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Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center will open a mass vaccine clinic Thursday at its Oconee Health Campus. The clinic is one of three set up by Piedmont Healthcare ââ the other two are located in Augusta and Columbus. According to a press release from Piedmont Athens, the clinic is equipped to serve an estimated 750 eligible Piedmont patients per day. In order to be considered an eligible, a patient must have been seen at Piedmont Athens in the last 12 months and meet the current criteria set forth by the Georgia Department of Public Health. Starting Monday, the clinic will also roll out vaccinations to roughly 700 teachers and staff in the Oconee County School District. According to OCSD spokesperson Anisa Sullivan Jimenez, this also includes part-time teachers, coaches, cafeteria staff and custodians. ....
On Feb. 5, the University of Georgiaâs First Amendment clinic sent its second letter to the Oconee County School Board asking for the board to increase transparency with the community, promote more virtual accessibility to board meetings and unblock members of the community on its Twitter account. The First Amendment clinic is a semester-long course offered at UGAâs law school to law students after the completion of their first year. The clinic, which first launched in August 2020, is led by clinic fellow Samantha Hamilton and director Clare Norins. Mark Bailey, Davis Wright and Amy Morgia, students of the clinic, said the course is incredibly hands-on and the clinic itself functions similarly to a small law firm. ....