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Delaware County COVID vaccine clinics change hours, locations as public demand remains low

Delaware County COVID vaccine clinics change hours, locations as public demand remains low
Charlotte Stefanski, Muncie Star Press
© Graphic provided by a collaboration of healthcare partners including Delaware County Health Departme.
Delaware County has several COVID-19 vaccination sites, all free to those with AND without insurance. Anyone 18 and older is eligible to receive any vaccine. Anyone 12–17 is eligible to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
MUNCIE, Ind. While vaccine distribution was going strong in Delaware County for months, with local clinics vaccinating hundreds to thousands of patients every week, things have continued to slow down as summer approaches.
According to the Indiana State Department of Health s vaccine dashboard, 38,288 Delaware County residents had been fully vaccinated as of Friday morning, making up roughly 33% of the population. ....

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Black Americans' hesitancy to get COVID-19 vaccine reflected in state, local numbers

Black Americans hesitancy to get COVID-19 vaccine reflected in state, local numbers
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WaTasha Barnes Griffin gets the COVID-19 vaccine at Open Door Health Services.
MUNCIE, Ind. It had taken a lot to get WaTasha Barnes Griffin in a chair at Open Door Health Services. Since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, she had been adamant she wouldn t get one. But in late January, her arm was being prepared for the shot.
Bryan Ayars, CEO of Open Door Health Services, was even there with her, helping document her journey. She remembers Ayars jokingly telling her not to scream, to which a nurse replied, “She s not scared of a vaccine.” But that wasn t completely true. ....

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