My next-door neighbor is 80 years old. He registered two weeks ago and received an email at the time indicating that they were out of vaccine. He still has not heard from them despite that Connie, who lives in the same county, registered later and has already received her first shot. Hmmmm. When I told him about Connie, he decided to try calling the county.
That's very interesting...... I registered on the first day registration for group 1b was available -- not an early riser, so did it early in the afternoon, if I recall correctly -- and got an email back acknowledging acceptance of that registration and then then a few days later got another email with the link to the page to actually schedule the time and date for the administration of the vaccine. I also discovered later that I had received a phone call, too, a day or two prior to the email, but missed hearing the call come in and didn't notice that I had new voicemail. I didn't schedule my appointment for early in the week, figuring there would be a mad rush, and scheduled for after the MLK holiday and Inauguration Day were both over, figuring that those who would have the day off from work (if they were working) could benefit from being able to go on one of those days. Aside from that I wanted to watch the inauguration on television on Wednesday, anyway! So I selected yesterday for fairly early in the afternoon and that worked out fine. There were other people in my age category there coming-and-going and a few younger people as well (one woman was in scrubs, so she must've missed out on the earlier administrations to medical personnel).
I agree that it would be a good idea for your neighbor to call the health department or to send an email inquiring about the status of things. Presumably he would be going to the same location that I did, the building in Annandale where the office for our district is located. (Right now they have closed all the district offices to their regular services, funneling the people who use those services to the main facility in Fairfax, thus freeing up the several district locations around the county for solely vaccination administrations.)
Yesterday I was told that I will receive an email about a week prior to when my next dose can be administered, and again it will provide the link to schedule my appointment. I had wondered what would happen if availability were limited, and checked to see whether or not one has to have the second dose exactly within perimeters of a particular time frame or if it can stretch out through a longer period. If there's no vaccine available to administer, we can't get a second dose on time, obviously. Fortunately the time frame for the second dose is specified as being any time after 28 days of the first dose, so a delay on that end won't be critical. Nonetheless I still hope that there will not be a shortage and that I will be able to schedule my second dose shortly following that 28 days.....
I hope your neighbor gets through to them and is able to schedule an appointment soon!
