CORONAVIRUS: Thursday 4/1/2021 roundup

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Vaccination news tops tonight’s roundup:

VACCINATION SITUATION: An average of 56,000 people are getting vaccinated every day in our state, according to the weekly Department of Health briefing. And supplies are increasing – next week will see 460,000 more doses arrive. The state says the gap is closing between what providers are requesting and what the state is getting. (Here’s the latest detailed vaccine-distribution report.)

NEWEST NUMBERS: Here’s the latest on King County, from the Public Health daily-summary dashboard – today’s cumulative totals:

*88,369 people have tested positive, 302 more than yesterday’s total

*1,466 people have died, 2 more than yesterday’s total

*5,345 people have been hospitalized, 14 more than yesterday’s total

*972,246 people have been tested, 2.290 more than yesterday’s total

One week ago, the four totals we track were 86.373/1,458/5,251/956,675.

STATEWIDE NUMBERS: Find them, county by county, on the state Department of Health page.

WORLDWIDE NUMBERS: 129.5 million cases worldwide, 30.5 million of them in the U.S. See the nation-by-nation breakout here.

BACK TO SCHOOLS: The Seattle district and teachers’ union announced a tentative agreement today for getting middle- and high-school students back to some in-person learning as of April 19th.

FREE FOOD ON FRIDAY: Two 2-5 pm food-box events tomorrow – at Highland Park Elementary (1012 SW Trenton) and at Food Lifeline (815 S. 96th).

LOOKING FOR VACCINE BY PHONE: You can use this hotline – 800-525-0127.

LOOKING FOR VACCINE ONLINE: Try these links:

*Check for West Seattle city-run site appointments here; sign up for the city’s notification list for all four of its sites here.
*Health-care providers (particularly bigger ones like UW Medicine (one reader specifically recommends Valley Medical Center), Franciscan, Swedish, Kaiser Permanente, etc.)
*covidwa.com (volunteer-run aggregator) – you can also follow its tweets for instant notifications
*The state’s Vaccine Locator (as mentioned above)
*The CDC’s Vaccine Finder
*Pharmacies big and small – Safeway, Rite Aid, QFC, Pharmaca, Costco
*Sea Mar clinics

GOT INFO/PHOTOS/TIPS? 206-293-6302, text or voice, or westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!

Steve April 1, 2021 (11:27 pm)

I noticed the KC changed their key indicator dashboard. It used to track ~8 metrics, including the effective reproduction number which is a great indicator of the spread. It now only shows the two numbers that the state is tracking for phase eligibility. I hope they go back to showing all the data!

WSB April 2, 2021 (1:15 am)

Look again. Most if not all of those indicators are shown, you just have to click one of those icons beneath the two stats. The R-etc. number is under “is the outbreak growing, shrinking, or stable?”

Steve April 2, 2021 (7:08 am)

Thanks WSB, I was thrown my the new format, bit of a duh moment for me ;)

WSB April 2, 2021 (9:41 am)

Thanks for calling attention to it – I last looked at that part of the dashboard a few days ago and might not have noticed for a while longer.

Lola April 2, 2021 (8:19 am)

Here is the Website to get an Appt. at the SW Athletic Complex on Thistle in West Seattle. I finally got an appt. there due to a FB group I joined called Seattle Vaccine Finders. Thank you.https://seattle.signetic.com/…/bed98ee5-bb90-eb11-b1ac

WSB April 2, 2021 (9:43 am)

Vaccine-seekers – I just got a reader tip that there’s a High Point clinic tomorrow with many available appointments for the one-dose J&J shot:
https://novelhealth.ai/practice/pliable-llc-903637

helpermonkey April 2, 2021 (10:54 am)

thank you so much for posting this link, WSB!! I was able to very quickly secure an appointment for tomorrow morning. So excited to get vaccinated!
bolo April 2, 2021 (4:28 pm)

Another thank you for the helpful link. I too was able to reserve an appt. for Saturday.

PSA: For anybody signing up thru that company (novelhealth), their privacy statement is full of holes, meaning they retain many avenues to share your information, and no good way to opt-out.

JenT April 2, 2021 (10:22 am)

If you’re willing and able to brave the nightmare that is leaving West Seattle these days, I got my first shot yesterday (Pfizer) at QFC in Northgate. They are a central hub for vaccine supply for QFCs in the region. It took almost an hour to get there but I planned for that commute time. My husband has an appointment at a Rite Aid in Kent, which may be easier to get to. Basically, keep checking back on the vaccine appointment consolidators!

Alki parent April 2, 2021 (1:13 pm)

We were able to get appointments at the CVS in Burien. They were speedy – I drove right up, checked in on my phone and was out in 25 minutes max including 15 minute sit down wait time.

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