Note that just because you are “a person in the Bay Area” doesn’t mean your vaccination options are limited to “get a vaccine in the Bay Area”.
You can drive to Sacramento or Auburn (where appointments are not being saturated), or fly to Phoenix and volunteer there, or other options.
Location is of course just one part of a vaccination plan (alongside “are you claiming eligibility in some group?” or “are you trying to last-dose standby?” or “are you volunteering at a vaccination site?” or other paths) but it seems highly relevant to point this out in a world where available appointments are perhaps being saturated within the Bay Area, and not elsewhere, within accessible distance.
Edit 4/8: I called CVS and confirmed that they are not using “live or work in the county” as a restriction.
Per https://www.vaccinateca.com/, many of the rural counties within a few hours drive of the Bay restrict vaccines to people who live or work in the county.
Agreed that driving somewhere seems like a good option—that’s what I was trying to allude to with my comments like “there appear to be some mass vaccination events that people are likely to be able to access in the next month.” That being said, I know of many people who’ve tried to do exactly that and have not found available appointments. I mentioned in the comments below that the website linked there for instance didn’t have any options within ~1hr of the bay, although I found one 3.5 hours away.
Note that just because you are “a person in the Bay Area” doesn’t mean your vaccination options are limited to “get a vaccine in the Bay Area”.
You can drive to Sacramento or Auburn (where appointments are not being saturated), or fly to Phoenix and volunteer there, or other options.
Location is of course just one part of a vaccination plan (alongside “are you claiming eligibility in some group?” or “are you trying to last-dose standby?” or “are you volunteering at a vaccination site?” or other paths) but it seems highly relevant to point this out in a world where available appointments are perhaps being saturated within the Bay Area, and not elsewhere, within accessible distance.
(As of ~4/1, I’ve seen a much higher anecdotal success rate w/ strategies like this)
Edit 4/8: I called CVS and confirmed that they are not using “live or work in the county” as a restriction.
Per https://www.vaccinateca.com/, many of the rural counties within a few hours drive of the Bay restrict vaccines to people who live or work in the county.
Sacramento:
Fresno:
Placer:
Kern:
Madera:
Agreed that driving somewhere seems like a good option—that’s what I was trying to allude to with my comments like “there appear to be some mass vaccination events that people are likely to be able to access in the next month.” That being said, I know of many people who’ve tried to do exactly that and have not found available appointments. I mentioned in the comments below that the website linked there for instance didn’t have any options within ~1hr of the bay, although I found one 3.5 hours away.