/ Susan Valadez looks at a Texas Department of State Health Services advertisement encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine before she enters a Walmart in Fort Worth on April 30, 2021.
At its peak, the mass COVID-19 vaccination site at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in Williamson County was administering about 4,000 doses per day.
Now it’s half that.
County health officials will close the North Austin drive-thru hub in mid-May, shifting the responsibility to a growing number of doctors, pharmacies, public health offices and other smaller providers who have closer relationships with and easier access to the county’s estimated 200,000 eligible residents who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated.
Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune Susan Valadez looks at a Texas Department of State Health Services advertisement encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine before she enters a Walmart in Fort Worth on April 30.
At its peak, the mass COVID-19 vaccination site at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in Williamson County was administering about 4,000 doses per day.
Now it’s half that.
County health officials will close the North Austin drive-thru hub in mid-May, shifting the responsibility to a growing number of doctors, pharmacies, public health offices and other smaller providers who have closer relationships with and easier access to the county’s estimated 200,000 eligible residents who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated.
A lot of eligible Texas are still unvaccinated, Texas shifts COVID vaccine strategies
Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
May 3, 2021
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Now it’s half that.
County health officials will close the North Austin drive-thru hub in mid-May, shifting the responsibility to a growing number of doctors, pharmacies, public health offices and other smaller providers who have closer relationships with and easier access to the county’s estimated 200,000 eligible residents who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated.
“We’re still moving along,” said Jen Stratton, director of communications for Family Hospital Systems in Williamson County, which partners with the county to run the hub. “Our focus is just changing.”
As Texas shifts vaccine strategy, fixing data errors is key
Cayla Harris and Jordan Rubio, Hearst Newspapers
April 26, 2021
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Lisa Stork, Curative registered nurse, takes a COVID-19 vaccination out of box at a drive-through vaccination location on Thursday, April 1 in Larkspur, Calif.Lea Suzuki /The Chronicle
As the mad rush for COVID-19 vaccines wanes, Texas is shifting its distribution strategy to focus on smaller providers, setting up a crucial test for the state as it attempts not only to get shots in people’s arms but to track that information accurately.
Over the past five months, Texas health officials have focused on sending vaccines to mass vaccination sites, pharmacy chains, hospitals and local health departments providers that administer thousands of doses a week. The state also launched a mammoth data collection effort.
For the first time in months, there will be no shipment from the state of any Covid-19 vaccine first doses to Lamar County.
The pause is temporary and just for this week as the Easton Southwest Shootout comes to Paris again, Paris-Lamar County Health District director Gina Prestridge confirmed. The shootout is hosted at the Love Civic Center, the site of Parisâs weekly vaccination hubs.
Moderna second doses that were scheduled for Friday will instead be given April 30, well within Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for second dosing, the City of Paris and the Paris-Lamar County Health District announced on Facebook. Scheduling for the April 30 clinic will begin Monday.