With Johnson and Johnson applying for approval on the first single-dose Covid-19 vaccine bringing more hope to availability, it does not stop people from wondering, “Where do I get the vaccine now?”
Unfortunately, there is no straight-forward and easy answer for this question.
There is however, ways to be placed on a list for when the vaccine does become available. Just remember, vaccines are mostly limited to those who are in the most need.
Contact your primary care provider, and see if they have a list for you to be entered onto, and then contact your pharmacy for the same reason.
Once you have done these two things you can start reaching out to these places to see what they have available, if anything, or if you need to be on a list with them as well.
There are a few locations to reach out to, including:
–Navarro County Hub located at Corsicana-Navarro Co Public Health District call 903-875-3977 (English line) or 903-875-3978 (Spanish line). Alternately visit their website at www.navarrocountyoem.org
–Falls County also has a hub located at Falls Community Hospital & Clinic call 254-803-3561 or visit www.fallshospital.com
–McLennan County offers the vaccines at Providence Medical Center who can be reached at 1-833-604-1626. Visit their website at https://tx-phn-waco-covid-1.inquicker.com/ascension-medical-group-providence-covid-dose-1/discharge
–McLennan County also offers vaccinations at the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District. Call them at 254-750-1890 or visit www.COVIDWaco.com
–Smith County has vaccinations at Northeast Texas Public Health District. Call them at 903-535-0020 or visit www.nethealthcovid19.org/
–Smith County has a second location at the UT Health Science Center at Tyler. Call 903-877-5703 or visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/UT
In addition to these hub locations, some of the surrounding areas slotted for vaccine allotments this week is:
–Leon (Centerville) – 200 Moderna (DSHS)
–Falls – 975 Pfizer
–Navarro – 1500 Moderna
–McLennan – 1950 Pfizer (Providence)
–McLennan – 1500 Moderna (Health)
–Smith – 1950 Pfizer (UT Health Science)
–Smith – 1950 Pfizer (Nethealth)
–Smith – 500 moderna (DSHS PHR 4/5N HQ – Tyler)
–Smith – 100 moderna (Tyler Family Circle Of Care – Tyler – 214 E. Houston)
–Smith – 100 Moderna (Tyler Family Circle Of Care – Tyler – 928 N. Glenwood)
County Residency is not criteria for receiving COVID-19 vaccines.
Call everyone if necessary to locate a vaccine if you truly desire one.
You can follow the State of Texas vaccine plans by visiting the Department of State Health Services website located at https://dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/immunize/vaccine.aspx
This is a constantly changing situation with vaccine allotments coming weekly. Hopefully the Johnson and Johnson vaccine will speed up the process.