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Santa Barbara First District Supervisor Das Williams — Vaccine Info for Those Over 75

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COVID-19 Vaccine Update
Folks who are over 75 will begin being contacted by their medical provider to schedule a vaccination appointment and those who are over 75 are also able to sign up for appointments at our Public Health community vaccination sites here: https://publichealthsbc.org/covid-19-vaccine-appointment-registration/?

As soon as more vaccines become available from the state, vaccination will begin for those who are 65 and older. It is important to keep in mind that vaccination supply is still limited. For reference, there are over 32,000 county residents over the age of 75 and the vaccination sites will have approximately 1200 total vaccines (not including the vaccines that are available at medical providers). Our capacity to vaccinate will increase as soon as we get more vaccines from the state, which will hopefully happen very soon.

For now, please do not sign up for an appointment at a community vaccination site if you are not yet eligible. You will be turned away. As you will, if you do not make an appointment.

It’s very promising that so many of my constituents are eager to get the vaccine. That means we will get out of this quicker! We’re in a very difficult spot still where demand exceeds supply but this is a huge step in the right direction. As always, I’ll provide more updates as soon as they are available!