Louisville s top health strategist urges people to get COVID-19 test every week Share Updated: 3:45 PM EST Jan 21, 2021 WLKY Digital Team Share Updated: 3:45 PM EST Jan 21, 2021
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Show Transcript I BELIEVE AS OF FRIDAY THER WERE ALMOST 40,000 PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST. REPORTER: WITH A LIMITED SUPPLY OF COVID 19 VACCINES, OPEN APPOINTMENTS AT UOFL HEALTH AND OTHER LOCAL FACILITIES ARE FILLING UP FAST. CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER DOCTOR JASON SMITH SAYS THE HOSPITAL IS RECEIVING THOUSANDS OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE UNABLE TO SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WE’RE TRYING TO OPEN UP NEW APPOINTMENTS EVERY WEEK DEPENDING WHAT OUR VACCINE SUPPLY IS. REPORTER: DOCTOR SMITH SAYS IF YOU CAN’T FIND AN APPOINTMENT DON’T CALL THE HOSPITAL, INSTEAD SIGN UP FOR THE CITY’S VACCINE INTEREST LIST, WHICH PUTS YOU ON THE WAITING LIST THE CITY IS THEN DISTRIBUTING THAT LIST TO ALL OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS WE’RE DIVIDING IT UP AND AS WE HAVE
Amber Ladd is the family resource coordinator for Mill Creek Elementary Leadership Academy. And like some other teachers and employees, the newness of the vaccine makes her nervous about it.
“I would support it once it’s been out on the market a little longer,” she said. “But I’m not comfortable with just jumping into being one of the first hundreds of thousands of people to get this vaccination.”
Coronavirus vaccines prepared for JCPS school nurses at the Broadbent Arena vaccination site.
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The CDC and the FDA say the vaccine is safe for almost all adults, with a few exceptions for people who are allergic to the vaccine ingredients. Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness doctor SarahBeth Hartlage said just because this vaccine was developed faster than any before it, doesn’t mean it’s less safe.
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A drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site at Broadbent Arena is slated to open Monday, Louisville s Department of Public Health and Wellness medical director Dr. SarahBeth Hartlage said Tuesday.
The site, announced last week, will only be for first responders such as EMTs and health care workers initially. The site will be run by 200 volunteers and a large number of Metro Government employees.
Those eligible for a vaccine at the Broadbent site will get invitations through their place of work to ensure only people in the appropriate tier get the vaccines.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) â Public and private school personnel throughout Kentucky are deciding whether they want to take a new COVID-19 vaccine, possibly in a matter of weeks, as school systems prepare extensive inoculation plans for their employees.
School districts have been asked to submit lists of all workers who want to take a COVID-19 vaccine to the Kentucky Department for Public Health by Dec. 30.
John Wright, community relations specialist for Hardin County Schools, said the district sent a survey gauging interest in taking a COVID-19 vaccine early Thursday and had received 500 responses within about 10 minutes.
About half of the staff at Oldham County Schools, which has some 2,000 employees, has replied to a similar survey so far, and Superintendent Greg Schultz says around 90% of respondents so far want a vaccine whenever the district receives its allotment of doses.