853,646 people have received both doses (46.1% of everyone 16+) 1,888,395 doses have been allocated to King County (not counting pharmacy programs)
One week ago, the first four totals were 98,095/1,525/5,827/1,038,291, and the vaccination totals were 1,190,224/783,936/1,691,845.
STATEWIDE NUMBERS: See them here.
WORLDWIDE NUMBERS: 156.9 million cases, 3,270,000+ deaths – see the nation-by-nation numbers here.
CITY MILESTONE: 100,000 doses administered at the city-affiliated hubs, so the mayor delivered ice cream to the city-run hubs, including
Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex:
GET VACCINATED THIS WEEKEND: You are still welcome to just walk into the city hubs, including that one here in WS (2801 SW Thistle), without an appointment. But you’re also welcome to lock in a spot by making one, first or second dose – you can do that here. WS is open Saturday, 9 am-4:30 pm, and Lumen Field is also open Saturday, 11:15 am-5:45 pm. Both are offering all three vaccines. (And
(Updated sign at SW Thistle entrance to vaccination-hub lot)
WEST SEATTLE VACCINATION HUB: As first reported here last week (thanks to reader tips), you no longer need an appointment to get vaccinated at the city-run West Seattle hub in the
Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex parking lot (2801 SW Thistle). The city made an official announcement today about that status for the WS, Rainier Beach, and Lumen Field sites, including additional detail about what you can get there and when:
Today and tomorrow, Rainier Beach is offering the Pfizer vaccine, and West Seattle is offering the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. Beginning Wednesday, May 5, the following vaccines will be available each day of operation going forward:
Summer-long, citywide arts collab starts this weekend: A lot of the heavy-hitters in town the Frye Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Northwest Film Forum, On the Boards, and Velocity Dance Center joined forces to present Murmurations, a series of exhibitions, performances, screenings, community conversations, artist talks, and other programs on race, place, and, of course, the problems with tropes of linear narrative and apparatuses of visual capture.
The programs that begin this weekend include a drive-in screening of five short films at On the Boards. I m particularly drawn to
No history in a room filled with people with funny names 5, a 30-minute film from Korakrit Arunanondchai and Alex Gvojic, wherein a fictional Thai painter communicates with a drone spirit named Chantri about the consequences of globalization in contemporary Thailand.
sam-c April 30, 2021 (12:44 pm)
That’s great news !!! Hopefully everyone who can get vaccinated, will get vaccinated!
Brian April 30, 2021 (2:05 pm)
The reason they switched to walk-ups with no appointment is because demand dropped off. So everyone who can get vaccinated is choosing not to get vaccinated which leaves all of this capacity open.
Lola April 30, 2021 (1:15 pm)
I feel for the ones who looked for days to book an appt. So glad to finally see this. Everyone can get a shot now.
PG April 30, 2021 (1:47 pm)
It would be really exciting if West Seattle became a model for getting enough people vaccinated to reach herd immunity!
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