Fairfax County vs Virginia Hospital Center Covid Vaccine

Three down and one to go. My husband has received both doses of the Moderna vaccine. He was one of the first to get an email notice from our health care provider Virginia Hospital Center. We had to travel to a centralized clinic in Shirlington, but it was definitely worth it. His process was handled entirely through the VHC patient portal, like any other physician visit. The building was a high rise glass tower, managed by the Virginia Hospital Center staff. It was a very smooth process and the second dose was scheduled on the same day we were there for the first dose. After that, the state decided all the vaccines would be centrally distributed to the health department, so VHC wouldn’t be administering them anymore. So I had to sign up on the Fairfax County health department website and get on a waiting list. That was on January 18. About three weeks later I received an “invitation” to make an appointment. In the meantime I had also explored CVS and anywhere else just to get on a list. Hearing that all my Florida high school classmates had already been vaccinated was getting annoying. So last Sunday we drove to the Fairfax County government center building and also went through a seamless process - except a second appointment was not scheduled. I am now in a limbo position of waiting for a second “invitation” to schedule the second shot. Hopefully it will arrive sooner than later. I was so thrilled to finally get my Pfizer vaccine and am looking forward to getting the next one. If nothing else it will feel more comfortable to go to any appointments, knowing things won’t change that much for anything else. We’ve been cooped up for a year now, and are looking forward to some normalcy - whatever that is.