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- Find vaccine appointments at tpchd.org/vaxtothefuture.
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Contact our call center at (253) 649-1412. Open every day 8 a.m-4:30 p.m.
- Sign up for our Vaccine Help List.
Pierce County residents help each other. From neighbors sharing food with neighbors, to friends driving friends to vaccine appointments, we residents show up for one another.
We asked local partners how we could help create new opportunities to talk about vaccine. No pressure. No preaching. Just listening and having a casual conversation with people who already live and work in your neighborhood. Talking through some of these issues in a no-pressure zone is our best path forward to ending this pandemic.
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Got questions about COVID-19 vaccine? “Try and include us in that conversation,” said Dr. Michael Alston from Kaiser Permanente Washington in Tacoma. “We want to have the opportunity to sit with you, maybe offer you something you might not have heard about and offer you resources that help you in making this choice.”
He welcomes the conversations and wants everyone who isn’t sure about getting the vaccine to talk to their healthcare provider.
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We’ve recently heard from many of you who have questions about COVID-19 tests. In a way, that’s good: Testing remains one of our best tools to protect your health and slow the spread of COVID-19. But much of this interest is because the delta variant is causing cases and hospitalizations to increase very quickly in Pierce County and around the country.
We’re working hard to increase testing to match the growing need for tests.
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COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t affect fertility. Moreover, experts don’t know of a reason the vaccine could do harm.
Popular social media influencers suggested otherwise recently and the rumor took off online, but it has no basis in fact. A lot of misinformation exists about COVID-19 and the vaccines online. It can be difficult sometimes to determine what is myth and what is fact.
That’s why we want to address this specifically.
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Vaccine Update
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886,237 doses to Pierce County residents.
487,081 53.2%, at least one dose.
428,886 46.9%, fully vaccinated.
9,537 doses administered last week.
More vaccine data.
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 Drop-ins welcome!
It's easier than ever to get the COVID-19 vaccine. You can drop-in at most vaccine events listed on our site. The vaccine is always free.
 tpchd.org/vaxtothefuture
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Many in the tight-knit rural community come to Community Health Care's Key Medical Center to see him—and he’s been working hard to get as many of them who are eligible vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Trouble getting vaccinated? We can help.
We know not everyone who wants the vaccine has been able to get it. That's why we launched our COVID-19 Vaccine Help List. Anyone who is eligible and wants help finding vaccine appointments can sign up. You can sign up online or contact our call center at (253) 649-1412 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. any day of the week. The call center can also help if you or someone you know has trouble leaving home. Give them a call and we’ll bring the vaccine to you!
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This week's megaphone message
   Do you have COVID-19 symptoms? Protect your family, neighbors, and community. Get a COVID-19 test if you were exposed or have:
 Fever or chills.
Cough.
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
Fatigue.
Muscle or body aches.
Headache.
New loss of taste or smell.
Sore throat.
Congestion or runny nose.
Nausea or vomiting.
Diarrhea.
Tests are easy to get! You can even take one in the comfort of your own home  tpchd.org/gettested
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COVID-19 Resources
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