This week, hundreds of thousands more Pennsylvanians have begun searching for COVID-19 vaccine appointments. Postal workers, transit workers and those who
Jason Kunzman, chief program officer of the JCC agreed.
“We could not be more pleased, more humbled, more honored, about the partnership, about our role in promoting and supporting public health,” he said.
Staff assists individuals lined up to receive vaccination against COVID-19. Photo courtesy of Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh
With Pennsylvania set to open vaccination eligibility to everyone 16 and older on April 19, both the JCC and the Squirrel Hill Health Center are preparing for increased activity.
During the first few months of 2021, vaccination supply was “very uncertain” and the Squirrel Hill Health Center lacked the capacity to vaccinate large numbers of people, according to Friedberg Kalson. “That has all changed in recent weeks.”
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Allegheny Health Network is opening up its mass vaccination clinic in Monroeville to people in Phase 1C starting Friday.
Phase 1C includes essential workers in transportation, food service, construction, legal services, government workers, media, public safety, and public health.
Those eligible and interested in receiving the vaccine can visit AHN’s website or call 412-DOCTORS to schedule an appointment. No walk-in appointments will be accepted.
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When Leighann Bacher first started a Facebook group to help Pittsburghers find COVID-19 vaccine appointments, she and the other administrators were overwhelmed. Bacher was personally signing up a dozen or more strangers a night.
Now she’s searching for people to help. When she posts information about available appointments to the group’s more than 40,000 members, the once busy comment section is radio silent.
“It’s just like …crickets,” she said.
Bacher said the steep drop in demand hasn’t been improved by the state moving into phase 1B, which was estimated to add as many as 1 million more Pennsylvanians into the eligibility pool.
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