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.
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.