Keep us updated. Pulling for negative Covid and quick recovery regardless. Do not beat yourself up.
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Yeah, I didnât just quote you at random on it. My brother manages one too which is how I heard.
That really sucks
Was this guy the gadfly one that kept some stores when it went public or the other one or two (I donât remember the specifics).
My son has been offered some GM spots but he really wants to stay put (His wife is the bigger earner and there is a good reason for them to stay local with her family. His current GM is angling for a bigger store so hopefully he gets it. Last time they said he was too young at 30.
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I think I remember what youâre talking about with one guy keeping some stores but I donât think itâs this guy. This was the main guy afaik. His estimated net worth was over $600M. Seems like he could have found some very expert medical help or something.
The thing about the GM positions is that they dangle that carrot in front of everyone while asking for huge hours. Itâs not a cakewalk job and takes a lot out of people, potentially for not much return if you canât get to partner.
I agree with you. However when I see 50 appointments available for tomorrow itâs kind of hard to not sign up by âbending the rules.â
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It shouldnât even be hard. Weâre dealing with a resource that is both incredibly valuable and perishable. Itâs way more important not to waste any than it is to get the proper rank ordering of recipients. If appointments are scarce, and theyâre using up their product, sure, wait your turn. But if thereâs any risk that any of this goes to waste? Go get it!
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If he actually makes an appointment there is a chance that he is the only dose out of a new vial and the other nine (in the case of Moderna) go wasted. So if you do the EV calc on wasted doses, making an appointment probably doesnât help that much. The vaccine is good in the fridge and freezer long enough that with non-idiotic management, there shouldnât be more waste than a fractional vial a day.
So I guess the most ethical solution would be to call that pharmacy and see if they have a waitlist for unused doses at the end of the day. Then camp out close by so when you get the call you can get there. If there are that many openings, then youâre a lock to get the call.
But if you donât want to fuss with all of that, you (@KSR ) can just go get it. I wonât judge you.
The time of the people who administer the vaccine is also a valuable and perishable resource.
Thatâs what I think Iâm going to do. Wife was more motivated and went this evening and they gave her jab right before closing.
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I donât know, man. That seems like kind of a stretch.
With that many unfilled appointments, do you really think theyâre hiring extra people to give these vaccines? Theyâre probably just using whatever staff they have on hand who do the flu shots and what not.
I suppose if he gets in now, he might save some other vaccinator some time and effort in the future. But if this place is unfilled now, it will probably be unfilled when his turn comes around, so he could just go back then.
Youâre outlining a scenario where there is zero downside to going in now compared to later.
Staff isnât kept around to do flu shots in spring FYI
Yeah, that was why I said âand whatnotâ. Pharmacies administer other vaccines also year round. Just got lazy, I should have been clearer.
Is future allocation of doses based partially on current usage, so people driving out from cities and suburbs to more remote places leads to urban areas getting a lower percentage of doses in the future?
Agreed. But it also lacks the specific upsides that you alluded to in your recent posts. The only upside is that he is protected. And his protection helps the community a bit. That is weighed against his discomfort about rule bending (thatâs the downside, BTW, which one can certainly round to zero if one chooses). Iâm not going to judge anyone for coming down on either side of that.
That may be. I donât know myself, but perhaps someone else around here does.
Pakistanâs Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for coronavirus - two days after receiving his vaccination, according to the countryâs health minister Faisal Sultan.
Khan is âself isolating at home,â Sultan wrote, in a tweet.
Pakistan has seen a sharp rise in coronavirus infections in recent days.
Got my first moderna shot about 21 hours ago. Got a sore arm when I push on it. Now Iâm no doctor, but Iâve made a medical judgment. Donât push on it.
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Newsom really is a fucking idiot.
A bunch of states have already ended tiering TODAY, yet he thinks it might happen in 6 weeks for May 1st?
The demand for the vaccine is significantly below expectation at this point.