tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post3773802830963144192..comments2023-09-16T04:58:07.261-04:00Comments on the Annandale Blog: COVID vaccination program to expand to include more pharmaciesAnnandale Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543558586252790593noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-1429117003936506622021-02-24T09:40:20.569-05:002021-02-24T09:40:20.569-05:00Hidden in this article is the reason Fa. County is...Hidden in this article is the reason Fa. County is not telling us where they actually are on the list on Jan 18. When they said that they were taking reservations on Jan 18, they neglected to tell us a time that we could start (a very basic requirement of any signup that shows the lack of proper planning put into this). So people started signing up incorrectly at midnight. I signed on at 8:45, and the site said they were only taking 75 and over. So I waited until the afternoon to sign up. As a result, all the people signing up after 9 were ahead of me, and Fa. County is going back and allowing all the midnight to 9 signers to go ahead also. Is there any wonder that we feel frustrated by Fairfax County's response to this crisis? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-11389879205562605922021-02-22T22:03:01.010-05:002021-02-22T22:03:01.010-05:00Why don't CVS and Walgreens tell us when they ...Why don't CVS and Walgreens tell us when they open up appointments? At least then, we would all have a chance to sign up. Now, everyone randomly checks, and it appears that there are NEVER appointments available. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-44267524237930838932021-02-22T22:01:50.773-05:002021-02-22T22:01:50.773-05:00The only important information on the dashboard is...The only important information on the dashboard is that they are now calling people who registered on Jan 18. There are 42,000 people who did that, and what would actually be helpful is to tell us how far down the list they have gotten. It would be a simple thing to do and to display. It would actually be helpful to those of us who feel very frustrated that other parts of Virginia are doing much better than Fairfax County in vaccinating citizens. Most of the other numbers actually do not make sense. The number of Total doses hasn't changed in days. The number of vaccinations this week is in the 15 thousands, but the total number vaccinated has risen by 1,000. The numbers are all updated on different schedules, so the dashboard is more frustrating than helpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-20075541739967872142021-02-22T14:29:51.376-05:002021-02-22T14:29:51.376-05:00"The Health Department’s new vaccine dashboar..."The Health Department’s new vaccine dashboard provides a general sense of where people are in the queue. But it doesn’t tell you when people who registered on a certain date and time might expect to get an appointment."<br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br />This makes the dashboard pretty much useless. In addition, the numbers displayed on the dashboard don't add up. The dashboard indicates 247,343 registered but the sum of the registrations by day is 77,386. We are more than 30 days past the first sign-up date for those 65+ and the County can't tell us where we are in the queue?Limited vaccine supply is understandable. Not knowing where we are in the line isn't.<br /><br />And here's a pro tip. Having been a professional survey researcher many years ago and having designed countless data collection forms, you may not want to be telling people that you're not capable of designing an online form that either calculates age from birth date or if you're collecting both, requires the registrant to reconcile a discrepancy between the two. The failure to do either one of these doesn't inspire confidence in the County's staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com