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Question regarding the vaccine and the homeless...

wvumountiefan — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:25:44 GMT

I was wondering what was being done to help the homeless get vaccinated? Maybe someone can speak on this. I don’t know for sure, but I’m sure there are homeless people over 60 who will want this, and I hope there are programs in place to let them get the vaccine if they want it. Just some thoughts. 🙂

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BirkiLady — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:31:50 GMT

Would imagine anyone living in a shelter would be vaccinated when it's available in that State. If an individual is truly "homeless," he/she could contact any HHS, hospital or medical facility. I'm confident they would be happy to help work out arrangements to vaccinate that individual to stop the spread of the new viruses which are appearing around the US.

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Carmie — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 02:20:59 GMT

I have seen some info on this on our local TV. There are organizations, churches and social programs trying to help and setting up vaccine centers in poor areas where homeless and those with no transportation live.

I live in PA. We are behind most states. We finally got a few venues opened for vaccines last week. In the mean time we are still working group on 1a. Some people in long term care facilities are still not vaccinated yet. We are being told there is not enough vaccines being sent to our state.

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Linmo — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:37:18 GMT

Here in CA, homeless people and those who live in congregate living facilities are eligible to get the vaccine starting today, along with incarcerated people and transportation and airline workers.

People over 65, frontline and healthcare workers, teachers and people with certain conditions were already eligible. Those of us who are under 65 and healthy are not, unless we work in one of the eligible industries.

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Amulet — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:14:34 GMT

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tucsongal — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:13:26 GMT

This is one reason the J&J one dose vaccine is such a blessing.

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addtothis — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:22:52 GMT

Not So and guess why?

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jlkz — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:24:48 GMT

@Carmie

I have been reading and talking to folks back home in PA. I agree they are so far back: this is why we are staying in FL one week longer to get our second shot of Moderna.

Can't handle the stress caused by so much mismanagement, etc.

Stay well.

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addtothis — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:25:57 GMT

Good for you

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suzyQ3 — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:28:09 GMT

I don't understand some of the posts on this very good topic.

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Snowpuppy — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 01:04:58 GMT

Most homeless don't have proper ID such as a current driver's license or state issued ID.

It's usually a matter of choice and sometimes it's not the $ to obtain an ID, but the lack of documentation to establish identity. Then you need a secure address to mail it to.

You also have to be a reliable health historian when completing the paperwork.

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Dusty1 — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 01:31:39 GMT

I haven't seen any numbers, if there are any, about the homeless being horribly impacted by Coronavirus?

I am not saying that they should or shouldn't get vaccinated, but have the homeless communities been overwhelmed by the virus?

It's interesting that we haven't seen much about that.

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suzyQ3 — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 01:45:38 GMT

@Dusty1 wrote:
I haven't seen any numbers, if there are any, about the homeless being horribly impacted by Coronavirus?
I am not saying that they should or shouldn't get vaccinated, but have the homeless communities been overwhelmed by the virus?
It's interesting that we haven't seen much about that.

@Dusty1, I can speak only to LA County. At first, the health officials were pleasantly surprised that the low numbers. But that changed over time. I don't if we've been overwhelmed, but yes, the numbers definitely increased.

This is group is especially prone to have a serious outcome from the virus, so vaccination is key.

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furbabylover — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:52:55 GMT

We've read in the news that studies in California show surprisingly low rates of COVID in their homeless population. Theories are that being in open spaces exposed to sunlight may be a possible reason.

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77yangya — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:13:16 GMT

@wvumountiefan wrote:
I was wondering what was being done to help the homeless get vaccinated? Maybe someone can speak on this. I don’t know for sure, but I’m sure there are homeless people over 60 who will want this, and I hope there are programs in place to let them get the vaccine if they want it. Just some thoughts. 🙂

That's a GOOD question and by the way, if that's you in the avatar, you're a very pretty lady. Anyway, I think it's kind of ridiculous that they, like magic have a vaccine pronto but then can't get enough out? I just don't buy into it. I'm like the guy in the life boat....I'll take my chances with the sharks.

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violann — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:32:05 GMT

@Amulet wrote:
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Bhvbum — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:41:06 GMT

@77yangya wrote:
@wvumountiefan wrote:
I was wondering what was being done to help the homeless get vaccinated? Maybe someone can speak on this. I don’t know for sure, but I’m sure there are homeless people over 60 who will want this, and I hope there are programs in place to let them get the vaccine if they want it. Just some thoughts. 🙂
That's a GOOD question and by the way, if that's you in the avatar, you're a very pretty lady. Anyway, I think it's kind of ridiculous that they, like magic have a vaccine pronto but then can't get enough out? I just don't buy into it. I'm like the guy in the life boat....I'll take my chances with the sharks.

They didn't "like magic have a vaccine pronto". After the first coronavirus SARS in 2003, the H1N1, they started working on a vaccine because they knew it would return. They have been working on this for 17 years. It was the Chinese who provided the genome for COVID-19 to the world and every scientist in the world was focused on this very virus. That's how they did it so fast. And now inventory is beginning to catch up to the demand with 3 suppliers.

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wvumountiefan — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:42:56 GMT

@77yangya wrote:
@wvumountiefan wrote:
I was wondering what was being done to help the homeless get vaccinated? Maybe someone can speak on this. I don’t know for sure, but I’m sure there are homeless people over 60 who will want this, and I hope there are programs in place to let them get the vaccine if they want it. Just some thoughts. 🙂
That's a GOOD question and by the way, if that's you in the avatar, you're a very pretty lady. Anyway, I think it's kind of ridiculous that they, like magic have a vaccine pronto but then can't get enough out? I just don't buy into it. I'm like the guy in the life boat....I'll take my chances with the sharks.

@77yangya What a nice compliment! Thank you! That is me in my avatar, it’s from 2 years ago at a family dinner.

I sit and think about these kinds of things, and wonder about some that are less fortunate. I’m like @suzyQ3 and don’t understand some of the replies, but maybe they aren’t replying to me. I don’t know. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Anyway, thank you for the nice compliment! 😊♥️

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pitdakota — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:47:26 GMT

@wvumountiefan wrote:
I was wondering what was being done to help the homeless get vaccinated? Maybe someone can speak on this. I don’t know for sure, but I’m sure there are homeless people over 60 who will want this, and I hope there are programs in place to let them get the vaccine if they want it. Just some thoughts. 🙂

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@wvumountiefan, in my area we are vaccinating the homeless at homeless shelters with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.