{"id":76151,"date":"2021-10-03T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/more-than-1300-receive-booster-shots-over-weekend\/"},"modified":"2021-10-03T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T06:30:00","slug":"more-than-1300-receive-booster-shots-over-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/more-than-1300-receive-booster-shots-over-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 1,300 receive booster shots over weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juneau’s first COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic saw more than 1,300 Juneau residents get the shot over the weekend.<\/p>\n

There were also more than 700 flu vaccines delivered, said Deputy City Manager Robert Barr in an email. By now, Barr said, setting up the clinics is a well-practiced maneuver.<\/p>\n

“The same planning team, and largely the same group of volunteers, came back together to do these clinics again,” Barr said. “It’s a well-oiled machine at this point.”<\/p>\n

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Boosters shots for the Pfizer vaccine are available to anyone who got the Pfizer vaccine six months or longer ago, and is: 65 or older, or 18 years or older in long-term care settings, underlying medical conditions, or who live or work in a high-risk environment, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n

Demand was somewhat lower than expected, Barr said.<\/p>\n

“I chalk this up to the difference between being vaccinated and simply getting a booster. We know being vaccinated offers a good deal of protection and a booster improves upon that,” Barr said. “Getting that protection in the first place confers quite a bit more value – both to the individual and us all as a community – than a booster does.”<\/p>\n

The increase in protection from the booster varies from person to person, Barr said, but it’s less than getting the vaccine in the first place.<\/p>\n

The offer to get both shot — the vaccine booster and the flu shot — was available for any who wanted, though only a little more than half of those getting the booster opted to get the flu shot as well, Barr said, for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n

“Some people likely had already received their flu shots, others likely have a preference for getting it later in the season,” Barr said. “Some perhaps wanted to only have one sore arm at a time.”<\/p>\n

Juneau will hold one more booster clinic beginning Friday and running through Saturday, this Oct. 8-9, City and Borough of Juneau announced. Those eligible for the booster can register at juneau.org\/vaccine<\/a> or by calling 907-586-6000. Applicants should bring their vaccine cards.<\/p>\n

This is likely the last major vaccination clinic the city will hold until the Food and Drug Administration approves vaccines for children 12 and younger, Barr said.<\/p>\n

He said they’re estimating that approval will be issued in November.<\/p>\n

• Contact reporter Michael S. Lockett at 757-621-1197 or mlockett@juneauempire.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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