Quoted from sentinelking

There is actually no better environment for spreading a flu than a long line of "at risk" people standing for hours in cold weather.

Agreed...

That's why my wife and I took turns to keep the kids out of the line-up.
One of us would wait in-line while the other took the kids for "roadtrips" ( Timmies, Toys 'R US, McD, etc... )
and would check back every 45 mins or so.

It was a PITA, but I think the change of scene kept our kids "sane".
Some poor single mothers waited in-line with babies in strollers for the entire time.
I saw an older blind gentlemen wait in the cold for hours.

As bad as it seemed for us, it was ALOT worse for many.
If you have kids, it really is a two-parent job.

As for waiting for the "panic" to subsisde before getting the shot,  
keep in mind this is only for kids 5 and under and seniors.  
School-aged kids are not "eligible" yet.  That starts tomorrow.
....  THAT will be absolute chaos !

Also, the vaccine takes 21 days to take effect.
If you wait too long, there will be very little point in getting it at all,
since the virus is expected to peak within the next few weeks..,

... but I agree with everyone, very poor preparation for this.

All clinics are WAY under-staffed and ill-prepared, and the poor health-care workers
are given an impossible task to please everyone.

Tough situation for all...

Steph

Hey, I was at that mall today!  We were 2.5 hours from leaving home to home again.  Not too bad, kids were fine.  I brought my laptop and they watched some Dora.  They were very brave until in the chair, and then turned to mush... can't blame them.  But I went first to show them it wouldn't be too bad.

Quoted from gorydeath

erin and eve went to the downtown mall and they were going to wait 3-5hrs.  but were told by staff that the city bridgenorth had really no one there.  they were doing all ages even and erin and eve only had to wait 45min and were treated great.  way better there then at the mall.  cleaner and more for the kids to do.
  so if you are around me and want the place to go.  well thats it.

Just like installing that brand new OS update, I'm going to wait a while and see if they've worked all the "kinks" out yet..    If I get the shot, it'll be after this whole thing has quieted down a bit.