My niece signed my 89 year old mom through Dallas county websight:

https://app.blockitnow.com/consumer/codc19vaccine

She took off time from work and taking care of her 3 young kids, and they went to the appointment, they waited in a long line, and they turned my mom away.

I am furious.

Did they give a reason?

They had a list of 5000 people that the appointments were for.

Somehow the system screwed up and let my niece make an appointment for my mom.

Dallas county screwed up.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/dallas-opens-covid-19-vaccine-mega-site-at-convention-center-by-appointment-only/2536217/%3famp

NBC5 had a story about how the geniuses at Dallas County sent a general use appointment link out for people that came up in line for the vaccination.

Almost everyone that received it forwarded it to all their friends who were able to book appointments as well despite not being on the list

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/forwarded-appointments-add-to-confusion-problems-at-fair-park-covid-19-vaccine-hub/2527821/

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"Someone's father who qualified for the shot but had already gotten it at another hospital, put that link on social media and put it on a newsletter that went out to a neighborhood and people signed up through that live link," said Jenkins. "We've had hundreds, maybe 1,000, who signed up on that link who did not get an invitation directly from the county."

Initially the county allowed those who signed up through the forwarded links to receive a vaccine, while they sorted through the confusion.

On Wednesday, the county said people who schedule an appointment off the forwarded link and did not receive it directly from DCHHS, do not have valid appointments and will be turned away at the gate. An official also said the problem has been fixed and should no longer be an issue.

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texag84 said:

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It's all bull*****!

She should have killed thousands of people, then she'd be eligible

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Apparently they have vaccines in Guantanamo.

This will probably frustrate a lot of you. I moved from Texas to CA back in 2014, but I travel to FW a lot for my job. I had travel plans in January so I signed up with Tarrant county hoping the stars would align.

They almost did. I was approved and the appointment scheduled the day after I was due to fly back home. I decided to go a day early and was told they couldn't give them a day in advance, but if I came back any day after my appointment, they would administer it.

Luckily, I had a need for traveling back to FW the next week. Had zero issues getting the shot. So yeah, highly recommend Tarrant over Dallas.

I'm technically 1B as an outpatient health provider that has increased risk for covid. I have a mom that is 81. I signed us both up for Fort Bend, Harris County (Houston proper), and Next Level Urgent Care. I got an email and subsequent vaccine 1/28. Yesterday I got a text from Next Level that I could get a vaccine, and Harris County texted me twice that I have a vaccine allocated. My mom, who is 81, said she has not gotten a call or text from anyone above, because I signed up both of us at the same time. She has dementia, so her report could be inaccurate.

I had the same experience with myself. It feels like its just the luck of the draw

Charpie said:

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I had the same experience with myself. It feels like its just the luck of the draw

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yup. Agreed

I signed up my 89 yo mother and my husband one after the other on the utmb galveston site. My mother got an email today to schedule a vaccination, my husband did not.

My parents attempted to sign up in Marshall for Harrison County. 500 slots. Gone in 18 mins. My mom got hers then attempting to get dad they ran out.

oldflyer said:

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Everyone in government is worried about "governmental overreach." The reality is that governments from local to national have been incompetent in managing action in the pandemic. The State could have implemented a vaccine appointment and dose tracking platform for everyone in the state to use between March and December. Instead, they threw it to the counties to manage. Again, the counties also had from March to December to get organized and implement a common appointment and tracking platform and they didn't do it either.

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Why would I want to do all that work while I'm living the good life "working" from home.