Scheduling a COVID-19 shot in Arizona in March of 2021


I got a haircut yesterday, and my stylist, who takes a maternal attitude towards me (although she's younger than me) asked me gently if I were going to get the vaccine. I've always gotten my hair cut at the places that mostly specialize in cutting women's hair, and this particular place, in Glendale, Arizona is like that, and the clientele tends to be, ahem, very mature. I'll be 63 this year, but when I visit there, and glance at the walkers parked there, I feel very young. But it's March of 2021, and I'm over 55, so I'm eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.

I'm a techy-geeky kinda person, so this morning I decided to do a quick search to see what's available right nearby me. I haven't owned a car in years, but I am comfortable pedaling within a five-mile radius during the day, and there's a Walgreens that's scheduling vaccines right across the street from where I got my haircut yesterday. I found their page, bookmarked it, created an account, and will keep checking back.

Of course, this is Arizona, and there are some very vocal anti-vaxxers here. But I'm discovering that in spite of their sound and fury, it really amounts to nothing. The vast majority of people are doing the right thing, most people are reasonable, responsible, and caring for the people around them. The people who don't believe that such a thing as COVID-19 exists will continue believing that, along with a lot of other things that they believe. I'm saddened by this, but there's nothing anyone can do, these people are lost to us, and all of the information in the world won't convince them, it will just confirm that everyone is in on the conspiracy.

Now that I've bookmarked the Walgreens page on my browser, I can check back as often as I like, which I will do several times a day. When an appointment becomes available, I'll schedule it, and on that day I'll pedal over there and get my shot. I'm a typical tough guy, and I don't like needles and shots, but I'll do my regular "focusing on something else" thing (probably thinking of my wiener dogs), and at some point this will all be history.

I don't usually put links in my blog posts, and I'm certainly not connected in any way with Walgreens, but here it is https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/covid-19/location-screening
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