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THOUSANDS OF INDIANA TEACHERS
RIGHT NOW ARE HOPING TO SNAG A
VACCINE APPOINTMENT FROM THIS
NEW FEDERAL PHARMACY PROGRAM.
BUT SOME EDUCATORS ARE
STRUGGLING. APPOINTMENTS ARE
DISAPPEARING FAST FROM STORES
LIKE KROGER AND MYER. SO FOR
TONIGHT'S BIG STORY, TEACHERS
SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH
THIS NEW PROGRAM. WE'LL ALSO
SHARE AN ONLINE TOOL TO HELP
FIND AVAILABLE TIME SLOTS IN
YOUR AREA. BUT WE WANT TO START
TONIGHT WITH A QUICK LOOK AT
HOW THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY
WORKS. >> NOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT THIS FEDERAL RETAIL
PHARMACY PROGRAM IS VACCINATING
TEACHERS IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE
FROM THE STATE'S PROGRAM. SO IT
SHOULDN'T AFFECT YOUR ABILITY
TO GET ONE OF INDIANA'S DOSES.
BASICALLY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SHIPS VACCINES
DIRECTLY TO THOUSANDS
OF PHARMACIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND PROVIDES
INSTRUCTIONS ON WHO TO GIVE IT
TO FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. THE
FOCUS IS ON SCHOOL STAFF AND
CHILD CARE WORKERS. BUT SINCE
THIS PROGRAM IS SEPARATE
FROM THE STATE, THAT MEANS THAT
TEACHERS CAN'T USE INDIANA'S
ONE STOP SHOP WEBSITE TO SNAG A
VACCINE APPOINTMENT. THAT'S
WHERE WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE
SOME FRUSTRATION SET IN FOR
TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO
FILTER THROUGH DIFFERENT
WEBSITES TO SNAG AN APPOINTMENT
AND THAT CAN TAKE SOME TIME. >>
A YEAR AGO THIS MONTH SCHOOLS
ACROSS INDIANA WERE SHUTTING
DOWN BECAUSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS. I WAS JUST GOING
THROUGH MY LESSON PLANS
FROM LAST YEAR WHERE IT WAS
LIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
BEFORE WE SHUT DOWN. >> A YEAR
LATER, NORTH CENTRAL HIGH
SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER VICTOR
SLIKE IS SET TO GET THE JOHNSON
AND JOHNSON VACCINE AT A KROGER
IN CARMEL WEDNESDAY MORNING. >>
TOMORROW'S A BIG DAY. >> CAN'T
WAIT TO GET VACCINATED. SCHLINK
MADE THE APPOINTMENT THIS PAST
WEEKEND AFTER THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO
SEND MORE VACCINE SO TEACHERS
REGARDLESS OF AGE COULD GET THE
SHOT FIRST LIKE IT WASN'T THAT
EASY WHEN HE FIRST TRIED
FINDING AN APPOINTMENT LAST
WEEK, KROGER OPENED UP
APPOINTMENTS AT SIX O'CLOCK
WHEN THEY WERE BASICALLY GONE
BY SIX O'CLOCK FIVE HE HAD
BETTER LUCK BY SATURDAY SOME
OF HIS COLLEAGUES NOT SO MUCH.
>> I STILL KNOW A FEW PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN
APPOINTMENT. >> I HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO FIND ONE CENTRAL
INDIANA TEACHER LOOKING FOR
APPOINTMENTS VIA WAL-MART'S
WEBSITE AND I'VE RUN INTO
MESSAGES LIKE THIS WHEN THEY
PUT IN THEIR ZIP
CODE INFORMATION WAL-MART HAS
NOT REALLY OPENED IT UP TO
TEACHERS TO REGISTER AS EASILY.
>> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND I
DIDN'T THINK IT WAS QUITE THE
OPPOSITE AT THIS MEYER AND AVON
TUESDAY. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN
APPOINTMENT UNTIL ABOUT AN HOUR
AGO SO I JUST GOT ONLINE. I
QUICKLY LOOKED UP YOU SENT ALL
THE MESSAGES, GOT THE
APPOINTMENT AND ASKED IF I
COULD RUN OVER HERE ON MY LUNCH
BREAK AS SOON AS I GET BACK I'M
RELIEVING ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER
SO THAT SHE CAN COME AND GET
TUESDAYS CLINIC WAS PART OF A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MEYER AND
THE INDIANA STATE TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION TO VACCINATE 10000
HOOSIER TEACHERS. >> I ALREADY
FEEL BETTER ABOUT GOING BACK TO
WORK. SO WILL VICTOR SLIKE ONCE
HE GETS HIS VACCINE JUST ONE
MORE STEP TO RETURNING TO
NORMAL TEACHERS IF YOU'RE
STRUGGLING TO FIND A VACCINE
APPOINTMENT NEAR YOU, THE CDC
HAS AN ONLINE TOOL TONIGHT THAT
CAN HELP. IT'S CALLED THE
VACCINE FINDER. ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO IS TYPE IN YOUR ZIP CODE .
IT'LL BRING UP A LIST
OF VACCINE LOCATIONS NEAR YOU
AND IT'LL TELL YOU IF THEY HAVE
ANY AVAILABILITY OR NOT. KEEP
IN MIND THIS LIST ALL VACCINE
LOCATIONS SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE
ONLY CLICKING ON THE PHARMACY
PARTNERS LIKE KROGER AND
WAL-MART HOSPITALS AND OTHER
VACCINE CLINICS ARE NOT PART
OF THIS PROGRAM. WE'LL INCLUDE
A LINK TO THE WEBSITE. IT'S ON
OUR OUR NEWS APP. JUST BE SURE
TO SCROLL DOWN UNTIL YOU SEE
THE CORONAVIRUS TAB AND THAT
WRAPS UP TONIGHT'S BIG STORY
THERE. >> WE HAVE A BREAKING
UPDATE TONIGHT IN INDIANA'S
VACCINE ROLLOUT THE STATE
OF INDIANA JUST EXPANDED
ELIGIBILITY TO SEVERAL NEW HIGH
RISK HEALTH CONDITIONS. THOSE
WOULD INCLUDE CHRONIC
CONDITIONS LIKE CYSTIC FIBROSIS
,MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, EPILEPSY
AND CEREBRAL PALSY. IT'S ALSO
EXPANDING TO PEOPLE WITH SEVERE
ASTHMA HOOSIERS WHO NEED
SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN AND PEOPLE
WITH IMMUNE DEFICIENCIES LIKE
HIV. AND WE'RE GOING TO POST
THIS