NEXT VACCINE SHIPMENT FOR SUBHUB EXPECTED IN FEBRUARY
Brenham city officials are expecting the next shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to arrive at the Regional Vaccination subHUB within a few weeks.
City Manager James Fisher briefed the city council at its meeting this (Thursday) afternoon on how vaccinations were handled at the Washington County Expo this week, while also discussing the prospects for more vaccines in the future.
Fisher acknowledged that this process has been smooth for some residents and rocky for others, but assured that the parties involved with running the subHUB are “learning a lesson from this.”
Fisher said he feels “very confident” that the next shipment of vaccines will arrive at the subHUB by its scheduled timeframe of February.
The subHUB, according to Fisher, administered the last of roughly 2,100 vaccines on Wednesday. He said it was “an all-out effort” among all entities involved to make sure that this vaccine distribution went well.
Hundreds of thousands of calls came in to the subHUB’s call center from people across the state looking to get vaccinated. Fisher said part of the reason for the overload experienced at the call center was because the subHUB was open to all Texas residents who fit the current criteria to receive vaccines; he said residents were coming to the subHUB from not just the immediate region, but from places like Houston and even Blanco, west of Austin.
An automated message has begun going out to those who remain on the callback list to inform them that the registration process has closed and to give instructions on how to stay on the list. Once more vaccines are received, those on the callback list will be notified by either call or email. However, Fisher cautioned that while many on the list have been called back at this point, there will be some that will not receive a call back.
Updates on the subHUB can be found on the Washington County Office of Emergency Management and City of Brenham Facebook pages, as well as www.localevent.info.
Washington County residents should have priority over non-Washington County residents. It is not okay for Washington County residents to be on long wait lists while people from different counties come in to get the vaccine.
As someone who brought her elderly parents to get vaccinated on Tuesday, I whole-heartily concur with “Good Job” on the system put in place for the vaccinations. It was an awesome effort by EVERYONE serving this community and reflects positively on Washington County. Many thanks from a VERY GRATEFUL citizen!
My wife and I participated in the vaccination program Wednesday. It was simply amazing to me how well organized and well-run the project was. Congratulations to all who planned the process and made it work. You did a wonderful job. We thank you very much.
I want to know why time slots/vaccines were being given to those who do not reside in Washington County? There are people who are long time residents who can’t even be called back, that fit criteria. Going forward, will this be expected?
The vaccine is property of the federal government and there are no restrictions that it has to be administered to residents of the county/state/etc. So anyone who is willing to go through the process of registering for it and traveling to our area to receive the vaccine can do so. I understand that hubs in Houston were not run as well as ours so I can understand why some feel the need to get it here. We have to understand that the vaccine does not belong to our county or even our state. It is provided on a first come, first serve basis.
It was a regional subhub for six counties. . .2,000 doses for about 100,000 people.
Bring it on. The entire system that was in place at the fairgrounds (Expo) Tuesday and Wednesday ran like a well oil machine. Hats off to all the workers and volunteers. Mighty fine job by all. Yes I volunteered and yes my feet hurt, but I’m ready to do it again.
I agree, the fairground was well run. Nice people, clear instructions, in and out in 37 minute, which included the precautionary 15 minute wait to see if any adverse side effects. I was not so happy with the phones, BUT, the 900 calls on two lines resulted in an automated call saying I would be called back, which confused me a little. I had given up hope, but eating my humble crow; got the call back the next day, got scheduled for both my husband and myself. The next day, as I said, went more smoothly than I had expected. Well done to all those running the subHub vaccine site.
Awesome! I was interested in how this was working and glad to see that it went well. I am one of the few that received the vaccine from their employer so I understand that some others are having a hard time getting registered, etc. But glad to here that it went well from boots on the ground. Keep up the good work! 🙂
Good luck single persons. Most of this weeks vaccinations went to married people. I know of 3 instances with little effort for discovery. One call, two doses. This can be verified with county. Safe to assume it will be the same with the next batch. Anyway you look at it, poor single people do not fare well.
I know more than several single people who received the vaccine.
Not sure exactly how this happened or what exactly you are referring to, but maybe put out some more feelers to your local pharmacies that have received the vaccine as well and get your name on multiple lists for call-back?
I have a Houston area code phone number but I’m a resident of Brenham for many years. Will this inhibit a call back? I called on Monday. Then many times on Tuesday and Wednesday. Each call was a recorded response saying I would be called in 24 hours. How can I ensure that I get on the list?
Thank you