Hundreds get COVID-19 vaccine in Sequim after camping in cars overnight
Hundreds get COVID-19 vaccine in Sequim after camping in cars overnight
SEQUIM, WA - In Sequim, hundreds of folks sat in their cars for hours while waiting for the opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine from the Jamestown Family Health Clinic.
For the second time this week, the clinic offered COVID-19 vaccinations to members of the Sequim community who are 70-years-old and older.
Community members could drive right up to a tent and get the vaccine while still in their car.
This is outside the current Tier A descriptions of who can receive the vaccine in Washington; however, the clinic is able to do this because they are run by the Jamestown S’Kallam tribe.
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Hundreds of elderly drivers put their cars in line way before dawn for the opening day of a first come, first serve drive-thru COVID vaccination clinic in Sequim, Washington. The scene provided a dramatic illustration of eagerness among many seniors to get the coveted shots. Hospitals in other medium-sized and smaller Washington communities that have opened vaccination appointment lines to all seniors in recent days report being swamped as well.
At sunrise Thursday, a line of cars stretched well over a mile from a Sequim city park, through the town, and out onto U.S. Highway 101. Sequim police officers started turning people away and telling them to come back another day even before the first of 600 vaccine doses was injected.
Sequim COVID-19 vaccine site draws hundreds
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SEQUIM, Wash. - Vaccination demand reached a tipping point in Sequim, as hundreds waited, sometimes for hours, to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
On Thursday, the Jamestown S Klallam Tribe, Jamestown Family Health Clinic, and other county partners launched a mass COVID-19 vaccine distribution event at the Trinity United Methodist Church and nearby Carrie Blake Park.
As word spread, hundreds waited for hours. Some, even camped out the night before. Sheila Martin s husband got wind of the event, and decided to take their camper, and park it at the site the night before.