THAT ONLY BOGS DOWN THE SYSTEM AND IT’S TAKING AWAY THE SPOTS FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO NEED
THOSE SHOTS.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VIC
REPORTING LIVE FROM PROMISE FOR
THANK YOU AND VACCINATIONS A
SAFEBUILT.
♪
SAFEBUILT. ♪ TOMORROW MORNING AT
9 O’CLOCK SKY OR FLEW OVER THE
LONG LINES OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE TODAY. WE ALSO LEARNED
TODAY THAT IF YOU’RE ON BLOOD
THINNING MEDICATION, YOU MUST
HAVE A DOCTOR’S
♪
NOTE BEFORE YOU CAN GET
VACCINATED IN SAINT JOHNS
COUNTY.
NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER JOE MCLEAN
JOINS US LIVE FROM SAINT
AUGUSTINE WITH A BREAKDOWN OF
HOW MANY DOSES ARE LEFT JOE.
>> AND WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE FROM FIRE AND RESCUE WE WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE LAST 2
DAYS HOW MANY VACCINATIONS OF
THE COUNTY’S 3,000 DOSES IN
THAT INITIAL BATCH
OF THEM HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED
SO FAR YESTERDAY 280 WERE
VACCINATED AT THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT HERE. MEANWHILE, 305
1ST RESPONDERS GOT THEIR SHOT
THROUGH THE COUNTY’S FIRE AND
RESCUE DEPARTMENT AND
THEN TODAY, 340 SHOTS WE
LEARNED WERE GIVEN HERE AT THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND IN JUST
THE LAST 10 MINUTES WE
CONFIRMED
300 AND 83 WERE VACCINATED AT
FIRE AND RESCUE. SO THE TOTAL
HERE IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY, AT
LEAST 1300
AND 8 VACCINATIONS
OR ABOUT 43% OF THE COUNTY’S
FIRST BATCH. VACCINES HAVE BEEN
ADMINISTERED HERE.
>> THIS MORNING. THE LINE BEGAN TO FORM OUTSIDE THE SAINT JOHNS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HOURS
BEFORE THE VACCINATIONS BEGAN
FOR THE DAY AT 09:00AM
MORE THAN 300 PATIENTS WERE
VACCINATED AT THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT AND THOSE WHO ARE IN
LINE AFTER THE CUT OFF WE’RE
TOLD TO TRY AGAIN
THIS WEEKEND. TODAY’S LINE
MOVED MUCH FASTER THAN
YESTERDAY’S WITH 2 LANES FOR
PEOPLE GETTING VACCINATED
THANKS TO THE HELP OF THE
COUNTY GOVERNMENT. COUNTY
COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH BLOCKER
SAID YESTERDAY’S PROBLEMS WITH
THE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM
THE TRAFFIC AND THE
COMMUNICATION BY THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
WERE APPARENT.
>> WELL I THINK THERE IS A
CHALLENGE AND THAT I THINK
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO MAKE SOME
OF HER EVENTS ACROSS THE BOARD
IN A LETTER FROM THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE
COUNTY GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY
BLOCKER
WROTE QUOTE IT HAS BECOME
APPARENT TO SAINT JOHNS COUNTY
AND THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE THAT
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN
SAINT JOHNS COUNTY REQUIRES
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IN ORDER
TO COMPLETE THIS CRITICAL MASS
VACCINATION MISSION TODAY THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S DIRECTOR
FORMALLY REQUESTED THE
COUNTY’S HEALTH.
>> AND PLANS ARE NOW UNDERWAY
TO OPEN UP MORE VACCINE SITES
TO HELP CUT DOWN ON THE SINGLE
LONG LINE. >> WALKER ALSO SAID HE WANTS TO SEE THE APPOINTMENT BOOKING
SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING AGAIN A
SYSTEM THAT HE SAID FAILED
YESTERDAY.
>> SO WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT SINCE THEN THE SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY TO MAKE A POINT
THAT THERE WERE ANY WERE SHOW
OFF OR
GET VACCINATED AND WORSHIP BACK
UP TO 21 DAYS TO GET TO THE
SECOND ROUND
UP SUPPORT.
>> THE VACCINATIONS ARE SET TO
CONTINUE TOMORROW FROM 09:00AM
TO 03:00PM AND THE SAME HOURS
ON SUNDAY STILL FIRST COME
FIRST SERVE.
>> NOW BOTH BLOCKER REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THAT MORE DOSES
ARE EXPECTED TO COME TO FLORIDA
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS
BECAUSE
AFTER ALL THIS IS A 2 DOSE
REGIMEN AND THIS IS JUST THE
FIRST DOSE TODAY I LEARNED FROM
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT THEY
HAVE BEEN HANDING OUT CARDS
WITH A WINDOW OF DATES FOR
PATIENTS WHO GOT VACCINATED
TODAY AND YESTERDAY TO
COME BACK AND GET THEIR
VACCINATION AT AROUND THAT 21
DAY MARK REPORTING LIVE IN
SAINT JOHNS COUNTY JOE MCLEAN
CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>>JOY PURDY: JOE WE KNOW ONLY
ABOUT 340 VACCINATIONS WERE
GIVEN AT THAT SITE THERE AND
THAT THOSE SPOTS IN LINE WERE
FILLED
BEFORE NOON. WE HAVE ANY WORD
ON WHY THE COUNTY IS ONLY
GIVING A CERTAIN AMOUNT EACH
DAY.
>> THAT’S A QUESTION THAT I’VE
HEARD A LOT I ASKED THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
THEY SAID THERE’S A LIMIT TO
WHAT THEY CAN DO IN A SINGLE
DAY SEVERAL AND THEY SAY
SEVERAL FACTORS GO INTO THAT
FROM STAFFING TO NURSING HOURS
AS WELL AS SPACE BUT MOSTLY
THEY TELL ME
ITS LOGISTICS. THESE MODERNA
VACCINES COME IN VIALS AND EACH
FILE HAS 10 DOSES IN IT BUT
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE VILES
NEED TO BE KEPT IN THOSE
EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES AS
SOON AS YOU START A NEW VILE
THEY
SAID BASICALLY YOU NEED 9 OTHER
PATIENTS ALREADY CHECKED IN.
READY TO GO PROCESSED AND READY
TO GET THEIR SHOTS
SO IT’S A LOGISTICAL ISSUE AND
THAT WHAT IS WHAT THEY SAY IS
CAUSING THAT CAP IN THE AMOUNT
OF SHOTS THEY
CAN GIVE.
>> IN A PARTICULAR DAY BACK TO
YOU, THANKS SO MUCH JOHN
MCCLAIN JOINING US LIVE AND IF
YOU GO TO NEWS 4 JAX DOT COM
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