“We immediately schedule follow-up clinics three or four weeks later depending on what vaccine it is,” Rowan said. “We realized that we needed to schedule a couple of follow-up appointments because not everybody is going to necessarily be there on the day of the follow-up.”
Shelters have received priority for vaccination clinics because of numerous COVID-19 outbreaks over the past year.
“This is a congregate setting,” Rowan explained. “People are sleeping just feet away from each other, eating close to each other and we’ve seen outbreaks in shelters.”
Despite the Johnson and Johnson vaccine providing an easier option for administration and planning, its use was paused about two weeks ago per CDC recommendation.
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