LAWRENCE – After appointment notifications have been sent this week to anyone who has submitted an entry on the Vaccine Interest Form, Unified Command staff anticipate 1,900 available openings for Wednesday’s mass vaccination clinic at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
Any Douglas County resident 16 and older who would like to make a vaccine appointment can enter the code 284987 at LDCHealth.org/GetMyVaccine. The drive-through clinic will offer doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and anyone 16 and older is eligible. Appointment registration is available first-come, first served until all slots are full. Appointments are available from 11:30 a.m. to 4:20 p.m.
In the last two weeks, Douglas County Unified Command Vaccination Planners have prioritized those in Phases 3-4 under the state plan, and with this week’s clinics they did offer appointments first to those identified under Phases 3-4. The number of Phase 1-4 eligible on the Vaccine Interest Form has dropped now to a few hundred.
Appointment notifications have been sent to those on the form in Phase 5, which is anyone age 16-64, but planners still noticed the number of openings remaining for Wednesday.
“We’re seeing a lower acceptance rate lately, likely as people are able to get vaccines from pharmacies and other providers, which is good news,” said Director of Informatics Sonia Jordan. “Data from the state has shown Douglas County has vaccinated at the highest rate in the state right now, and we ask anyone who has not yet had their turn to make an appointment so we can continue at our high rate of vaccinations.”
Selection for the vaccine each week will still begin with those who filled out the Douglas County Vaccine Interest Form: dgcoks.org/vaccineinterestform, so anyone interested in receiving the vaccine in future weeks should complete the form. Anyone who completed the form earlier but has received the vaccine elsewhere can remove their name from the list at dgcoks.org/removemefromform.
For those who make a vaccine appointment for Wednesday at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, please note that due to District Court using the fairgrounds, the clinic traffic pattern has changed and the entrance is now the intersection of 23rd Street and O’Connell Road.