LAWRENCE – As Douglas County has entered Phase 2 of vaccinations, residents can complete a survey at dgcoks.org/vaccineinterestform. The form allows residents to indicate their interest in receiving the vaccine and how they want to be notified when vaccine becomes available. They will then be notified when appointments become available with instructions about how to sign up.
Phase 2 includes those 65 and older among others. See a complete list at LDCHealth.org/COVIDVaccine and douglascountyks.org/coronavirus. The interest form will help identify individuals who qualify for future phases as well.
Completing the survey does not create an appointment or reserve a vaccine, but it will help planners identify which phase individuals qualify for and help streamline the notification and scheduling process as more vaccine doses become available.
Douglas County has scheduled one public drive-through clinic on Jan. 29 for those 65 and older. Based on available doses, the clinic has a capacity of 960 appointments, and when opened to the public earlier this week, those appointments were quickly filled. Currently, we estimate Phase 2 could include 30,000 to 40,000 people in Douglas County who would qualify to receive the vaccine.
“With an extremely limited supply of the vaccine right now, we realize it is frustrating for people who haven’t been able to schedule appointments for themselves or their loved ones,” said Business Systems Analyst Charlie Bryan, chair of the Vaccination Planning Unit under Unified Command. “This new form will help us identify which phase people would qualify for so that we can communicate effectively with them as doses become available for their priority group. We believe this will help with the notification process going forward.”
If residents need assistance filling out the form, please call the Senior Resource Center for Douglas County at 785-842-0543 and leave a message. Staff will return calls during business hours as quickly as they can in the order calls are received.
Douglas County GIS and Douglas County Emergency Management developed the form.