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A Big Day


Today, 2/15/21, is a big day for both my wife and myself for today at 1:15, we are receiving our second dose of the Moderna Covid vaccine. We are both in the high risk age group, and so “whew!”

Wait! Wait! Hot off the press . . . “The vaccine inoculations scheduled for 2/15/21 in San Diego proper have been cancelled.”

Why? 

Supposedly because of inadequate supply, according to Nathan Fletcher (Dem), Chair of the County Board of Supervisors, who said the pause though unwanted, is not entirely unexpected. He added, “We are confronting a situation with an unstable supply chain . . .” (Oh, I see, it is not Fletcher’s fault, but somebody else’s.) 

What about Todd Gloria (Dem), the mayor of San Diego? Unfortunately I cannot find any comment about this “pause” from our mayor.

What about our Governor, Gavin Newsom (Dem)? Nada from him.

What about our President who told us how wonderful the vaccination process was going to be with his leadership. “Joe, come on, man!”

BTW: apparently there is speculation that the Biden administration might institute travel restrictions on Florida. Does that have anything to do with the vaccination process in Florida? Err, probably not. I know six seniors in Florida, and all have received both of their inoculations. Are these six exceptions?

As the Republican Governor of Florida recently said, “We’ve vaccinated the most people of any state in the age bracket where most of the fatalities occur: age 65 and plus. We have now, reporting about 1.6 million seniors that have received a shot; that’s about 35% of our gigantic senior population, which is almost 4.5 million. We are number one for shots for seniors; 75% of all shots administered in Florida have gone to senior citizens, and the percentages of seniors that have been vaccinated is one of the highest in the country and it continues to grow every day.”

I guess that Florida is apparently not having an “unstable supply chain.” Perhaps Nathan Fletcher should contact the Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, and inquire as to how Florida overcame the “unstable supply chain.”

However perhaps I should not be so harsh on Fletcher, a former Republican turned Democrat, as in general red states have done a better job than blue states in terms of distributing vaccines. 

From the Las Vegas Review Journal:

“Red states have given out more than 5,100 vaccines per 100,000 residents. In blue states, the rate is near 4,900 vaccines per 100,000. That’s from data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of 2/11/21. You can’t blame supply shortages. States have had many more vaccines distributed to them than they’ve administered, according to the CDC.”

What does that author mean when he says, “You can’t blame supply shortages?” . . . He apparently is not aware of the “unstable supply chain” that we have right here in California!

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