Looking for a COVID vaccine? Sam talks with Sue Auman about the early vaccine rollout in Central Pennsylvania. Sue is a member of the Greater Susquehanna Valley Vaccine Task Force. She & Sam spoke in late January 2021.  By way of an update, as of now (February 12) all long term care, personal care, and nursing home facilities in Union, Snyder, and Northumberland Counties have either had their first vaccine clinic (in some cases second) or have their first clinic scheduled in an acceptable timeframe.   Sue says, "Huge credit to the folks at Union-Snyder Agency on Aging who mobilized to track and assist every single one of the facilities to ensure they were served. Our elected officials and task force members also created a movement that helped ensure that attention was paid to the issues that were creating chaos.  Good news all around!"

SHOW NOTES:

Testing information

• PA page
• Roving free public testing sites (requires time and transportation!)

PA Department of Health Vaccine Information

• Dashboard (with interactive map of Certified Vaccine Providers)
• Eligibility Quiz

Regional/local Resources

• Central Susquehanna Valley COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force -- vaccines-csv.org
• Union-Snyder Community Action Agency --  union-snydercaa.org

COVID-19 and Vaccine messaging:

• MIT COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Study
• COVID messaging tip sheet (1 page)
• November COVID polling report
• Vaccine communication tip sheet (2 page)
• Vaccine polling background
• Daily Item column “Times Call for Patience and Perseverance”

Vaccine Background (the first two are now accessible as websites rather than just facebook pages)

• Dear Pandemic
• Your Local Epidemiologist
• Friendly Neighbor Epidemiologist

How can you help?

• Do you want to help the vaccination effort in some capacity?

CONTACT US:

• Email radiofreelewisburg@gmail.com
• Call 570-523-0114 (leave a message and your full phone number if you want to be called back. We can’t access your number remotely.)
• Message us through the Lewisburg Neighborhoods page on Facebook.