Texas initiates Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccine, expanding eligible to 'medically vulnerable' patients

[Gothmog]

I am in category 1B and will be checking on this

Link to tweet

– The Department of State Health Services has given entities the go-ahead to begin vaccinating people eligible for Phase 1B, after vaccinating as many willing members of Phase 1A.

“IB is the second tier of prioritization that the state of Texas has put out for the way they would like the COVID vaccines to be administered,” said Dr. James McCarthy, the Chief Physician Executive for the Memorial Herman Health System.

According to McCarthy, almost 10,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been administered at Memorial Hermann as part of Phase 1A.

“1A was really first-line medical responder’s, not just the doctors in hospitals but their clinic staff and EMS providers,” McCarthy said. “IB is to move into the larger community to start including patients that we consider medically vulnerable.”

Phase 1B includes:

People 65 years of age and older
People 16 years of age and older with at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness from the virus that causes COVID-19, such as but not limited to: Cancer, Chronic kidney disease, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease or cardiomyopathies, Solid-organ transplantation, Obesity and severe obesity (body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or higher), Pregnancy, Sickle cell disease and Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. I have diabeties and

A few additional conditions..

I'd love to get the shot but I can't drive. I have no clue how I could even get the shot.

I live in maryland

[jcboon]

2. Call your doctor or your health department

If you are a senior, there are services that will drive you.

[Gothmog]

6. Do you have a nearby pharmacy?

I have a number of conditions and get a good number of different medications each month. My pharamcy will be participating in the Covid vaccinations and the head pharmacist knows me. He has started a list. If you get medications at your local pharamacy, you may be able to get the vaccination there

Also call your internist/doctors and see if they can make a suggestion

[tanyev]

3. That caught my attention on tonight's news.

Hubby is Type 1 diabetes. It’d be wonderful if he could get vaccinated soon.

[pecosbob]

4. I seldom have the opportunity to rec new out of Texas

Good to hear this news.

[dalton99a]

5. Kick