Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement.
Today, Governor Tate Reeves made a statement in regards to the COVID-19 vaccine plan.
"Vaccines are rolling out across the US. That’s great news. The bad
news: it’s not going nearly fast enough (at least here). I said that on
Monday, and I said we were working on plans to eliminate roadblocks.
Here are some of the problems and solutions discussed behind the scenes:
We had around 78K doses that were marked by the federal government for
long term care facilities. State government was basically removed from
that part of the process—direct delivery. Only around 2% had been given.
That worried me.
I spent the week meeting with people in long term care/nursing homes. At
every one of their facilities they had dates scheduled for
vaccinations. They complimented the professionalism and believe 100% of
first doses will be done by the end of the month. Makes me feel much
better.
We’ve had around 30K doses out at hospitals that had not been reported
administered. It’s hard to say whether that’s a delay in actually
delivering the vaccine on their end, or a reporting error. I want more
information and accountability there. That’s coming.
Drive-through clinics have been a huge point of success. It’s still
early, but the ones we’ve stood up have worked. I’ve been talking with
the team, and here’s what we’re doing with that lesson:
Doubling the number of those vaccine sites.
Double the number of days open.
Double the number of appointments at each site per day.
That should make our max possible number of appointments go from 8,000 to 30,000 over the coming days.
We’re also working on the customer service piece. Elderly
Mississippians—most vulnerable to the virus—can’t rely on apps and
social media. We’re increasing call center capacity as we speak, so you
can speak with a real person and get accurate information.
When we have a problem in Mississippi, my goal is always the same: be
honest about it. Try to fix it, not hide it. Keep you up to date.
If you want a vaccine, you should have quick, simple access. Government logistics should not stand in your way.
Shutdowns are done. This is the mission now. We can’t lose precious
months to debate over who is more essential. We need to quickly get this
out to everyone we can. Allow people to protect themselves. Then open
this country back up—wide open! Get back to life without this fear!
You can make appointments by going to COVIDvaccine.umc.edu
or by calling the COVID call center at 1-877-978-6453. These plans were
just finalized, so give workers a bit of time to make them actionable. I
wanted to get the information out right away!
God bless!"
19 comments:
Leadership. Well handled Governor.
Where there is a problem, figure out what the problem is and how to deal with it.
Where the problem is a roadblock created by an outside force, work to develop a detour around it and then move forward.
While many people just like to bitch and whine about the Governor, they never offer a solution to the problems he has to address. Its easy to complain, its tougher to get things done - especially when you don't have total control over the variables that exist.
Thank you Governor. I look forward to getting my shot as soon as my group (65+) hits the calendar.
Shutdowns are done. This is the mission now. We can’t lose precious months to debate over who is more essential. We need to quickly get this out to everyone we can. Allow people to protect themselves. Then open this country back up—wide open! Get back to life without this fear
Tater had to make it political, What a shame, Kingfish tried to help him with the COVID article. Let’s stop the use of political buzz words and actually try to work with the hand we have bee dealt, it worth a try, you might just come out a winner Too.
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Excellent leadership by Tate.
Speaking with quite a few of my fellow employees today after being offered the vaccine. No one at all in our division wants to be vaccinated, go figure.
Let's open the country back up so VP Biden and Pres. Harris can take credit.
#TateReeves2023
We’re currently 50th in vaccines administered per capita...spare me the excellent leadership by Tate nonsense. We’ve failed miserably.
"We had around 78K doses that were marked by the federal government for long term care facilities. State government was basically removed from that part of the process—direct delivery."
Does that mean the federal government drop-shipped these doses directly to nursing homes? And if so, why is it a problem to skip the bottle-neck of having state government warehouse the vaccine intended for nursing homes?
If, indeed, he is saying doses were sent directly (skipping state government) sounds as if that would speed up the process whereby it would not be necessary for some committee or group of agencies to meet for another week or two to decide on the logistics of delivery?
Unless I'm misunderstanding his code words, he's simply mad because the feds made a decision instead of him getting to make it. The fewer politicians involved, the better. Am I wrong?
To be clear this is still just health care workers/emt's and now persons over 75.
I really don't give two shits who gets credit, just open it up. This has gone far enough and the people who wanted to know what they can/will get away now know.
Appears that almost anyone can get a shot up in Canton by the lines I've seen at the Health Department.
@ 10:46 Of course they should get the credit, they are going to get it done. Your mad because they are going to be successful. Get a life!
10:06 I assume you’re a health care worker in contact with patients. That’s who’s supposed to be eligible now. Sounds like it will need to be mandatory if that many are hesitant to help protect those at the greatest risk.
11 deaths reported as of Jan 1 from the vaccinations. 6.2 million shots given (1st dose).
https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1347582146819596290
Not so fast on all the accolades for the Governor.
Frontline healthcare workers who received the vaccine this past week (Moderna) were not given an appointment for the required 28-day second dose. There is no way to get an appointment. Going to the web site (https://covidvaccine.umc.edu) leads to a series of questions and no appointment opportunity. Ever. Calling the number on the sheet gives you a twenty minute or more wait and then the person on the end says, "Well...we hope the system gets better and we can give you an appointment."
The system is far from working.
Interesting article this morning says Biden wants to push all ALL doses of the shots rather than hold some back for the second dose. That would leave a lot riding on the drug companies to come through with enough supply for the second round within the recommended time frame. Sounds like a recipe for a massive screw up
Tater has always talked big, but carried a little stick. We are once again bringing up the rear with our performance and his base is praising his empty words.
"11 deaths reported as of Jan 1 from the vaccinations. 6.2 million shots given (1st dose)." Mirrors the death rate of Covid.
"10:06 I assume you’re a health care worker in contact with patients." Sorry, we are not, we are another part of the so called essential group. Still have daily contact with many people. The bulk of that group I spoke of are AA and don't trust the system, like me.
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