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

[TreasonousBastard]

Sign up here:

https://www.va.gov/health-care/covid-19-vaccine/stay-informed

Or check in with MyHealtheVet

[Goonch]

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

"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]

2. Yes!

[Croney]

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

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]

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

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

[soryang]

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

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]

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

[soryang]

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

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Sounds like the way the USPS is being operated.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

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

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.