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VACCINATION: City closing other sites too

May 26, 2021 12:01 pm
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 |   Coronavirus | West Seattle news

Last week, we reported on the city’s plan to close its COVID-19 vaccination hub at West Seattle’s Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex after June 9th, though a testing trailer will be there indefinitely. Today, the city announced it’s also closing its vaccination hubs at Lumen Field Event Center, Rainier Beach, and North Seattle next month, to focus on mobile-team efforts and pop-ups. Stats including demographic breakouts are in this slide deck from this morning’s announcement:

(You can also see the slide deck here.) The city says more than 76 percent of Seattle residents 12+ have begun the vaccination process, and that 60 eprcent are fully vaccinated. It’s keeping one fixed site, though – as announced yesterday, the drive-thru testing site in SODO is also now offering vaccinations. If you’re looking for other places to get vaccinated, this site can help.

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13 Replies to "VACCINATION: City closing other sites too"

  • A-Red May 26, 2021 (12:59 pm)

    My last visit to the vax site at Sealth HS–for my son’s second shot–they had, like, six different stations, each with its own queue, and staff to administer the vaccine. We came and went in about 2 minutes.Question is this: shut down the site altogether, or reduce it to one or two stations?  Do we no longer need convenient access in West Seattle??

    • Auntie May 26, 2021 (1:33 pm)

      If you check the link (“this site”) above, you will see that there are a number of West Seattle vaccination sites available, many with walk-in capability, no appointment required.

    • mok4315 May 26, 2021 (1:43 pm)

      I *think* you can still get vaccinated in almost every pharmacy.

    • Andrea May 26, 2021 (2:16 pm)

      It is closing to “focus on mobile-team efforts and pop-ups” – I mean maybe I am an optimist but I would expect those mobile team efforts and pop-ups will include West Seattle :)

      • WSB May 26, 2021 (2:43 pm)

        They have already – pop-ups included the recent Saturday event in The Junction that vaccinated almost 100 people in the span of a few hours; the mobile team has gone to schools as well as adult-care homes and public-housing facilities — TR

  • StopCuttingDownTrees May 26, 2021 (2:51 pm)

    Pop-up sites make far more sense. Identify areas with lower vaccination rates and target those with pop-ups. West Seattle  already has the highest fully-vaccinated rates in Seattle.

  • sam-c May 26, 2021 (3:34 pm)

    If you check, “this site”,  they will cease operations after May 28: “Now that vaccine appointments and walk-ins are widely available, our mission at CovidWA.com is complete! May 28th will be ourlast day of operation. Please use the Washington stateVaccineLocator to find local Covid-19 vaccine providers. The CovidWA volunteers thank you for your support.”

    • WSB May 26, 2021 (4:10 pm)

      Good catch! I last looked at the site a few nights ago; that must be new.

  • J May 26, 2021 (4:02 pm)

    My partner scheduled appointments at the Chief Sealth vaccination site earlier this week. The first appointment is this Saturday. So far, hasn’t received any notice of cancelation or notice to pick a different location. I think they’re still taking appointments or at least fulfilling ones that were already scheduled there.

  • Lisa May 26, 2021 (4:04 pm)

    So does the city get to return to normal before 6/30 once we hit 70% fully vaccinated? If that’s the metric, it doesn’t seem fair for us to be held back by parts of king county unwilling to get vaccinated.

  • Mar-C May 27, 2021 (1:40 am)

    My daughter’s second dose appointment is scheduled for after the site closes. Any word on where people like her can get their second dose on schedule? 

    • WSB May 27, 2021 (9:50 am)

      Pharmacies (potentially both Rite Aids, both Walgreens, Junction QFC, Admiral/Roxbury Safeways) seem to be offering vaccine on a walk-in basis, as is – if you can get across the river – the drive-up site they’ll continue operating in SODO.

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