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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. People 16 and old are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Santa Barbara County. Multiple locations around the county are offering vaccines.
Two of the largest distributions are Santa Barbara County Public Health and Cottage Health. Marian Regional Medical Center said they are partnering with Santa Barbara County Public Health. There are also smaller clinics and popup clinics around the county.
Near Santa Barbara in Goleta, Cottage Health is offering a drive-thru clinic at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital. They have been averaging 10,000 appointments per week in April. There are a lot of appointments available on their website. Availability ranges from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday this week and next. To signup go to their website.
Cottage Hospital administers 50,000th COVID-19 vaccine
GOLETA, Calif. Allison Hacker pulled into Cottage Health’s drive-thru style clinic Thursday morning. The clinic is across the street from Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital.
She thought she was just another patient getting their second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Instead, Cottage Health’s staff had a surprise for her.
Hacker was Cottage Health’s 50,000 COVID-19 vaccine recipient.
“I was surprised because I didn’t know they had done that many shots,” said Hacker. “And it’s pretty exciting to know that many people in Santa Barbara are vaccinated. So all good news.”
Payne Green, 88, after getting his first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Photo by Kathryn Barnes/KCRW.
As vaccine eligibility opens to more people across California and the country, elderly people without internet or a helping hand are getting left behind.
My landlord, Payne Green, nearly became one of those people.
I’ve lived in a studio apartment above his garage in Santa Barbara for six years. He’s one of those rare, amazing landlords who leaves bags of hand-picked avocados outside your door. When my boyfriend and I asked if we could amend our lease so we could adopt a dog, he quickly agreed. And every December, he gives us a Christmas card with two $50 bills in it that reads “to my adopted children.”