This week saw vaccines doses continue to slowly increase in the Hill Country. Bay Pharmacy and Hill Country Direct Care each received 100 Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Corner Drug was awarded 200 Moderna vaccines as was Mid Coast Medical Center. These vaccines are being given at these various locations on an almost daily basis.

Though we anticipate a slight slowdown in vaccinations next week during spring break, we are anticipating a large increase in vaccinations the following week with a vaccine clinic in Kingsland being conducted by the Texas Department of Emergency Management on March 25. They will be vaccinating by appointment only. Those signed up with Llano County will be sent invitations for this clinic. Be aware that this clinic will be for individuals over age 65 only.

In addition, 800 2nd doses will be given by local providers the week of March 25, and it is anticipated we will be chosen as a site for a mass vaccination clinic in the coming weeks by the Department of State Health Services Region 7.

Please spread the news that category 1C will open up for individuals 50 and over on March 15. In anticipation, we have added a 1C indication to the sign up link. We encourage everyone to sign up so that we have an idea of how many vaccines we will need to order.

We have a special request this week that everyone be on the lookout for folks who are shut in or bed bound at home who cannot come in to get a vaccine. The Texas Department of Emergency Management will be trying to include these individuals during their clinic on March 25. These individuals should call 325-216-9642 for more information and to sign up.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL FREQUENTLY (Including Spam)

We continue to encourage individuals to also sign up with the local hubs in Burnet and Gillespie counties. Wal-Mart pharmacies in Brady, Fredericksburg, Lampasas and Marble Falls are also now vaccine providers and accepting new sign-ups.

Prayers for your safety,

Jack Franklin MD

Llano County Health Authority

Llano County has had a busy week of vaccinations. We have received and administered approximately 1000 2nd dose Moderna vaccines that were delivered to Corner Drug on Tuesday. This was done through a combination of drive-up vaccination at Corner Drug and Hill Country Direct Care as well as at a large vaccination clinic held at the Methodist Church in Llano on Thursday. My heartfelt thanks to all the volunteers and individuals who have been involved in making this happen.

Mid Coast Medical Center delivered 200 1st dose Moderna vaccines at a drive-up vaccination center at their hospital in Llano. In addition this week Bay Pharmacy in Horseshoe Bay received its final approval from the Department of State health services and also received 100 Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccines through its federal channels. This represents a large expansion in the number of entities being able to receive and administer vaccines in the county.

Next week's allocations are still pending at the time of this update. Invitations to sign up for vaccination will be forthcoming when next week's vaccine allocation is announced by DSHS.

AS ALWAYS, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL FREQUENTLY

We continue to encourage individuals to also sign up with the Baylor Scott and White HUB at Highway 71 as well as the Hill Country Memorial HUB in Fredericksburg.

Prayers for your safety,

Jack Franklin MD

Llano County Health Authority

The weather has cleared and the vaccines have begun to roll in to Llano County. Thus far this week we have delivered 715 doses of the Moderna vaccine at Corner Drug, Mid Coast Hospital and Hill Country Direct Care in addition to a large vaccine clinic at the Methodist Church in Llano.

Corner Drug and Hill Country Direct Care have requested more vaccines for next week. In addition, we anticipate a 200 vaccine clinic at Mid Coast hospital in Llano early next week and we will be giving 1000 second doses throughout the week.

Future plans are still in the works to do vaccine clinics in Horseshoe Bay and in Kingsland through Bay Pharmacy and Care Flight.

We continue to encourage everyone to sign up for vaccines at the HUBs in Fredericksburg and at Baylor Scott and White on Highway 71 in addition to signing up with us. The quicker we can get folks vaccinated, the quicker this pandemic ends.

As always, check your email frequently.

Prayers for your safety,

Jack Franklin MD

Llano County Health Authority

Due to the unprecedented weather, the 200 doses that were scheduled to come to Llano County this week have been postponed to next week. In addition it appears that we will be getting another 300 first doses next week through the week 11 allocation. Last, we will be expecting 50 2nd doses to arrive next week as well. This gives a grand total of 550 doses expected in the next seven days.

The tentative plan is to set up a vaccination clinic like we have done previously. Invitations to this vaccination clinic will be forthcoming. We again ask that you frequently check your email over the next seven days.

Though we do have plans in the coming weeks to set up vaccination clinics in other areas around the county, this week’s clinic will be in Llano due to concerns about the availability of water due to the damage caused by the winter storm this week.

We continue to encourage everyone to sign up for vaccines at the HUBs in Fredericksburg and at Baylor Scott and White on Highway 71 in addition to signing up with us. The quicker we can get folks vaccinated, the quicker this pandemic ends.

Prayers for your safety,

Jack Franklin MD

Llano County Health Authority

No doses came to Llano County this week, though it does appear that Llano County has been approved for 200 doses for next week. In addition, the state’s requisition process has been clarified somewhat and we are hoping that by following their process we will be able to get even more doses in the weeks ahead. It is not clear at this moment where the 200 doses for next week will be going, only that they were earmarked for Llano County.

From a vaccination standpoint, Llano County completed the vaccination of a little over 1100 individuals from the 1000 doses that were provided to Corner Drug last week. Each vial of vaccine usually has one extra dose and we used that to its fullest potential to try to get as many vaccines out as possible. In addition, all 100 individuals that were vaccinated on January 12 received their second doses of vaccine on February 9. This represents great news as the state now has a definitive process for ordering second doses and distributing them. We do not anticipate any problem in getting the 1100 individuals that were vaccinated last week their second dose during the first week of March.

It is anticipated that the hubs will continue to receive weekly shipments. We are still uncertain however when Corner Drug, Bay Pharmacy, or Hill Country Direct Care will receive further doses, though we remain optimistic. In addition we anticipate that MidCoast will be approved as a vaccine provider shortly.

We continue to encourage everyone to sign up for vaccine at the HUBs in Fredericksburg and at Baylor Scott and White on Highway 71 in addition to signing up with us. The quicker we can get folks vaccinated, the quicker this pandemic ends.

Prayers for your safety,

Jack Franklin MD

Llano County Health Authority

This week has seen a huge increase in Covid vaccinations in Llano County. Corner Drug in Llano received 1000 1st doses of the Moderna vaccine. Hill Country Direct Care received 100 second doses of the Moderna vaccine and both the hub at Baylor Scott and White Highway 71 and the hub at Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg have received over 1000 doses. The proposal for a Hill Country hub between San Saba, Mason, and Llano was unfortunately denied.

Approximately 300 doses have been given through Corner Drug. An additional 460 doses were given at the vaccine clinic that Llano County sponsored at the Methodist Church on 2/4/21. Approximately 300 doses will be administered over the next few days to complete the shipment that arrived on Monday. To date, invitations to receive the vaccine have been emailed to over 2000 individuals from the Llano County list. PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL FREQUENTLY.

It is anticipated that the hubs will continue to receive weekly shipments. We are uncertain however when Corner Drug, Bay Pharmacy, or Hill Country Direct Care will receive further doses, though we remain optimistic.

Prayers for your safety,

Jack Franklin MD

Llano County Health Authority

This week Llano County received 50 1st dose Moderna vaccines. These were given on Thursday to 50 of our remaining 1A personnel. The county has also applied for joint hub status with Mason and San Saba counties. This seems to have been accepted favorably at the state level although we have no written confirmation at this point. We took the opportunity to run a vaccine clinic with these 50 doses and train as many volunteers as possible in the procedures that need to occur with a Covid vaccine clinic.

In other news, the Fredericksburg hub received over 3000 doses this week. Baylor Scott and White at Highway 71 was also named as a hub and received almost 1000 doses. We highly encourage everyone on our list to apply at both of these areas as well to see if they can get in faster. The quicker we can get the citizens of Llano County vaccinated the quicker we can get beyond this pandemic. We will notify you when we receive a response from the state on our hub status here.

Prayers for your safety,

Jack Franklin MD

Local Health Authority Llano County

Unfortunately, Llano County received 0 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week. We are working with some of the larger medical providers in the area to try and obtain enough vaccines to cover our remaining 1A personnel (still approximately 120 unvaccinated in the local area). As of this morning, we have approximately 5,500 people on the waiting list in Llano County. We have ordered 7,000 vaccine doses through the state’s vaccine portal, but have been given no information on when these will be forthcoming.

There has been a trend at the state level toward distributing vaccines to “Vaccine Hubs”. The closest of these is in Gillespie County. Here is the link to the Department of State Health Services' distribution map: https://tdem.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=3700a84845c5470cb0dc3ddace5c376b

We recommend you check your email frequently as we will contact you as soon as we have more information/vaccines. We plan to continue to send out a weekly update to keep you informed.

Thank you,

Jack Franklin MD

Llano County Health Authority

This week, Llano County received and administered 100 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. These vaccines were given to the patients and staff of our local assisted living facilities and nursing homes who were at highest risk. The remaining vaccines were given to 1-A personnel (first responders and firefighters) who had not yet received the vaccine. As of today, we have 104 1-A personnel who still need a Covid vaccine in Llano county.

Thank you for signing up for our list. There are currently over 2000 people who have signed up for vaccine on our list. We have requested 2000 vaccines from the Texas Department of State Health Services and are prepared to deliver these vaccines when we receive them. At this time, we do not have any information from the state on when we will receive the vaccines or how many we will receive. Please be patient with us as we work diligently to procure immunizations for our community. The Llano County Emergency Operations team feels confident that we can rapidly administer these vaccines as soon as they are delivered.

Thank you,

Jack Franklin MD

Llano County Health Authority