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Related: About this forumDSHS initiates Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccine, expanding eligible to 'medically vulnerable' patients
I am in category 1B and will be checking on this
Link to tweet
IB is the second tier of prioritization that the state of Texas has put out for the way they would like the COVID vaccines to be administered, said Dr. James McCarthy, the Chief Physician Executive for the Memorial Herman Health System.
According to McCarthy, almost 10,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been administered at Memorial Hermann as part of Phase 1A.
1A was really first-line medical responders, not just the doctors in hospitals but their clinic staff and EMS providers, McCarthy said. IB is to move into the larger community to start including patients that we consider medically vulnerable.
Phase 1B includes:
People 65 years of age and older
People 16 years of age and older with at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness from the virus that causes COVID-19, such as but not limited to: Cancer, Chronic kidney disease, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease or cardiomyopathies, Solid-organ transplantation, Obesity and severe obesity (body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or higher), Pregnancy, Sickle cell disease and Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
rainin
(3,011 posts)I haven't been back to see him once I witnessed his cavalier behavior, so I won't be calling him. I don't know where to go. Any ideas?
joshdawg
(2,647 posts)Not sure why it is taking so long, but, oh well.
I'm also in the high risk bracket. Over 75, COPD, etc. ad nauseum. (heavy sigh)
Gothmog
(145,168 posts)I have a relationship with my local pharmacy at a supermarket chain. I have several conditions and have a number of medications that I pick up each month. The loccal pharmacist is still getting information but told me that he has started a list and my name is on it
I also have long scheduled apppintment in early January with two of the specialists who treat me and another appointment in early February with another specialist. I sent a message list night by patient portal to one specialist.