Over 4,000 Door County residents have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in the last two months, but it is the type of vaccine you may receive that may be slowing you up. Door County Public Health announced earlier this week it would be canceling all of its appointments scheduled through its clinics due to supply shortfalls. Last week the department only received 30 percent of the requested Pfizer vaccine. Meanwhile, Door County Medical Center has been able to vaccinate any eligible person upon request with its allocated Moderna vaccine. Door County Medical Center President and CEO Brian Stephens says it was not until Phase 1B was expanded to include everyone over the age of 65 did the demand exceed the supply they were given. The conditions can change week by week and Stephens believes they have been fortunate.
He adds that next week will be the big test with over 800 people scheduled to get vaccinated for COVID-19 at Door County Medical Center. He advises people playing the odds by scheduling appointments with multiple providers to cancel them once they are chosen to receive the vaccine with one of them. As of February 1st, over 568,000 COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered in Wisconsin since late December.
