Vaccination effort gets shot in the arm in Clark County
Clark County Public Health, community organizations work to promote vaccine equity, administer COVID-19 inoculations
Published: May 23, 2021, 6:05am
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11 Photos Medical Reserve Corps volunteer Ruth Gorley gives Vancouver resident Ryan Tydingco a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine May 8 at Clark County Public Health s short-term vaccination pod at Woodland High School. After an early rush of people, the flow had slowed down by the late morning for the drop-in vaccination event. (Photos by Joshua Hart/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
Frustration surged not long after the COVID-19 vaccine rolled out to the Clark County public in January.
As COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Clark County and the United States begins to dwindle, most of the Clark County Board of Health is supportive of any incentives offered locally to help encourage vaccination.
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Lentz is a member of the Clark County Board of Health as the county council serves and functions as the county’s board of health
VANCOUVER – Washington State Governor Jay Inslee last month appointed Clark County Councilor Temple Lentz to the Washington State Board of Health. Councilor Lentz fills the position of an elected official who represents state counties and is a member of a local board of health.
Clark County Councilor Temple Lentz (center) is shown here with Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle and Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler during a recent visit to the Tower Mall vaccination site. File Photo
Concern grows as vaccinations in Clark County slow down
Published: April 28, 2021, 4:16pm
Share: Dr. Alan Melnick, Clark County Health Officer and Public Health Director, speaks to the media. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
With only 35 percent of Clark County at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19, the county’s vaccine uptake is already beginning to slow down.
At Wednesday’s Clark County Board of Health meeting, Clark County Public Health Officer Dr. Alan Melnick said he’s concerned about slowly filled or unfilled COVID-19 vaccination appointments.
Just weeks ago, appointments went quickly and were tough to come by. Now the county has seen demand fall so dramatically that it opened the Tower Mall vaccination site in Vancouver to walk-in and drive-thru visitors on Monday and Tuesday, with no advance appointment necessary.