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The Tippecanoe County Health Department Monday opened the doors of its makeshift vaccination clinic. The clinic currently offers COVID-19 vaccinations to a group of people that includes residents over the age of 80.
The county health department is doing its best to make the clinic, located in a strip mall adjacent to a Payless, feel welcoming.
The back wall of the clinic, which serves as the waiting room for people who have received the vaccine, has a still-wet graffiti mural. A large fan works overtime to dry it out.
Vaccine appointments at the clinic are still available for healthcare and public safety workers who haven’t yet received a vaccine, but the clinic is primarily aimed at people over the age of 80.
County Health Department administrator Khala Hochstedler said they are booked the entire week. They have a total of 1,000 doses to administer, including the 100 doses, they plan on giving out Monday.
Charles and Dixie Berry were the first patients to get vaccinated when the clinic opened, and they have big plans once they get their second dose. Celebrate our granddaughter s birthday, said Dixie Berry. She s counting the days. She s the one that got the appointment for us. She s in Lexington, Kentucky.
Rebecca Harshman took her 86-year-old mother to get vaccinated, and she says she can worry a little less about her mother s health.