Fairgrounds vaccine appointments window opens at noon
Published: January 31, 2021, 10:29am
Share: Kelly Nguyen of Safeway, left, gives a COVID-19 vaccination to Flor Bonura of Washougal as her husband, Thomas, snaps a photo with his smartphone at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday morning, January 26, 2021. Tuesday was the first day of mass vaccinations in Clark County, which are given by appointment only. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
COVID-19 vaccinations will be available this week, by appointment, at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds, according to the state Department of Health.
To make an appointment, you must first confirm you’re eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine under Phase 1A or 1B-1 using the Phase Finder tool. Phase Finder does not make you an appointment. Once confirmed through Phase Finder, you can make an appointment at one of the mass vaccination sites listed below. Please note, hours and registration information a
In Our View: Despite supply issues, vaccine efforts advance The Columbian
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Thus far, it appears, the biggest issue with coronavirus inoculations is a shortage of vaccines. About one month since the rollout of vaccines approved by the federal government, demand is outstripping supply for the still-nascent vaccination programs in Clark County.
But while efforts to get vaccines into the arms of residents have been imperfect, progress is being made. Vaccinating a large percentage of some 330 million Americans with two shots required per person is a vast undertaking akin to a wartime commitment.
In Washington, several demographics are eligible to receive vaccinations at this point: Health care workers; all people 65 and older; and people 50 years and older who live in multigenerational households, are unable to live independently and are either receiving long-term care or living with someone who works outside the home. Eligibility can be confirmed at the stat
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Share: Pvt. Brei Plumb, who is a medic in the Washington National Guard, left, talks with Washington Secretary of Health Dr. Umair Shah, second from right, and Gov. Jay Inslee, right, as they tour the mass vaccination site at the Clark County Fairgrounds on Thursday morning, January 28, 2021. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Clark County’s COVID-19 mass vaccination site continues to exceed inoculation expectations, and even garnered praise from Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday morning, when he visited the site near Ridgefield.
Mass COVID-19 vaccination site opens at Clark County Event Center
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
FILE A CVS staff member prepares the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Rose Villa Senior Living in Oak Grove, just outside of Portland, on December 21, 2020. Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian
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By Wyatt Stayner | The Columbian
Clark County’s mass COVID-19 vaccination site opened at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, but all available appointments at the site this week were taken by early Monday morning.
The site, at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds, will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
2020’s top photos of the year from The Columbian by Columbian photo staff
This is the year everything went virtual. That doesn’t work for photojournalists. We have to be in the middle of the action to do our jobs. We cannot capture a moment via Zoom.
When the story is a once-in-a-lifetime, slow-moving pandemic, that task is even more daunting. Usually we can see danger and take steps to avoid it while keeping ourselves safe in the field. When the threat is an invisible, possibly deadly virus, we are forced to balance doing our jobs and risking our health.