LHA offers tips to those seeking COVID-19 vaccine appointments
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Updated: 5:08 PM CST Feb 26, 2021
WDSU Digital Team
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Updated: 5:08 PM CST Feb 26, 2021
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THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 7900 COVID-19 DEATHS STATEWIDE THERE ARE VACCINES OFFERED AROUND THE STATE. THE WEBSITE GOT SO BUSY WITH PEOPLE LOOKING TO GET THEIR VACCINE, THE WEBSITE CRASHED. WE'RE LIVE AT ONE OF THE FEW LOCAL PHARMACIES TO RECEIVE SOME DOSES TODAY. SHAY >> I'M HERE AT THE ALL SAINT PHARMACY, WORKERS WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE COVID-19 DOSES EARLIER OR OVER THE WEEKEND. I'VE ALSO BEEN CALLING OTHER PHARMACIES WITHIN OUR AREA WHO TELL ME THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR DOSES JUST YET BUT THEY PLAN ON RECEIVING THEM BY SOME TIME LATE THEY ARE WEEK. IN TOTAL, ABOUT 209 PROVIDERS IN ALL 64 PARISHES WILL NOW HAVE LIMITED DOSES TO ADMINISTER IN THIS PHASE ONE TIER ONE, 70-YEARS OF AGE AND UP, AMBULATORY, OUT PATIENT, HEALTH CARE WORKERS JUST TO NAME A FEWM LIST OF PHARMACIES BECAME AVAILABLE TODAY, THEY'VE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF CALLS TO SET U APPOINTMENTS. THEY'VE BEEN COMPLETELY SWAMPED ALL DAY BUT SOME HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SET UP AN APEOPLE AND RECEIVED THEIR FIRST DOSE. >> DIDN'T HURT AT ALL. JUST LIKE GETTING YOUR FLU SHOT. >> LIKE A REGUL SHOT. NOTHING IS ANY DIFFERENT. >> A FEW QUESTIONS IF YOU HAD ALLERGIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> A PAPER YOU HAD TO FILL OUT, JUST WITH ALL THE -- IT IS BASICALLY ALL THE SAME THINGS FOR ANY SHOTS, FOR A FLU SHOT. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS SHUTDOWN THE ECONOMY AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT IS GETTING ANY BETTER THAN YOU FIX IT. CAN YOU DEAL WITH A COUPLE THE OF SIDE EFFECTS OF MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A SKIN RASH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE HEADACHE FOR A DAY O TWO. OH, LITTLE CHILLS. CAN YOU DEAL WITH THAT? I THINK MOST PEOPLE CAN. >> THAT LIST OF NEW LOCATIONS IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, THAT'S WDSU.COM. REMEMBER, YOU CANNOT GO IN TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT NORTHBOUND WALK-UPS ALLOWED. YOU WILL HAVE TO CALL TO MAKE