As the laggard states, such as mine, fail to learn from the states with more successful vaccine rollouts, achieving herd immunity becomes more difficult and delayed. The delays are critical because the virus is mutating more quickly than vaccines are reaching arms. Of the 10 most common variants of covid-19, the five most dangerous are proving to be more immune to the mRNA vaccines. I anticipate at least annual boosters or new vaccines with different mRNA segments constructed to attack new variants.
This topic is relevant to those of us considering TH'ing with friends, asking permissions from property owners and farmers leasing land, etc, so I thank the mods for allowing this discussion. It is appropriate IMHO.
It is easy to get discouraged and may be necessary to expand our vaccine searches - even to other states. I continue to waste an hour or so each day on the CDC vaccine finder site, state vacc portal, and every pharmacy within 50 miles. Although I've been eligible for 7 weeks now (over 65 group), and pre-registered at my county health dept, state health dept, and some pharmacy wait lists, I have not gotten anywhere close to finding a vaccine. If it was not so tragic, the poor rollout designs and incorrect, conflicting information on the gov't sites would be humorous. How those without internet access or knowledge or the patience of Job, stick it out, I don't know.
