Dillingham held its first vaccine clinic Jan. 14, 2021.
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On Thursday, the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation expanded eligibility to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to everyone 18 years of age or older.
In Dillingham, people can receive the vaccine at a clinic Saturday at the Dillingham High School gym.
People 65 and older can receive vaccinations beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Beginning at 11 a.m., those who fall into the high risk category can receive the vaccine. Being high-risk may include diabetes, chronic lung disease, and compromised immune systems as well as pregnancy.
Those who take the medications Enbrel, Humira, Stelara, or Methotrexate also qualify as high risk.
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It’s bitterly cold outside, but the kindergartners playing on the jungle gym and a hill of snow next to Dillingham Elementary School don’t seem to mind.
“I like being in school, said Juliette Olson. “I like seeing my teacher. And it’s been fun to see my teacher!”
Cooper Roenfanz agreed.
Kids playing on a hill of snow near Dillingham Elementary School. Feb. 1, 2021.
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Dillingham city schools have had to close the classrooms after two and a half weeks. That’s because people at the were potentially exposed to COVID-19. The 13-day window of in-class instruction was a welcome respite for the kids, who hadn t been in a classroom since last November.
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A long line winds around Dillingham’s high school gym. Thursday’s first group of people to get the vaccine are those 65 and older. After they get the shot, they wait on the high school bleachers as a precaution against any adverse reactions.
Norm Anderson, 68, got one of the first doses of the Moderna vaccine. He said the clinic is “timely and necessary, and that the process was smooth.
“It was wonderful, he said. The people were nice, everything was ushered right along in good time. Got the shot. People were friendly and nice, clean. And now I’m just in a holding pattern to go home.”