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Information on COVID-19 Vaccine distribution for Mayo Clinic patients

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Feb 17, 2021 | Replies (165)
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@seaspray

@colleenyoung - LOL, I did contact my oncology team! This is their response:
Mayo Clinic will invite patients in waves based on vaccine availability and patient risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection. Patient selection criteria follows the guidelines that have been given by the State of Florida. Mayo Clinic will notify patients when they are eligible to receive the vaccine via the patient portal or regular mail.
I guess having stage iv cancer and recent brain radiation does not qualify me to be in the first wave!

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jan 16, 2021

@seaspray, it is true that each Mayo Clinic is beholden to the distribution plan of the state in which they are located. It's frustrating. Stage IV cancer patients should be included in an early phase, but that is up to the state.

For Florida, you can see updates about the vaccine’s availability for various groups on the Florida Department of Health’s COVID-19 vaccine website here. https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/covid-19-vaccines-in-florida/
Or text “FLCOVID19” to 888777 to learn more about the governor’s distribution plan.

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fiesty76 | @fiesty76 | Jan 17, 2021

Oh, my goodness, @seaspray, if you don't qualify, who possibly would??? I am betting though that everyone everywhere is working around the clock to put in place news distribution/notifications of who will be among the first to receive the vaccines in each locale.

There has been such confusion, conflicting information and difficulty in obtaining/disbursing the available vaccines that health pros are probably having nightmares from contradictory information they've received and trying to plan around. I do believe better times are ahead for all of us in the days ahead. In the meantime, I hope you and all of us will keep taking the health precautions we are to keep as safe and well as possible.

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