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Brian Blalock | SHSUDeborah Wynne-Hester, RN of the Sam Houston State University Student Health Center helps administer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to community members. Walker County moves forward with Moderna vaccination events as demand drops
Michelle Wulfson | The Item
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Brian Blalock | SHSUDeborah Wynne-Hester, RNÂ of the Sam Houston State University Student Health Center helps administer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to community members.Â
Once regarded as a favorable option for rural areas and younger demographics, the Centers for Disease Control and Food and Drug Administration have recommended a pause on the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday morning, due to a possible rare health risk.
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Tarrytown Pharmacy in Austin quickly exhausted its supply of 500 coronavirus vaccine doses in late December, then was bombarded by phone calls from people looking to get vaccinated. Credit: Montinique Monroe for The Texas Tribune
After the staff at Austin’s Tarrytown Pharmacy hustled to vaccinate 500 vulnerable Texans and front-line workers over the holidays, pharmacist Rannon Ching logged into an online state system used to track the vaccines.
Then he panicked.
According to the system, his Tarrytown pharmacy hadn’t vaccinated anyone. The numbers on his screen indicated all 500 doses were still sitting on his shelf.
“I freaked out thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, they’re not going to give me any [more] doses because they think I’m not giving anything,’” Ching said.
Then he panicked.
According to the system, his Tarrytown pharmacy hadnât vaccinated anyone. The numbers on his screen indicated all 500 doses were still sitting on his shelf.
âI freaked out thinking, âOh my gosh, theyâre not going to give me any [more] doses because they think Iâm not giving anything,ââ Ching said.
As the state began the massive undertaking of distributing the coronavirus vaccine, its early rollout was beset by data problems that left state officials with immunization and dose information that was outdated, incomplete and sometimes misleading.
Health care providers feared those inaccurate numbers, collected by the stateâs immunization registry, ImmTrac2, and another system were being used by the state to decide who would get the weekly allotment of vaccine â and by others to decide who would get blamed for moving too slowly as a desperate public clamored for shots.
<figcaption> Tarrytown Pharmacy in Austin quickly exhausted its supply of 500 coronavirus vaccine doses in late December, then was bombarded by phone calls from people looking to get vaccinated. <cite>Credit: Montinique Monroe for The Texas Tribune</cite>
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