As of April 5, all Idaho adults and teens aged 16 and up are eligible to receive the Covid vaccine, and in Teton County health care providers are working to put as many shots in arms as possible.
In the last full week of March, over 500 doses were administered during the Teton Valley Health community clinic with help from local pharmacies. On April 1, another 420 or so were given out. According to the state vaccine dashboard, by this Monday 3,396 residents, almost a third of the countyâs population, had received at least one dose of vaccine.
“It seems now like we’re getting through those who really want it and now we’re getting to the ones who might be a little more uncertain, or only want the vaccine if it’s easy,” said Teton Valley Health CEO Keith Gnagey. He explained that last week the available appointments never filled up (make an appointment by calling (208) 716-0063 or sign up online at idahoprepmod.com).
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On Feb. 2 when the local hotline opened at 1 p.m. for Teton County residents aged 65 and up to schedule their COVID vaccinations for the next two weeks, people quickly grew frustrated, calling again and again, getting busy signals or error messages, hanging up, and redialing. They shared their annoyance on Facebook in real time, comparing numbers of dials, claiming a hundred or two hundred calls in an hour, while some crowed with pleasure at getting through to make their appointments.Â
Despite repeated attempts, Seniors West of the Tetons board chair Anna Kirkpatrick couldn t schedule an appointment for her 90-year-old mother, so she ran some errands then called again and was successful on the second try.