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Work Begins On Lancaster County Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
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Editor s note Feb. 10, 2021: After this report by LNP | LancasterOnline, UPMC said they submitted race data for 90% of the individuals they had administered vaccines to the state.
Incomplete COVID-19 racial and ethnic data may hinder health officials as they try to spot and react to inequities in vaccine distribution and education among Lancaster Countyâs minority communities, local leaders say.
On Friday, the state reported that 918,210 people received at least the first dose of the vaccines and of those 246,390 people had received both doses.
However, about 35% of race data for first doses and 41% of race data for second doses was listed as âunknown.â And about 40% of data for the ethnicity of those who have received first doses and 44% of those with second doses was also âunknown.â
As Lancaster County officials announced plans for a mass vaccination site Thursday, two county residents who recently voiced their frustrations of trying to get vaccine appointments to LNP | LancasterOnline said they felt that what the county announced was ânothing new.â
âNothing that helps get vaccinations to those with existing conditions,â Bob Cooper, of Millersville, said in an email near the end of the news conference. âYet they talk about âmassive vaccinationsâ when, while they talk about such a possibility, Iâm on more than 10 waiting lists, some for over a week.â
County commissioners Josh Parsons, Ray DâAgostino and Craig Lehman and Dr. Michael Ripchinski, chief clinical officer of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, did not give specifics on where or when the large vaccination site would be established, saying they are still in the final stages of planning. However, they did announce that their goal is to vaccinate over
Lancaster County leaders said they are working to set up a mass vaccination site but more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are needed to make it happen.“What we are doing now in this effort is planning for D-Day,” Commissioner Ray D’Agostino said during a news conference Thursday.D’Agostino likened the next phase of the fight against the coronavirus to the Allies’ efforts in World War II.“Now, as then, this is beginning of the end of COVID in Lancaster County,” he said.The county is planning a mass vaccination site that could vaccinate up to 5,000 people per day. It would be in a central location but will only open if there is adequate vaccine supply, according to commissioners.“Vaccine availability is the primary factor right now. This is obviously frustrating to many who want the vaccine now,” Commissioner Josh Parsons said.Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health and other health systems in the county are giving shots to 600 to 1,000 people per day, but LGH has n
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