YES, ANOTHER THREAD: @GovKemp says more COVID-19 shots will be made available to the general public. Georgia's weekly allocation will go from 80k > 120k doses because already shots have been set aside for long-term care facilities.
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@GovKemp Kemp stressed, in a presser that just wrapped, that there will still be much more demand than supply, eve with the bumped up allocation. He says the state isn't ready to move into later vaccine phases, which would open up vaccination to other groups.
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@GovKemp Kemp says the state's 120k shot a week allocation hasn't changed and it's not clear if it will with the new administration. He says he will provide that info as quickly as he can if things change.
So far, about .5m Georgians have been vaccinated, with about 2m total in 1a+
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So far, about .5m Georgians have been vaccinated, with about 2m total in 1a+
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@GovKemp Reporting doses is still an issue it seems. Kemp says not to look to @CDCgov for up to date information how Georgia is doing, but the @GaDPH vaccine dashboard.
Dr. Toomey from DPH is working on a new system to track COVID-19 vaccines. So, goodbye GRITS, perhaps?
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Dr. Toomey from DPH is working on a new system to track COVID-19 vaccines. So, goodbye GRITS, perhaps?
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@GovKemp @CDCgov @GaDPH Toomey also says DPH has now confirmed 5 cases of the new variant and she anticipates we'll see more.
Last week, CDC warned that the new, more transmissible strain, could be dominant in the U.S. by March, pouring fuel on the pandemic fire.
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Last week, CDC warned that the new, more transmissible strain, could be dominant in the U.S. by March, pouring fuel on the pandemic fire.
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@GovKemp @CDCgov @GaDPH That's why mitigation is more important than ever, Toomey says. Kemp also says state's hospitals can't handle another surge on top of the current one and that even the GWCC pop up hospital is starting to get full. (It's there to handle hospital overflow.)
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@GovKemp @CDCgov @GaDPH Back to vaccines, Kemp and Toomey encouraged providers to keep waiting lists in the event people cancel appointments or no-show.
Toomey says she's heard of a hospital giving out extra unused doses at the end of the day to ... people in the waiting room.
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Toomey says she's heard of a hospital giving out extra unused doses at the end of the day to ... people in the waiting room.
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@GovKemp @CDCgov @GaDPH If that's not a pandemic version of finding a golden ticket in a candy bar, I don't know what is.
Toomey says DPH has told providers not to let doses go to waste, so I guess that covers that.
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Toomey says DPH has told providers not to let doses go to waste, so I guess that covers that.
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@GovKemp @CDCgov @GaDPH It also seems that Georgia is kind of waiting to see what the Biden administration plan will do now that they're in control.
Will Georgia get more doses? Will Georgia companies get called up in the event the Defense Production Act is evoked? Not clear.
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Will Georgia get more doses? Will Georgia companies get called up in the event the Defense Production Act is evoked? Not clear.
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