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Mar. 13th, 2021 09:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bobcatmoranYesterday was a bit of a quick intro to what exactly we were doing, a chance to meet the team leaders, and then most of the rest of the workday to spend on our own, which I used to submit the report for the inspection I crammed in on Wednesday before I left and to test how long it would take to walk to the convention center since that's the commute I'll be making most mornings.
Today was the first day of working in earnest at the drive-thru vaccination site at PDX airport. The logistics were seriously impressive. People got the time they got their vaccination written on their windshield and whether they were 15 or 30 minute waiting period afterwards (15 for most, 30 if your medical history indicated you were higher risk of a reaction). All the 15 minute cars would then drive up in lines, one behind the other, so each line of 20ish cars would have times within a couple of minutes of each other. Then, once their time was up, the whole line would depart at once. It was sort of like loading/unloading a car ferry. 30 minute waits got their own line, and would depart a couple at a time as their time was up. Medics were available for any issues, as were folks to help out with car troubles if someone's battery died while they were waiting or they ran out of gas.
I was mostly on monitoring team, walking up and down the ranks of cars, making sure everyone was feeling ok and answering questions like, "Where's the bathroom?" and "I left behind my ID, can I go get it?" and "Why does this paperwork say this is the Janssen vaccine, I thought I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine?" (answers: at the front right, and also over to your direct left; which vaccine station were you at, I can go get it for you, please let me do the wandering across traffic since I'm wearing a safety vest and know where I'm going; and Janssen is the pharmeceutical division of Johnson & Johnson who made the vaccine).
I also did a bit of traffic control, but I found that monitoring was more interesting, even though I did wind up the day with my pedometer saying I'd walked over 12 miles.
For the record, there was only one person who needed actual medical assistance beyond waiting an additional 15 minutes, and 4 times as many people who had car trouble. 4000 vaccines given in all, according to the whiteboard by the staff tent, which works out to over 500 an hour. Pretty dang impressive.
And then I had dinner at my aunt and uncle's since they live super close by my hotel and they're both fully vaccinated which, added to my half-vaccinated status (I'm waiting on my 2nd dose), we were all ok with doing. Uncle was a doctor before he retired, so I especially trust his judgement. Super great to see them, since I only see them in person every year or two even in non-coronatimes. And my uncle's a great cook.
Anyhoo, tomorrow will be spent getting trained in on the computer registration system and theoretically using said training actually registering people at the convention center.
Today was the first day of working in earnest at the drive-thru vaccination site at PDX airport. The logistics were seriously impressive. People got the time they got their vaccination written on their windshield and whether they were 15 or 30 minute waiting period afterwards (15 for most, 30 if your medical history indicated you were higher risk of a reaction). All the 15 minute cars would then drive up in lines, one behind the other, so each line of 20ish cars would have times within a couple of minutes of each other. Then, once their time was up, the whole line would depart at once. It was sort of like loading/unloading a car ferry. 30 minute waits got their own line, and would depart a couple at a time as their time was up. Medics were available for any issues, as were folks to help out with car troubles if someone's battery died while they were waiting or they ran out of gas.
I was mostly on monitoring team, walking up and down the ranks of cars, making sure everyone was feeling ok and answering questions like, "Where's the bathroom?" and "I left behind my ID, can I go get it?" and "Why does this paperwork say this is the Janssen vaccine, I thought I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine?" (answers: at the front right, and also over to your direct left; which vaccine station were you at, I can go get it for you, please let me do the wandering across traffic since I'm wearing a safety vest and know where I'm going; and Janssen is the pharmeceutical division of Johnson & Johnson who made the vaccine).
I also did a bit of traffic control, but I found that monitoring was more interesting, even though I did wind up the day with my pedometer saying I'd walked over 12 miles.
For the record, there was only one person who needed actual medical assistance beyond waiting an additional 15 minutes, and 4 times as many people who had car trouble. 4000 vaccines given in all, according to the whiteboard by the staff tent, which works out to over 500 an hour. Pretty dang impressive.
And then I had dinner at my aunt and uncle's since they live super close by my hotel and they're both fully vaccinated which, added to my half-vaccinated status (I'm waiting on my 2nd dose), we were all ok with doing. Uncle was a doctor before he retired, so I especially trust his judgement. Super great to see them, since I only see them in person every year or two even in non-coronatimes. And my uncle's a great cook.
Anyhoo, tomorrow will be spent getting trained in on the computer registration system and theoretically using said training actually registering people at the convention center.
