I got my first Moderna vaccine shot today. The Maryland State site never worked for me, but the Charles County one was a breeze to use. I went to it, gave my address, it showed me the available appointments for the nearest County location, I chose the first available time (2:00 pm).
I got a confirmation of my registration request at once and another approving my request and confirming the date and time a few days later. I did a timed drive to the location yesterday (20 minutes and easy enough to find). Got there 10 minutes early today with no problem.
It was funny, though. The appointments were for 9 people at a time, every 4 minutes and I had the first time. Cool, I would be in and out in 10 minutes. So Imagine my dismay when I entered the building and found a waiting line of about 100 people. I confirmed it was the correct line. No one was moving!
But, HURRAY, promptly at 2 pm, the line started moving and I was in the vaccine room in 10 minutes. There were 9 shot stations. I didn't even have to fill out a form! I got my shot 5 minutes later and was sent to a waiting room for 15 minutes to make sure I had no reaction.
As I left, I observed that there was no line left at all. Had I known, the secret would have been to arrive LATE! I would have walked right into the room and saved 10 minutes of standing around. LOL!
But I was back home 75 minutes after leaving home, so I sure can't complain. What a wonderfully smooth process. They even gave me my appointment for the 2nd shot at the shot station as I left. I'll have to see if there is a site I can visit to leave a very positive comment on my experience.
