Jaime Green
/ Wichita Eagle
It’s called “vaccine surfing” — hanging out around a COVID-19 vaccination center at the end of the day, hoping to get a shot from the leftovers.
But it won’t work at Sedgwick County’s vaccination stations, a top county official said Tuesday.
While Sedgwick County is committed to not wasting any doses of the precious vaccine, its medical personnel won’t give the jab to just anybody to get rid of spare doses, said Tim Kaufman, deputy county manager.
If there are leftover doses at the end of the day, the county dispenses them mainly to public-safety workers, who are eligible for vaccination within state guidelines and who can be quickly called to the vaccination center, Kaufman said.