I do Risk and Safety for a medium-size City here in Virginia. I am doing the logistics for our City along with our Emergency Manager with our Fire Department.
The VDH process is a nightmare. I will say those that opted in with Fire/EMS, LEO, and Sheriff's dept will all have their first shot by the 20th. After that, our 1B group is up in the air.
Ex 1B myself, public works, social services, IT, Transit, courts, finance, wastewater, and voter registration could be sometime in February. The problem is politics as usual and who exactly is group 1b.
I get no less than 20 calls or emails saying my staff is 1b because of such and such. However, when I look at their job description they can 100% telework, their office does not work with the general public or their office does not physically see the general public. Of course, they make calls to the City Manager, or the Council or the governors liaison, and I have to explain why they are not 1B or even 1C but a 2 on a good day.
How bad is/was Virginia? The Virginia Supreme Court who oversees all courts in Virginia were left out of first-rounded 1a-c. The Courts had to write a letter informing the governor about due process, the importance of courts to continue to remain open, and that through the pandemic never shut down. Pretty important in terms of the Constitution, so after all that courts are now at 1b.
Secondly, we have thousands of Paramedics that could assist, but the governor declined any sort of medical liability protections for EMS providers in administering the vaccine. But yet training pharm techs to assist or pharmacist who already usually one or two persons per pharmacy. Just slows the process.
Overall, the rollout is poorly run and logistically wrought with political red tape.
