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VACCINE UPDATE We‘ve been informed that the very first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in King County earlier today. This is a major step in the fight to stop coronavirus. Here’s what happens next.
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The state’s plan calls for the first doses to be administered to high-risk health workers, as well as staff and residents of long-term care facilities. This means around 500,000 people in Washington will be eligible for the vaccine in this initial phase.
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/VaccineAllocationPhase1A.pdf
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/VaccineAllocationPhase1A.pdf
We’ll know more about who will be vaccinated in later phases from guidance made by the CDC. You can view the state’s interim plan on their vaccine webpage, http://www.CovidVaccineWA.org . If everything goes to plan, the majority of Washingtonians will be vaccinated by mid-summer.
The Pfizer vaccine is a two-dose vaccine, given 21 days apart. Clinical trial data show the vaccine is 95% effective at preventing COVID-19 infection starting 7 days after the second dose.
Individuals will not be considered fully protected until 1 to 2 weeks after they receive the second dose. The clinical trials revealed no major unanticipated adverse events. As soon as I get updates for future vaccine phases, I’ll share out immediately. Stay safe, everyone.
