CottageHealthSystemSource: Cottage Health
Cottage Health is working alongside community healthcare partners in collective efforts to vaccinate more than 400,000 people throughout the county and achieve the immunity level needed to end the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Drive-Up COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic on the Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital campus is serving eligible healthcare workers and beginning to vaccinate individuals age 75 and over who live or work in Santa Barbara County.
Vaccine supply is limited, and appointments fill quickly. Appointments are required and must be made in advance.
Cottage Health plans to continue offering the vaccine clinics two days a week, based on staffing and vaccine availability.
Individuals age 75 or over are invited to sign up at cottagehealth.org/covid19 for notifications when future appointments open.
Cottage Health will continue to share updates as more vaccine and information becomes available. The vaccine allocations are difficult to predict, and information changes rapidly.
The most disturbing part is that everyone from the locals all the way up to Biden’s own team (a member of the COVID task force was on CNN this morning) are saying, “we have no idea how much vaccine we’re getting or when.” Very scary stuff.
One big bottle neck is the 15 minute waiting time after receiving the vaccine. Another is available qualified staff to administer the vaccine.
There isn’t much of a bottleneck, it’s all very organized and there are many volunteers on site.