COVID-19 vaccinations

COVID-19 vaccinations

Sunday March 21, 2021

Yesterday, in response to some prodding from Tasha, Mike pre-registered us for vaccination in St. Augustine.  We were thinking that we would be there in a few days and probably spend a couple of days there, so we might get lucky.  To our shock, I got a phone call within about 3 minutes to set up an appointment for either Monday or Wednesday.  I requested one for later in the week (when we might actually be in St. Augustine) but was told they only schedule appointments for which they have the vaccine.  So after a quick consultation with Mike, I accepted the appointment for Monday.  Our thinking was that we could drive up to get the shot.  When we looked more carefully at a map we realized that the drive would be 200 miles each way—with some chance that we wouldn’t get the injection because we are not Florida residents.  We called back to defer the appointment.  The advice we were given was to call Wednesday or Thursday for a Friday appointment.

There was something about the possibility of vaccination that got us very excited.  It seems to us that being vaccinated would make the trip much more relaxing and fun.  We started to think it could really happen.  When we talked it over with Paul and Fran, they thought we should have driven up to get the shot.  Today, Mike tried to look at what might be possible here in Indian River County.  The state website makes it quite clear than you must be a resident (either permanent or part-year with documentation to prove this) to get a vaccination.  It seems a lot less likely that we will be able to get the shot here in Florida.  

It’s something of an emotional roller coaster.  Now I feel very let down at not being able to get a vaccination here.  Two days ago, I thought that we would have to get back to Massachusetts to be eligible and I was okay with that.  It’s strange how quickly my view of the whole thing was transformed by this vision of what life might be like with security of vaccination.  

Gloria

27 39.509 N, 80 22.272 W

no photos today