Vaccination rates are falling. COVID cases are rising. Will Pierce County ever reopen?
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 5/8/2021 Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
May 8 Pierce County, you have a COVID vaccine problem: Not enough people are showing up to get it.
The why to the story is complicated. There is an abundance of places to get vaccinated, but appointment slots are going unfilled.
Amid steadily rising cases, the county seems to have hit what one health department representative described as the tipping point of supply and demand.
Kayla Scrivner, immunization branch director for the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, told the Board of Health on Wednesday that mass vaccine sites started to see a noticeable drop-off in recent weeks.
Puyallup hosts vaccine clinic for teens
Students spreading a pro vaccine message in a way they know best. Social media site TikTok filled with flashy videos encouraging all who can to get the shot. Author: Sebastian Robertson (KING5) Updated: 5:38 PM PDT May 5, 2021
PUYALLUP, Wash. Gen Z and millennials are taking a new role in stopping the spread of COVID-19. Those 16 and up have been cleared to receive a vaccine since mid-April.
On Wednesday, Rogers High School in Puyallup was the site of the latest vaccine clinic in Pierce County. It was the first specifically targeting teens, thanks to a partnership between the school district, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, and Kirk’s Pharmacy.
Here are the new COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday in Pierce County
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 5/5/2021 Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
May 5 Pierce County reported 126 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday with one additional death, a Spanaway man in his 70s.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department no longer assigns underlying condition status to individual deaths it reports and instead counts underlying conditions as part of a percentage of the total number of deaths, which as of May 4 was 75.7 percent.
The county s totals are now 45,215 cases and 535 deaths since the first confirmed coronavirus case was reported in March 2020.
On May 4, Gov. Jay Inslee announced a pause in taking action based on the state s Roadmap to Recovery metrics after a plateau of cases was observed in the state s overall numbers over the weekend. All counties will remain in their current phase, which, for Pierce, means Phase 2. Pierce was one of three counties to be ro
Here s where COVID shots can be found with no appointment necessary in Pierce County
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 5 hrs ago Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
May 5 Story has been updated with more locations offering walk-in vaccine services.
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Vaccine availability is improving in Pierce County, so much so that it appears the days of endless refreshes of websites to find open appointments have turned into casual on-the-spot events where you can show up anytime.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department on Tuesday said on Twitter, Drop-ins are now welcome at most vaccine events listed on our site.
The clinic at Lakewood Towne Center, 10330 59th Ave. SW, Suite B, is open seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Appointments are open for those age 16 and older, though those ages 16 and 17 must still pre-register with a parent or guardian. Registration is available at tpchd.org/vaxtothefuture. Walk-ins also are welcome.