A certain national pizza chain has cornered the 30 minutes or less slogan, but that s exactly how long Rhea Park said it took him to get the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Thursday.
Park and his friend Marilyn Danenberger both made the trip to Springfield from Loami.
Admittedly, Park said he had visions of having to wait, but he got a pleasant surprise. It went a lot better than expected, Park said. We walked in, and they started us right through the process. Painless was how Deb Selby of Athens explained the vaccine and the process itself.
A certain national pizza chain has cornered the "30 minutes or less" slogan, but that s exactly how long Rhea Park said it took him to get the first round of
The Sangamon County Department of Public Health announced last week it would prioritize new appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations at its drive-thru clinic
SCDPH is running vaccination clinics in its building and in drive-thrus seven days per week. In December the first high-risk priority groups, health care personnel, all hospital staff and anyone working or residing in long-term care facilities were encouraged to participate in vaccine clinics. They are designated group 1a. Sangamon County announced people aged 65 and older and frontline essential workers like firefighters, grocery workers and educators could begin scheduling immunization appointments on Jan. 18. They are in what s deemed group 1b. But vaccination appointments in Sangamon County are full through Feb. 1. For those belonging to groups 1a or 1b looking to receive the vaccine, updates can be found on the Sangamon County Dept. of Public Health website or the county s Facebook page. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are given in two doses, the first being administered 21 days apart and the latter 28.