CADILLAC â The sooner you get vaccinated, the sooner life can return to normal.
It s been one of the pro-vaccination messages as soon as the vaccine opened up to the general adult population. Now, with kids age 12 to 15 eligible for the Pfizer version of the COVID-19 vaccine, there s another way to explain the same idea: One thing I would encourage parents to remember is that there were a lot of disruptions that kids experienced this year related to sports and school, said Lisa Peacock, health officer, Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department and Health Department of Northwest Michigan, during a Munson Healthcare press conference. Just like we always encourage you to get in for that sports physical early before fall sports start in August, we are going to encourage you to come in and get your children vaccinated early.
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Whether you’re grocery shopping, stopping for gas, or spending a night out on the town – you’ve probably seen them: COVID vaccine clinics are popping up all over northern Michigan.
Health agencies are hosting the clinics in an effort to reach more people, as Michigan works to get closer to the goal of a 70% vaccination rate.
Wednesday, Benzie County played host to two separate clinics. The Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department has already hit their 70% goal, but that’s no reason to slow down. They say the vaccine will be available for everyone who needs it.
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As the State of Michigan reaches the 55% first-dose vaccination milestone, Leelanau County has reached the first dose 70% mark.
The Benzie-Leelanau Health Department says as they strive to get everyone their second shot, they are moving away from large vaccine clinics. They say they are going for smaller pop-up clinics like the one held last Friday at Farm Club.
The Health Department says this change was made because they’d begun to see a drop off in demand for the vaccine, as all of the eager people have already gotten their shots.
“Now, to the rest of the population that maybe doesn’t find it as convenient to do that or maybe they’re not as motivated to do that. So we’re taking the vaccine out to where the people are, or they gather, and where we might just run into people who are maybe on the fence, maybe need some questions answered, or maybe just don’t have the time or the inclination to schedule an appointment and go get vaccinated them
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They say this initiative is what helped the county reach the highest vaccination rates in the state.
On Friday, the health department held a clinic at the Farm Club Traverse City.
They say they vaccinate about twenty people at the small pop-up sites.
The department says the frequency and locations they go to help them reach different generations of people.
“I think that’s another reason why being at places where people frequent like employees of businesses,” said Personal Health Supervisor for the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department, Autumn Jurek. “By coming out and being out in the community we’re really helping those people to get their vaccinations.”