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Brookshire Brothers pharmacies working to keep up with demand for COVID-19 vaccine
“It’s getting to the point where the names on the list exceeds the doses available”
Rural Vaccines By Blake Holland | December 31, 2020 at 4:56 PM CST - Updated December 31 at 5:16 PM
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - For many rural communities in deep East Texas, Brookshire Brothers pharmacies seem to be one of the few place to find the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I will say that we were a bit surprised when the allocations came out,” said Laura Edmundson, Director of Clinical Pharmacy Programs for Brookshire Brothers. “We didn’t really know when we were getting them until the last minute, nor did we know we would be some of the only providers that had vaccine available to the public.”
More than 30 people at Hospice in the Pines were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Wednesday in the initial vaccine distributions by Brookshire Brothers.
The company was allocated 1,700 vaccinations across four pharmacy locations in Lufkin, Huntington and Diboll, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. These vaccines are not available to the general public; Brookshire Brothersâ leadership said they intend to follow state guidelines for distribution.
These vaccinations will be prioritized for paid and unpaid hospital workers working with people who are positive or high-risk for the virus, long-term care staff working with vulnerable populations, EMS providers engaging with 911 services, home health care workers including hospice care, and residents of long-term care facilities, the state website states.