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Shelby County is vaccinating everyone age 16 and older after the state gave Tennessee counties permission to move through vaccine phases at will. Thousands of additional vaccine appointments are available each week, thanks to the federal vaccination site at the Liberty Bowl.
The site, an expansion of the existing Pipkin Building site, will be jointly run with the city of Memphis and will have the capability to vaccinate 3,000 people a day. Due to low demand, the Pipkin is accepting walk-ins from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Walk-ins can get first or second doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Baptist Memorial donates PPE to Shelby County Schools
Baptist Memorial doantes PPE to Shelby Co. Schools By Arianna Poindexter | March 5, 2021 at 6:04 PM CST - Updated March 5 at 6:44 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Friday marks the end of the first week of in-person learning for some Shelby County Schools students, and Baptist Memorial Health Care made sure the district is prepared to welcome another group of students on Monday.
Baptist Memorial Health Care donated 30,000 face masks, 8,000 face shields and 2,000 bottles of hand sanitizer.
“The safer we keep the community, the better it is for everyone and all of us at the hospital,” said Catherine Williams with Baptist Memorial.
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City of Memphis takes over vaccination distribution, 30,000 online appointments available
City of Memphis takes over vaccine distribution By Chris Luther | February 27, 2021 at 9:25 PM CST - Updated February 27 at 10:20 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The City of Memphis has taken over the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines as the Tennessee Department of Health continues to investigate allegations of vaccine mismanagement by the Shelby County Health Department.
New vaccination numbers are being released as the process is tweaked by city officials.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said overtaking the vaccine process has been a huge undertaking.
In his weekly update, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said 6,500 COVID-19 vaccines were administered Thursday and Friday with no doses wasted, no one was turned away and it was an average wait time of only 15 minutes.
Preparing for COVID-19 vaccine, post-vaccine recommendations
Preparing for the COVID-19 vaccine By Carmen Poe | February 8, 2021 at 7:46 PM CST - Updated February 9 at 9:39 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -There seem to be two questions people are asking before they get the COVID-19 vaccine. Both are centered around the safeness of the shot, âAm I going to get sick from this vaccine or have symptoms like; fever, chills, headache?â Dr. Steve Threlkeld, the Medical Director of Infectious Diseases for Baptist Memorial Health Care recalls.
The answer is both yes and no, according to Dr. Threlkeld. He says people that have had the real infection might see symptoms after the first dose. Folks that havenât had the virus could see side effects after the second. Thereâs a reason for that, he says, âItâs the second time the immune system has seen it. And that after all is what the immune system very job in life is, and that is to be inhospitable to return guests