There is plenty of good news when it comes to getting vaccines here in Amarillo. Last week eligibility opened up to everyone and I even went in and got mine in a matter of minutes at the Convention Center. Now if you don t have the time to get downtown or simply want to stay closer to your own neighborhood you have plenty of options:
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The Amarillo Convention Center
Let s start with the obvious. The North Exhibit hall of the convention center at entrance 3 has been the ol standby since all of this started. They run Monday through Friday and stay a bit longer on Tuesday (Till 7pm)for those of us who work the 9-5. Here s something extra. make your trip in the afternoon if you can they are less busy after 1pm and you can get in and out pretty fast. Since the health department runs this one, shuttle and bus service are also available too. The city does an excellent job of keeping info current on its Amarillo Alerts website
Another Amarillo Group is Eligible for Vaccines Starting Monday
Good News Amarillo! It turns out our COVID-19 numbers are really starting to trend in the right direction, and a lot of that is not just masks and distancing but folks taking advantage of the free immunization clinics happening downtown at the civic center. While the wait can be long, the city has made a point of keeping this up and running whenever they can and doing a decent job of posting information online.
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For the last several weeks the main focus has been on what the CDC Classifies as groups 1A and 1B which for you and me basically breaks down to folks who are 65 and older and those who are 18 and above who have chronic conditions like heart issues, diabetes, asthma, obesity and so on that could lead to complications if they were infected with COVID-19 as well as front line health care workers who are in hospitals along with nursing home residents and staff.