'It ran smoothly': Hundreds receive vaccines at Prisma Health Greenville vaccination facility
Vaccines administered in former Kmart building in Greenville
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Updated: 11:14 PM EST Jan 21, 2021
Vaccines administered in former Kmart building in Greenville
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Updated: 11:14 PM EST Jan 21, 2021
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WASHINGTON. SOUTH CAROLINA’S GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER TALKED ABOUT VACCINE DISTRIBUTION AS HE VISITED THE UPSTATE TODAY AS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RECEIVE THEIR FIRST DOSES AT PRISMA HEALTH’S VACCINATION FACILITY IN GREENVILLE ART A GUARD HOW GOES OUTSIDE OF THAT CENTER FOR NOW, IT’S THE OLD KMART IN GREENVILLE NEAR GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND TAGGART. YOU HAVE SEEN HIGH TURNOUT TODAY. GABRIELLE, YES, GOOD EVENING. WE’VE SEEN THAT TURNED OUT REALLY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. WE CAN TELL YOU THERE’S REALLY NOT MUCH OF A LINE AT THIS POINT. BUT SOME PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH THROUGHOUT THE DAY SAYING THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS PARKING LOT SO CROWDED OUR VISIT WITH THE GREENVILLE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION THIS MORNING GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER RE-EMPHASIZING HIS MESSAGE TO STATE HOSPITALS. THEY GET A FIRST DOSE. SHIPMENT ONE WEEK AND THAT SAME WEEK THEY GET A SECOND DOSE SHIPMENT USE THEM ALL UP. DON’T KEEP ANY ON THE SHELF GET THE PEOPLE IN AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. MINE’S GROWING INTO THE AFTERNOON AT PRISON-HOUSE GREENVILLE COUNTY VACCINATION FACILITY A FULL PARKING LOT PEOPLE 70 AND OLDER CAN GET VACCINATED APPOINTMENTS THROUGH VOLUMES ARE ENCOURAGED AT THE SNACK BAR THAT MY HUSBAND I WILL ABLE TO GET HERE AND DO IT GLORIA DUCKETT AND HER HUSBAND MADE ONE IT RAN SMOOTHLY WE WERE ON ABOUT 45 TO AN HOUR AND THAT WASN’T BAD WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE CHRISTMAS HEALTH SAYS IF YOU’RE HAVING PROBLEMS REGISTERING YOU CAN WALK IN THAT’S WHAT THE MILLERS DID WALT ALREADY HAD HIS BUT HE AND HIS WIFE JEAN WAITED ABOUT AN HOUR TODAY FOR HERS. WE GOT THROUGH IT PRETTY FAST. IT WAS A GOOD EVERYBODY WAS PRETTY WELL STAYING SEPARATED AND EVERYBODY WARDING MY -- TRYING TO GET IT SOONER TO BE CLOSER TO HIM. THE HEALTH SYSTEM SAYS IT IS MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING AND REQUIRING MASKS. SO CHEERS AVAILABLE TO SIT BUT OUTSIDE SOME CONCERN WHAT I’VE OBSERVING IS THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE SEPARATION. I’M LOOKING AT THE LARGE LINES AND PEOPLE RIGHT CLOSE TO EACH OTHER PLUS THE HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING. THERE HAVE TO BE INFECTED PEOPLE IN THAT GROUP MASTER URGING PATIENCE. I THINK THAT YOU WILL SEE SOME REAL PROGRESS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT EVENTUALLY WE NEED MORE VACCINE. AND I’M CONFIDENT THAT THAT’S COMING BUT PROBABLY WON’T BE TO MARCHA SIR. A MASTER TELLS ME HE DOESN’T SEE ANY KEY CHANGES IN DISTRIBUTION WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. WE SHOULD NOTE HERE. THIS CENTER IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 7:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M. FOR