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Jasper County Judge Mark Allen says that a man who was receiving the Coronavirus vaccine late Friday morning experienced some sort of reaction, and paramedics who tended to him believe
The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District distributed about 560 Pfizer first-dose vaccines that were set to expire to anyone who showed up at a hastily organized clinic Tuesday at the Abilene Convention Center.
A doubling up of vaccine shipments after the February winter storm led to the health district having an unused supply, said health director Annette Lerma during a Tuesday afternoon news conference.
The state allows local vaccine hubs to give dosages to anyone outside the recommended groups when an expiration date looms, Lerma said.
The clinic was announced on the city and health district s Facebook pages.
With people still on the vaccine waiting list, Lerma said that the walk-in clinic was not ideal, but it takes staff many hours to make 700 phone calls to set just 200 appointments.