A medical student receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Dell Medical School in Austin.
Central Texas is far from herd immunity for COVID-19, and public health officials are urging everyone who can to get vaccinated.
Most sites are now giving away first doses without an appointment, though some are offering reserved appointments as well.
Here s where you can go this weekend to get a shot.
Delco Activity Center
Austin Public Health is running its vaccination site at the Delco Activity Center on Saturday.
As of this week, it s now a walk-up site, so anyone 18 or older looking to get a dose of the Moderna vaccine can do so between noon and 8 p.m. If you can t make it this weekend, the site is open from Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 8 p.m.
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Health workers administer a COVID-19 vaccine to a person during drive-thru mass vaccine clinic at Circuit of the Americas in February.
Unlike earlier in the vaccine rollout, vaccine supply has been outstripping demand in the Austin area these days.
While 41% of folks in the area have been either partly or fully vaccinated, that still puts us at a long way from the threshold for herd immunity for COVID-19.
Now, providers are offering more walk-up opportunities to get vaccinated. Here s where you can go:
Austin Public Health
Austin s public health authority started offering walk-up vaccinations for patients 18 and older at the Delco Activity Center on Thursday and Friday from noon to 7:30 p.m. or until it runs out of doses. APH administers the Moderna vaccine, so people under 18 are not eligible to get it.
Austin Public Health has distributed 134,000 COVID-19 vaccines as of Saturday and is looking toward a “new normal” as Austinites continue to get vaccinated, APH director Stephanie Hayden-Howard said at an in-person media event Saturday.
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By Carissa Lehmkuhl
APH, WCCHD offer more COVID-19 vaccines to educators
Right now, even if an educator qualifies for the 1A or 1B groups, it doesn’t mean it’s easy to get a vaccine right now.
AUSTIN, Texas - Local health districts are stepping up to try and prioritize teachers when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations.
Right now, even if an educator qualifies for the 1A or 1B groups, it doesn’t mean it’s easy to get a vaccine right now. That’s because there are over 500,000 people in Travis County that fit into that category, according to Austin Public Health.
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Austinites wait in a line wrapping around the Delco Activity Center to receive a COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday. Some people had appointments, others did not.
Maggie McConnell brought a neon pink collapsible chair with her to a school recreation center in Northeast Austin. By noon she had yet to unfurl it, caught in rapid conversation with people waiting in a line that wrapped around the building.
The talk? How confusing finding a vaccine in Austin has been.
“[My daughter’s] friend’s neighbor told her they were giving vaccines, and they were giving vaccines to that 1B category and also there was a line for everybody,” McConnell, 74, said. The 1B category includes people over 65 and those with chronic medical conditions.