T_R_Oglodyte
TUG Lifetime Member
It was no more than 5 minutes from when I walked in the main door at the UW Medical Center to when I was sitting with a nurse getting ready for the shot. I hadn't had time to fill out even a quarter of the 2-page questionnaire. So we finished off the form, she did her mandatory information, within 5 minutes I was removing my shirt to have the shot, Fifteen minutes later I was out the door.We got our first dose yesterday at Fred Hutch ( https://www.fredhutch.org/en.html ) in Seattle. Like you, we had been monitoring websites for initial activation. Friends who logged on moments earlier, alerted us; they got in the first day (Wednesday). The Hutch set up an efficient high throughput socially distanced system. I believe that the point of reservations is to even the flow of arrivals since no one cared that my appointment was 45 minutes after Sara's (due to the time it took to make consecutive entries). There were chairs 6 feet apart in the final queue before injection. At the station after check-in they scheduled our follow up shots (3 weeks for us on Pfizer). It took about 45 minutes from arrival outside until injection. Then 15 minutes siting in individual booths with timers before we could leave. CDC vaccination cards are issued and contain lot number & expiration date. They emphasize that you not lose those cards.
Jack