What to know about COVID-19 vaccinations in Montgomery County
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May 7, 2021 | 9:34 am
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A Montgomery County vaccinator prepares a COVID-19 vaccine syringe at the county clinic on Montgomery College s Germantown campus on March 31, 2021.
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As more Montgomery County residents are vaccinated, the pace of new people seeking a vaccine is starting to slow, officials said at a media briefing on Wednesday.
Dr. Travis Gayles, the county’s health officer, said the eligible younger age groups of residents have had slower progress in vaccinations.
In particular, vaccinations have tapered off in residents in their early 20s to late 30s.
Elrich: ‘I Don’t Have Enough Staff Right Now to Open Up All the Libraries’
At his weekly media briefing on Wednesday, County Executive Marc Elrich was asked by a reporter about why libraries, recreation centers, and senior centers still have not reopened.
According to Elrich, there are “different issues” for why these places have not fully reopened. “One is you know we don’t we don’t have everybody vaccinated then unless you’re going to start using passports to determine who comes in we’d like to be at a higher level of vaccination before we generally open things up which is why we’ve set our targets based on the percentage of people vaccinated now,” he said.
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Wellness Conversation: At 6 p.m., residents are invited to a free, online conversation about “the role that peer support plays in the treatment and recovery process for substance use disorders.” No registration is required. You can join on Teams Live or watch live on County Cable Montgomery and the county’s Facebook page.
You are invited to an online conversation about the role that peer support plays in the treatment and recovery process for substance use disorders. The conversation will be held Wednesday, May 5 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. https://t.co/hMsxJXmYs8. pic.twitter.com/l6f3N4xsbU
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Senior Planet Montgomery: Senior Planet Montgomery continues to offer free Zoom classes to senior residents. Today’s classes include “Facebook” and “Explore with Google Maps.”
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is expressing some hesitancy about meeting a goal set by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan of having enough people in the state vaccinated to “get things back to normal by Memorial Day.”
Speaking to reporters during a weekly media briefing Wednesday, Elrich said, “This is all numbers driven, so we’ll see where we are on Memorial Day.”
The county, which has been a leader in the state in terms of vaccinating its population, has recently seen a 25% average slowdown in the pace of administering shots in part because of lower uptake in the population of young “invincibles” in the 20-30 age range, officials said.
Rural Maryland and Virginia counties were once ahead in vaccinations. Not anymore. Rebecca Tan, John D. Harden Signs in a shopping mall in Tysons Corner direct people to a vaccination site. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) The early leaders in the vaccination race have stumbled. And those who were lagging behind are surging ahead for now. What started as a trickle of coronavirus vaccine doses in Maryland, Virginia and the District four months ago has grown into a steady stream of 150,000 shots daily, administered at pharmacies, doctor’s offices and mass vaccination sites. Stark racial gaps have narrowed, though not consistently. And rural counties that once led the region in vaccination rates are starting to run out of willing customers, while demand continues in some of their more densely populated neighbors.