SLO County large-scale vaccination clinics to close this Friday, June 4. (Dave Alley/KEYT)
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. San Luis Obispo County is preparing to close down its three large-scale community vaccination clinics later this week. We will be closing those three clinic sites after Friday, said Michelle Shoresman, San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department spokesperson. Friday is the last day we re giving vaccinations at the South County Regional Center, the Paso Robles Event Center and Cuesta College.
Since the first vaccinations went into arms in December 2020, the Public Health Department has administered the majority of doses distributed in the county.
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COVID-19 vaccines available at no cost without a prior appointment
–County of San Luis Obispo vaccine clinics in Paso Robles and Arroyo Grande are now offering the COVID-19 vaccine without an appointment. Appointments are also available every day this week at all three of the county’s community vaccine clinics, in Arroyo Grande, Paso Robles, and San Luis Obispo, for those who wish to confirm their preferred time and vaccine type.
“Now is the time to get the vaccine⎯it’s never been easier,” said Dr. Penny Borenstein, County Health Officer. “I encourage everyone who hasn’t yet gotten the vaccine to take this opportunity to get the vaccine easily and at no cost, while we are able to provide these large-scale community clinics across SLO County.”
GET IN LINE Just as SLO County gets its bearings for vaccinating the public against COVID-19, California is set to change things by centralizing vaccine distribution. As SLO County hits its COVID-19 vaccine stride by replacing a first-come, first-serve system with a lottery designed to make things more equitable for those eligible to receive vaccines and a multilingual pilot program to vaccinate and educate underserved essential farmworkers, California introduces a more centralized vaccine distribution system. MyTurn, a state web portal for registering first- and second-dose vaccine appointments, is glitchy with major problems. The county is uncertain how the transition to both MyTurn and Blue Shield s impending takeover of state vaccine distribution will affect its progress.