Vaccination Planning 101

PickyPicky3 · ‎10-22-2018

A friend and her 96-year-old wheelchair-bound mother went for their vaccinations today. They parked in the area marked for people getting vacs, got out of the car, and learned that entrance was not wheelchair accessible.

They got back into the car and drove to a different building that had a wheelchair entrance and waited for a volunteer who would take Mom to the vaccination area through an underground connection. My friend then drove back to the parking area.

After getting vaccinated, they had to do it over in reverse.

Good thing there were volunteers.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

Hard to imagine anyone selecting a vaccination site that was not handicapped accessible. I thought every public building was at this point....by law.

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PickyPicky3 · ‎10-22-2018

@Kachina624 I guess it was big enough, heated, had functional bathrooms and was available. (?)

Nonametoday · ‎03-09-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:
Hard to imagine anyone selecting a vaccination site that was not handicapped accessible. I thought every public building was at this point....by law.

@Kachina624

You really need to get out more, Kachina. Even some hospitals are not totally handcapped compliant.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@Nonametoday. I've had quite a bit of experience with the subject. As a manager with state government, I used to inspect and screen potential rental properties. It's inexcusable for any public building not to be accessible after all these years. Some pro-active organization needs to get busy with some lawsuits. Even 20+ years ago very few were not in compliance, at least in the state in which I worked.

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Broblu · ‎01-30-2021

I don't know about getting the vaccine, how do anyone feel after getting it?

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:
Hard to imagine anyone selecting a vaccination site that was not handicapped accessible. I thought every public building was at this point....by law.

@Kachina624

I had a disputed discussion with our City Officials over this very topic. One of their ice rinks was damaged by the heavy snow, so they had public hearings about fixing it or tearing it down.

Fixing the necessary problem cost was about $250,000, but. They were trying to tell me to bring it up to the ADA Act Code, would cost $1.2 million.

This ADA Act was signed by President Bush 41, and this ice rink had already been updated to meet Code back in 1992. Over the years the ADA Act changed for new construction public buildings, but the "existing ones" were "grandfathered in" with their present Code met after 1990.

The City chose to tear down this ice rink in spite of my proving to them the cost to repair it was the $250,000, because of the "grandfathered Provision". Even their attorney told them I was right, but they just plain wanted to tear it down. Why they had Public Meetings? Beats me.

Anyways, unless the ADA Act has changed, older public buildings can be "grandfathered". I learned more about this Bill, that became Law, than I ever wanted to know.

Was trying to save that ice rink because my hockey league played there, and it also was only 6 miles from our home, closer for my days of public skating. The remaining City Rink, where I now skate, I drive 20 miles each way, and the ice is not near as good as the rink "those that be" decided to destroy!

Had to talk about this because I spent hours and days learning about this, and many more fighting with our knuckleheads at City Hall.

hckynut

hckynut(john)

cotton4me · ‎03-09-2010

@Broblu wrote:
I don't know about getting the vaccine, how do anyone feel after getting it?

@Broblu

I had the vaccine a couple of weeks ago. I experienced side effects, but many people don’t. My arm was very sore and I couldn’t lift it much or lay on that side. That's something to consider when deciding which arm to use for the vaccine. I also experienced fatigue almost immediately and had to lie down. The following day I developed a fever and chills. I pretty much stayed in bed for two days and then I was ok. I’ve had friends get the vaccine with no problems. It’s different for everyone.