue]

Feb 27, 2021 22:16:26 GMT -5 erbear said:

Teacher with co-morbidities. It’s unclear which one put me in the eligible category.

Yeah, I’m sorta here. Comorbities for sure, but it was actually the “essential” category (I think). MD has a “continuity of government” category. My work letter just said “1b”, but not what part of 1b. And since comorbities put me at 2, I took the earlier one.

[okla]

Feb 28, 2021 7:42:31 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Feb 27, 2021 21:33:18 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

I’m eligible because of comorbidities. But my comorbidity is a BMI >30 which seems not that serious. Anyway, it didn’t keep me from getting my first dose last week.

Yeah I would have been (surprisingly) eligible for this reason too. By surprising, I mean I know what my BMI is but I thought the limit was going to be higher than it is.

BMI was also how I was eligible. We are doing above 30 in OK and mine is 34. I think BMI is a crap indicator generally, as it doesn’t consider build, muscle mass, etc. Had I been working from home I may have waited to actually get the shot. But that’s extremely hypothetical since I am going into work 4-5 days a week at a university and students are being kind of jerky about masks this semester.

[nsl]

I was eligible because teachers in UT were prioritized just after healthcare workers, so I got my first shot just three weeks after H (a physician) did.

The real reason why I got vaccinated so quickly, though, when I know a lot of teachers in other states with similar priority groups who are still searching for appointments, is because one of the very few things my state has done right with COVID is to avoid making different priority groups compete with one another for the same appointment slots. Healthcare workers were vaccinated through their employers first. Student-facing school district employees were vaccinated by a local nursing group, but our districts were in charge of parceling out appointment slots based on our ages, starting with the oldest band of employees first. We were told when we were allowed to sign up for our appointments, and the district handled all onsite logistics except for actual vaccination. The only other big priority group here right now is seniors, and they're all going through a totally different contracted provider group with a portal and logistics managed by the health department. My parents were in the top eligibility group for vaccination based on age, but they were only competing for appointments against others in their age group, not people like me who are eligible because of our jobs.

[cherry1111]

My county in Texas is vaccinating anyone with a BMI of 25+.