Where to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Arkansas
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Updated: 9:47 AM CDT May 24, 2021
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Updated: 9:47 AM CDT May 24, 2021
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FAYETTEVILLE MAN THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE COVID-19 VACCINE, BUT HE SAYS THIS RESOURCE REALLY WOULD HAVE HELPED HIM MAKE HIS DECISION A LOT SOONER TO DECIDE TO GET VACCINATED. FOR ME THERE WAS A LOT OF HESITATION. I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT I WAS A SMART CHOICE SINCE DECEMBER WASHINGTON REGIONAL HAS ADMINISTERED MORE THAN 33,000 DOSES OF THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE, BUT IN RECENT WEEKS FEWER ARCHANSENS HAVE MADE APPOINTMENTS TO GET VACCINATED, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SO BUSY EARLY ON WHEN THE VACCINE WAS AVAILABLE. JUST PUTTING VACCINES IN THE ARMS OF EVERYBODY WHO WANTED A VACCINE BUT WE’VE SEEN A SLOWDOWN IN THE INTEREST OF GETTING THE VACCINE. SO I THINK MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONCERNS OR WORRIES ABOUT THE VACCINE NOW WASHINGTON REGIONAL’S COVID-19 QUESTION HOTLINE WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE VACCINE FOR SOME IT’S A MATTER OF PERFECT TIMING. I KNEW I DEFINITELY WANTED IT BUT I KIND OF KEPT PUTTING IT OFF LIKE UNINTENTIONALLY. I JUST HAD A LOT GOING ON WITH WORK AND LIKE JUST STUFF GOING ON WITH SCHOOL, BUT FOR OTHERS IT WAS HAVING A RESOURCE TO GO TO I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE TIP LINE IS GREAT. I WOULD LOVE TO ACTUALLY CALL THE TIP. I WISH I HAD THAT ONE LIKE BEFORE I GOT MY SHOT SO I CAN GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT BEFOREHAND. I THINK THAT HELPS IN SCARING PEOPLE A LITTLE LESS DR. THOMAS SAYS THAT’S WHY THEY WANT TO PROVIDE THIS RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY’RE URGING NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TO GET VACCINATED. THE BEST TIME IS RIGHT NOW IF WE CAN GET ENOUGH PEOPLE VACCINATED WE CAN HAVE A REALLY DIFFERENT SUMMER IN A REALLY DIFFERENT FALL. WELL RIGHT NOW WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER THE PFIZER VACCINE TO ANYONE 16 AND OLDER AGAIN AS YOU HEARD JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT AUTHORIZATION FOR THE GROUP’S 12 THROUGH 15 HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED SO THEY SAY BY POTENTIALLY THE END OF NEXT END OF THIS WEEK START OF NEXT WEEK. THEY COULD START ALLOWING FISCHER VACCINES FOR THAT YOUNGER AGE GROUP. WE DO KNOW THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE MODERNA VACCINES IN THE COMING WEEKS AND IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL, WE HAVE THAT NUMBER LISTED HERE ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR IT’S 4 7 9 4 6 3 2 0 5 5 YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 8 AM TO 2:30. THERE ARE NO DUMB QUESTIONS WAS THE MESSAGE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO RELAY TO Y’ALL TONIGHT REPORTING HA