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MINUTES - Draft <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> January 27, 2021 <br /> across the state receiving very little or no allocations. The NCALHD were very <br /> concerned about the state's allocation process and sent Secretary Cohen a letter <br /> Sunday afternoon. She called a meeting with local government officials and <br /> LHDs for Monday afternoon where she apologized and stated that she wanted to <br /> acknowledge that she wasn't totally transparent in explaining what the state was <br /> doing regarding allocations. She stated that decisions were made in the <br /> allocation process in an attempt to show the federal government that if they <br /> allocated more vaccines to NC, we would be able to distribute them quickly and <br /> get people vaccinated. <br /> o Starting this week and for the next 3 weeks, Secretary Cohen has committed to <br /> guaranteeing each county a minimum base allocation amount based on the <br /> county's population. NC receives 127K doses each week which is now being <br /> distributed across the state amongst hospitals, HD, other multiple providers, <br /> family qualified health centers, etc. <br /> o The CDC has noticed that we've expended 95% of our 1 st doses allocation. The <br /> CDC ranked NC 9th in total vaccines administered and 28th in vaccines <br /> administered per 100K people. <br /> o Ms. Stewart revealed that we weren't prepared for the Governor's announcement <br /> of starting the next phase when we hadn't completed vaccinating the 75+ <br /> population; however, the OCHD has made major changes to the process. <br /> ■ Phone lines have been staffed with live people; it's not just an online <br /> process. <br /> ■ One of the forms has been removed from the sign up process. The newly <br /> revised interest survey is the only form that needs to be completed online. <br /> ■ Registration at the PODs (Point of Dispensing) <br /> ➢ When people are getting your 1st vaccine, we schedule them for <br /> the 211 dose while they're waiting. <br /> ■ We continue to send out blast emails as we continue to communicate with <br /> the public. <br /> ■ While we don't have enough vaccines, we have enough people to help <br /> administer them. The community has really assisted by volunteering at <br /> the PODs. We've also received 30 volunteers from the state to help. <br /> ■ We continue to view and review our processes through an equity lens, <br /> looking for ways to reach our marginalized communities. We're working <br /> with our community partners and finding ways to assist those that have <br /> transportation barriers. We're also asking what the barriers are. In <br /> addition to transportation, we're looking at the education piece of the <br /> process. <br /> ■ We've gone to the long term care facilities that didn't have contracts with <br /> CVS and Walgreens and have vaccinated their residents. On December <br /> 23rd, we started going into 8 smaller group homes and vaccinated them <br /> with their 1 st dose. We will start administering the 2nd doses soon. <br /> ■ We're looking at software to track OCHD data. <br /> The BOH members had questions and comments that were addressed by Ms. Stewart, <br /> Ms. Julian and Ms. Crawford. <br /> D. Media Items <br /> Kristin Prelipp, Communications Manager, mentioned that the articles in the Board packet were <br /> just a selection of the numerous COVID-19-related articles that were gathered. Included in the <br /> S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda &Abstracts\2021 Agenda &Abstracts/ <br /> January Page 6 <br />