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Rebecca Harshman drove her mother to the clinic.
“Of course she was anxious,” she said. “She kept saying ‘let me know when I can get it.’”
Fritz and Jane Vogel said their grandson, who works as a pharmacist, helped register them for an appointment.
“He called us and said ‘if you want me to, I’ll get with my aunt and have her help you,’” Fritz Vogel said. “They sent us an email and said you are on for one today.”
Many of the people who received their vaccines during the local health department’s first day of the rollout did so with some assistance from family members. That’s led health experts to raise concerns about whether there is a group of older adults who might get missed.
The Tippecanoe County Health Department offered updates on Wednesday as the county moved into the red on the state’s COVID-19 advisory map for the first
Tippecanoe County Health leaders say the process is running smoothly overall. If people can continue following directions, they re expecting the process to flow well as more people become eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine.
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The Tippecanoe County Health Department Monday opened the doors of its makeshift vaccination clinic. The clinic currently offers COVID-19 vaccinations to a group of people that includes residents over the age of 80.
The county health department is doing its best to make the clinic, located in a strip mall adjacent to a Payless, feel welcoming.
The back wall of the clinic, which serves as the waiting room for people who have received the vaccine, has a still-wet graffiti mural. A large fan works overtime to dry it out.
Vaccine appointments at the clinic are still available for healthcare and public safety workers who haven’t yet received a vaccine, but the clinic is primarily aimed at people over the age of 80.