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Just don't call him on Sundays.

Finding an appointment is a real problem. Two recent articles have said that Governor Reeves is tweeting when appointments are available. If you don't have Twitter, or follow the governor, or are sitting in front of a computer, you are unlikely to get an appointment. For elderly or those people without technology, the task is impossible.

There has to be a better, more efficient, and fair way.

@1:41
I’ve got some seriously bad news for you. Life isn’t fair and never will be. No matter how much control you give the state.

For a short while today Union St at Park Dr, where the Madison County Health Department is, had some rush hour type traffic. Bunch of scared looking folks, or lemmings, I should say.

MS Department of Motor Vehicles is so bad you could almost put Sears in charge and it would be an improvement.

@1:41, YES! We have got to get shots in arms now. We MUST get this vaccine into people’s systems at all costs. We HAVE to get people to take this vaccine. Too many people are starting to ask questions, the longer this takes, the more people are going to catch on.

Chick Fil A is a favorite, but, honestly, who the heck would say that? It's the slowest fast food line. Period.

I guess if the only patients are suburban women in SUVs with Dog Mom stickers, it'd be "fun."

And far less efficient.

Maybe Put miners or Mormons in charge. Utah is ranked 5th in efficiency.

Number 1? North Dakota. Number 2? West Virginia. Number 6? South Dakota.

Oh, but Tater??? Number 49. He's thanking God for Alabama, No. 50.

Don't you worry your purty little head. They will not run out of Saline anytime soon. No wonder some are calling this the Fauci shot. One day it's a shot with booster, then the next day it's one shot, then the next day it's a shot with something else if they think of it.

The vaccination site at Vicksburg is very well organized. Nurses are cheerful and they are getting the job done.

So? We got a mask mandate extension or not?

@ 1:38, your mockery of Exodus 20:8 is not funny.

1:41. fair? life? we done up and hit the jackpot being born in the USA. what about those born into the third world? fourth world? second world?

go to a third world nation and look at how the poor live. 99.9 percent of them had no hope in life no matter how smart, motivated—that’s why they want to come here for a chance. the average server at your local Mexican restaurant is here because Mexico sucks. they want their kids to go to college and be middle class in america. people whose household income is above 75k is Wealthy compared to the world. stinking rich. scrooge mc duck rich.

I guess I should not be surprised. I don't have very high expectations of my elected officials or their appointed bureaucrats during normal times. Why should I expect them to step up and come through in a time of crisis? I guess the old acronym SNAFU is applicable. Cannot seem to get an appointment for the vax in either Hinds or Madison County. Been sitting in front of the computer for an hour now.

Attorneys: might I have a cause of action against the State if I tried to get an appointment and was unable to do so?

" shots in arms "

Gawd . . . is this one the goofiest Buzz phrases to appear during the New Year.

Since many are now focused on pronouns, I doubt they are sensitive to the .001%
that enjoy a good old fashioned "butt cheek" shot.

(shots in arms AND BUTTS) would be more "inclusive and diverse".

Chick-Fil-A couldn't do a better job than the drive thru sites that are operating now in Mississippi. The total time to get in/out is less than 20 minutes most places and that includes the mandatory wait time after you get your jab. (and the wait time is supposed to be all of 15 minutes, although they seem to fudge on that a little.)

Do the appointments take a while? Absolutely- and Chick-Fil-A couldn't do that any better in their restaurants if you wanted to order a sandwich but they didn't have the chicken (or bread) to make it. You would then have to wait until the chicken arrived.

The appointment system was a disaster the first night, but once they beefed it up for the hundreds of thousands of hits it was getting during that 24 hour period, the system has worked fine.

And I like the process at Chick-Fil-A. But I don't see it being any better than what MEMA and the Guard has done with getting folks thru the lines here. In fact, I've waited in line longer at the County Line Chick than I did waiting to get my jab in Canton.

1:41 - tough'n up, Buttercup. I'm a Sr Citizen, past the 70 mark a while back.

And I don't have Twitter. Don't want it, never signed up for it.

But, I can listen to the news, keep up with what's going on around me, and know how to use a computer. But even if I didn't use a computer, I can use the telephone, and that's how I got my appointment, within 20 miles of my home, within 24 hours of when the Governor opened up the group of over 70.

If then elderly that you are worried about don't have Twitter AND they don't have a computer, give them the phone number. Tell them to stay on hold for a few minutes and then press "1". They can talk to a live person and make an appointment. It ain't hard. And if they can't do it, tell them to call a friend. I have made several appointments for some folks older than me, and it didn't take much time out of my day to do that. It did take persistence. Maybe that's your problem - like todays younger generation, you want instant satisfaction.

Try living in Alabama - they don't even have a website for appointments yet, only a constantly busy telephone line. Or Georgia, where they still haven't gotten a system running correctly.

The problem today is that there are still a couple of million people in our state who want the vaccine, unlike a few of the idiots who commented above, and Mississippi is only receiving 30,000 or so doses a week. Yes, they go quickly when they come in - particularly if you are picky about where you are willing to go to get yourself shot.

So, either wait until the demand is not so strong, or do a little work. My solution was found in the old adage, If at first you don't succeed, try try again. That's the way to find an appointment now - if you aren't the first in line when the word goes out, tomorrow try before that time of day. The appointments don't start becoming available upon the Governor's announcement - just as most news, that's when it was declared. But the appointments became available when the state got word of a new shipment arriving.

Of course, from the sound of your comments, none of that matters. You just want to bitch because it makes you feel good and you can be proud of yourself.

@11:16, Yes, we are idiots. We are idiots because we don’t want to take experimental (because it’s literally not even through MID stage testing much less late stage testing) gene therapy (because that’s what it is, not a vaccine) for a virus that has, in even the unhealthiest of patients, a 95% survival rate, that’s been breathlessly pushed by a strange partnership between government, major companies and media, that is part of The Great Reset (don’t take my word for it, watch Xi Jinpings speech at Davos, watch Klaus Schwab in front of the WEF.) A “vaccine” that has specialty indemnity BEYOND what vaccine manufacturers already have in place? Meaning Pfizer and Moderna themselves trust it so little that they petitioned Congress for zero liability? One that the CEO of Pfizer refuses to take? That one? Definitely save me a seat on the idiot boat.

Thank you for your calm rationality, 11:16. My husband and I made our appointments online early Monday morning, at Smith Wills stadium on 2/16/21. While I dread the arm soreness that will come from the shot, I am so looking forward to getting this over with and for life to return to normal in the future.

We also helped an elderly friend who doesn't have a computer set up her appointment. Maybe the teenagers who are not attending school should volunteer to help senior citizens who lack computers or computer skills schedule appointments. And maybe even drive the elderly to the appointments.