Meijer, Kroger, Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, and I'm guessing other stores, all offer vaccines. I did my 3rd shot on a Saturday morning walking into Meijer, no appt. Even in poor families, they have to go to the grocery store.

No one I know was "taken out" by their multiple vaccines. The worst I heard about was a sore arm the 1st day. Not saying no one was taken out, but making it sound like no one can work the 2nd day is not accurate either.

I posted somewhere else that my personal feeling is that there have been so many outright lies told by the previous administration, overruling scientific advice, conjectures that were not true, as well as the virus itself constantly changing, that a large group of people simply don't trust what they are being told and now have dug their heels in. It's a shame there is such a huge lack of trust in US government agencies, but I can't really say I blame them either; they haven't done a lot to deserve trust.

If you work with your arms and your arm hurts, you cannot work. Vaccine has also other side effects for a couple of days so it's not that simple.

Then I have to wonder at the quality of people over there. I've had 3 shots and none of those shots took me down. In fact I was still able to work.

I took all 3 shots as soon as I could, but I still planned to take it on Friday so I wouldn't be affected by it. I'm a SWE who works from home, but I still had to take a day off work after my first shot because I could barely move my left arm.

Not everyone has the same experience as you.

"Quality of the people" has some fun eugenics undertones to it for sure. I caught COVID from my boyfriend who worked in healthcare at the time, before vaccines were available. All three shots put me out for a day or two and I was lucky to have a very accommodating SWE job. Your reaction isn't universal and maybe we should make it easier for working folks to have guaranteed time off? Or invest seriously in our decaying infrastructure, do we think food deserts are easy places to get vaccinated?

America is a thoroughly puritanical country and I wonder if that yoke will ever be removed

Little to no reaction to the shot can be an indication that you have a weak immune system.

Are you attempting to compare experiences of people you don’t know because your particular symptoms and experiences don’t line up with yours, *and then judge them on it*? Is this something you do often?

No. That has been my experience myself and of many others I know who had the same.

What did you mean by this part, then?

"I have to wonder at the quality of people over there"

What quality are you speaking of?

Oh, there's so much I could point out but I do hope that your government will one day improve standards sufficiently with regards to pollution, food, health, education and work life balances.

Poor neighborhoods often don't have large chain retailers.

And a lot of poor people are rural.

vaccine took me out the next day. I felt hungover. certainly not able to do my job.

Luckily I'm a remote swe so my employment arrangement is very accommodating. most people aren't so lucky.

We’re not talking about a few weeks or a month or two. People have had an entire year to find time to go get a vaccine. I completely the idea that 10-20% of people have been trying to find time for an entire year, but just haven’t been able to make it work. Excuses, or lies.