Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

I am a witness to that, while going down the line getting shots on each arm I moved or the machine was not placed at the correct angle because it blew a chunk of skin off the arm but not to worry, the guy just lowered the gun and shot me again and said move on soldier!

andesbill

You can’t decontaminate them that easily, unfortunately.
Remember that the military was dealing with well known vaccines that could be prepared in advance and stored on site. So, everything was ready for mass vaccination.
The problem now is that we don’t have enough vaccines to do a mass vaccination like that. The companies are having a difficult time getting all the materials needed because billions of people want it.

akfishguide Loc: PA

I flinched also and blood ran down my arm. Ahh, yes, the good old days. Needles in one arm and air gun in the other. Then the 'gama G' shot in the butt during the 'short arm' inspection. Then out on the 'grinder' to do a bit of exercise so the body parts did not get sore from the shots. Another memorable day in boot camp.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

When I went through the air injector gun line, they first swabbed the hell out of my arm and the end of the gun with alcohol...making each surface very slippery. Although my "squirt" went fine, I saw the gun slide a little as the technician pulled the trigger on the next guy and it left a nice, half-inch slice in the poor guy's arm. In today's society, I could see multiple lawsuits for maiming the recipient.

Others have noted the cross-infection issue and I'd bet there'd be problems with the requirement to keep the vaccine at a very low temperature until just before injection.

Wyantry Loc: SW Colorado

It does appear the vaccinations (Pfizer and Moderna) are designed for intramuscular injection — predominantly in the upper arm (Deltoid) muscle. This is evidently to promote rapid absorption into the bloodstream.

As far as distribution is concerned, it appears the demand for the vaccinations was vastly underestimated. Like the masks and other protective equipment, production has lagged demand. Production-increase should have started sooner, and been more rapid.

False information concerning supply-levels (“government reserves”) and the lack of a coordinated ramp-up and distribution plan by the federal government appears to be a root cause for the current problems.

Evidently leaving things up to the individual states leadership and politicians has created un-coordinated and confusing distribution.

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I do not have a problem with some sort of prioritization, with the most “at-risk” populations getting higher priority, IF there is a degree of consistency. (I point to Florida, where anyone, regardless of residence, can just get-in-line and receive a vaccination BEFORE citizens of the state might get theirs).
Just ‘throwing it open’ i.e. First-come-first-served might be a cause of rioting and civil unrest as well.

One of the things I am MOST against is the concept of political figures getting some sort of precedence over others.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Injection needles are much improved to the point (not a pun) where I don’t even feel the poke. Most of the feeling is the space displacement by the fluid going in. Back in my Navy days (early 50s) I would swear they used rattlesnake fangs.

tomad Loc: North Carolina

Yes, as a former Navy man myself, I was wondering the same thing.

Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL

I still have scars on both arms. Souvenirs of Ft. Polk, LA, August 1963.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

Yeah and if you donate blood, it looks like they're forcing a quarter-inch water pipe halfway into your arm. The ultra-thin needle they use for vaccinations is so small in comparison, it's almost impossible to feel.

My question: How many of you watch the needle go in and how many look away? Just wondering.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

There is no lack of information regarding the COVID-19 virus. The difficulty is knowing which of it is correct and most importantly the old, "What does this mean to me?".

I've read that the vaccine will not STOP or PREVENT the virus however it will greatly reduce the effect of the flu should one contract it. If this is true then I liken it to wearing a life preserver in a boat should it sink when others go down the drain. Even people with the vaccine who contract the flu can still pass it along.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Good idea but the actual injection isn’t the constraint to flow of the system. There are tens of thousands of pharmacists and aides standing by...with nothing to inject.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

What you read is false. The vaccines are 95% effective at “stopping” the virus; i.e. enabling your body to keep it from multiplying.

Covid is not flu.

David Martin Loc: Cary, NC

Surely you mean Covid-19 and not "the flu." The flu is caused by influenza virus. Covid is caused by severe acute respiratory sydrome coronavirus 2.

There is - as yet - no conclusive data to say whether or not a vaccinated person can become infected with Covid to the extent that the virus multiplies and the individual can then pass it along to others.

Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL

Worth a try though, don't you think.

skylinefirepest Loc: Southern Pines, N.C.

Absolutely...I can still show you where I got mine...and it hurt like hell as I recall.