COVAC

Join us at Bastrop PRIDE or Lockhart Pride where we will be vaccinating anyone who needs a COVID-19 vaccine or booster! We'll be at Fisherman's Park in Bastrop this Saturday 6/11, and at Luna Gardens in Lockhart Sunday 6/19. Remember that vaccines are available Monday-Friday at A+ Lifestyle Medical Group in Bastrop. Come see us there if you can't make it to Pride! You can also talk with your doctor or pharmacist to schedule your vaccine or booster!

When should you or your children get a COVID-19 booster? The CDC has a guide, available here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html

COVID-19 vaccines are available Monday through Friday at A+ Lifestyle Medical Group in Bastrop. Walk-in, no appointments needed! 💉 Se habla español.

Join us in Red Rock to get your next dose! Thanks for all your hard work helping facilitate this event, Action Collaborative 🙌

Totally FREE Covid vaccines available today from 4pm to 7pm at Red Rock Elementary (2401 Fm 20, Red Rock)

Pfizer for ages 5+ Moderna for ages 18+ 1st, 2nd, booster doses No appointment, insurance, or ID required.
We are also doing a gift card raffle every 30 mins to an hour. Cant wait to see you all there!!

Join us in helping protect our community!
2/16/2022 - Mina Elementary School 4-7 PM
2/17/2022 - Cedar Creek Intermediate 5-7 PM
2/18/2022 - Red Rock Elementary 4-7 PM
2/18/2022 - Elgin Rec Center 3-6 PM
2/19/2022 - Dale Strawn Elementary 4-7 PM
9AM to 5PM Mon-Fri - A+ Lifestyle Medical Group

Pfizer for age 5+
Moderna for ages 18+
1st, 2nd, and boosters
No appointments, insurance, or ID required

Pfizer para mayores de 5 años
Moderna para mayores de 18 años
1 y 2 dosis + refuerzos
No se requieren citas, seguro o identificación

Monday - Friday from 9AM - 5PM
💉 Pfizer for ages 5+
💉 Moderna for ages 18+
💉 No appointments, ID, or insurance required

Here are the top 10 things you should know about the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5–11 years. Get your children ages 5 years and up vaccinated as soon as possible.

More: https://bit.ly/3JEYC0W.

💉 Need to get vaccinated or boosted? 1st, 2nd, and 3rd doses of Moderna and Pfizer are available daily at A+ Lifestyle Medical Group in Bastrop. Walk-ins welcome!
⏰ 9AM - 5 PM
🗓️ Monday - Friday
🌐 https://www.covac.events

There are 2 free testing sites in Bastrop County, with more to come soon. Visit the Roadhouse in Bastrop or the Smithville Pharmacy for rapid and PCR testing.

Why did the Pfizer young kids trial fail? On Friday, Pfizer announced results of their Phase II/III trial in children 6 months to under 5 years of age. There were two big wins and one massive set back: Wins: Vaccine was safe, so no severe events occurred. The vaccine dosage worked for kids between 6 months and under 2 years.

The emergence of the Omicron variant underscores the importance of vaccination, boosters, and preventive efforts to protect against COVID-19. Find our schedule of walk-in vaccination events at https://www.covac.events Moderna and Pfizer are available for ages 5+.

COVID-19 cases are once again increasing in many parts of the country, and the overall level of community transmission is high. The 7-day average of daily new cases is 94,266, a 9.7% increase from the previous 7-day period.
CDC recommends everyone ages 5 years and older get a COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at helping prevent COVID-19, especially severe illness, hospitalization, and death.

If you aren’t vaccinated:
✅ Get vaccinated.
😷 Wear a mask over your nose & mouth.
↔ Stay at least 6 feet from others.
🚫 Avoid crowds & poorly ventilated spaces.
🖐 Wash your hands often.

More data: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/ -view

Who's ready to get vaxxed at the PAC? 💪🏽💉 Tonight (Friday) from 5-7PM, ages 5+ welcome.

Take care of your whole family for the holidays! Find your nearest clinic location on the flyer below or by visiting https://www.covac.events

Walk-ups welcome every day! We have Pfizer in stock and are ready to vaccinate people aged 5 years+ TODAY! 9AM-5PM Mon-Fri, plus weekend community clinics! 💉 See the full schedule at https://www.covac.events 👀

CALLING ALL PARENTS! We have pediatric Pfizer COVID vaccine at the clinic, and we're ready to vaccinate kids ages 5-18!

Open 9AM-5PM M-F, no appointments or insurance needed. 815 HWY 71 W, Bastrop 78602 (near the HWY20 exit.) View the full vaccine event schedule at https://covac.events
💉

Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management
Action Collaborative
St. David's Foundation
Bastrop County Cares
Smithville ISD
Bastrop ISD
The Bastrop Advertiser
Elgin Courier

Here is the schedule for the upcoming vaccine clinic events in the area. All of them are walk-up, no appointments needed.

Follow this page for other school and community vaccine clinic announcements. 💉

Come get your COVID vaccine! Moderna and Pfizer 1st, 2nd, and booster doses available daily at A+ Lifestyle Medical Group from 9AM-5PM Monday-Friday.

Walk-ins only, no appointments needed! No insurance or ID required.

815 HWY 71 W, Bastrop TX 78602 - near the HWY20 exit.

Who needs a booster? 🤔👇🏽

CDC recommends that certain populations get a COVID-19 booster shot. See if you're eligible: https://bit.ly/3njCEWK.

Protect your friends and family this holiday season by getting vaccinated against COVID-19! 💉 Here is this week's vaccine clinic schedule! 👇🏽 All of these are walkups, no appointments needed. Pfizer and Moderna 1st, 2nd, and booster doses available! 💪🏽💉🙌🏽

Action Collaborative
Bastrop ISD
Smithville, Texas
Alma Brewer Strawn Elementary
Fleming Community Center Elgin, Texas
City of Elgin - Municipal Government
Red Rock, Texas
Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management

This is so sad. 😓 COVID-19 vaccines save lives. Please get vaccinated ASAP - there are already so many grieving families in the Bastrop county area. Vaccination is a simple step you can take to protect your friends and loved ones as well as their loved ones. 💙

💉 Daily walk-in COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics in Bastrop and Caldwell county 💉

🆓 Free COVID testing this week at Memorial Stadium in Cedar Creek 3-7 PM Monday-Thursday and Saturday. 🙌🏽

Guidance from the CDC :

Today, CDC issued an urgent health advisory to increase COVID-19 vaccination among people who are pregnant, recently pregnant, who are trying to become pregnant now, or who might become pregnant in the future to prevent serious illness, deaths, and adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Today's health advisory strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccination either before or during pregnancy because the benefits of vaccination for both pregnant persons and their fetus or infant outweigh known or potential risks.

Additionally, the advisory calls on health departments and clinicians to educate pregnant people on the benefits of vaccination and the safety of recommended vaccines.

https://bit.ly/2WmAjAU

💉 Do you need a Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Bastrop County? We help facilitate walk-in clinics daily! 🗓
💉💉1st, 2nd, and 3rd doses available (to those who qualify). 💉💉
📣💬 Tag your friends and family in the area who need to get vaxxed 🦠It's an easy way to slow the spread and severity of COVID-19. 🦠🤒😷 💯🆓

(Keep in mind the testing site is closed MONDAY 9/27 for repairs)

The testing trailer was scheduled to be moved from Smithville to Memorial Stadium today, but the movers have run into some issues with getting it relocated. We are committed to re-opening the free testing site asap, and I will update this post as I receive updates on the move.
📣 ⛔️ Until then, the testing site is closed for today. ⛔️ 📣

Bastrop ISD
Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management
Smithville, Texas
Recreation Smithville

In the 3 weeks we've been providing free COVID testing in Smithville, we've seen the positivity rate go from 30% down to around 10% or less. Beginning tomorrow, we will be parked at Memorial Stadium, Cedar Creek, Tx where we will continue providing free testing.

🕒 The hours this week will be 3-7 p.m. 🕖
Monday-Thursday and Saturday
🏈 Friday we will provide COVID vaccines during the game from the trailer.

Thank you to all of the volunteers and staff who pulled together quickly, trained, and did what was needed to be able to provide this testing. You all are amazing, and our community is lucky to have you. 💙

Thank you to the Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management to Smithville, Texas and to Recreation Smithville for helping us to provide this service to the folks in the area who needed testing in the Smithville area. Thank you to Bastrop ISD for hosting us at the stadium!

💉 Do you need a COVID vaccine? We will be facilitating a clinic at the Smithville Rec Center today from 2-6 p.m.! Moderna and Pfizer available 💉

It’s normal to have questions about COVID-19 vaccines. Follow these tips for talking with your friends and family who have questions about getting vaccinated.

👂 Listen with empathy.
❓ Ask open-ended questions.
💻 Ask permission to share information.
✅ Help them find a reason to get vaccinated.
👩‍⚕️ Help make their vaccination happen.

https://youtu.be/1Mf3ZWmK1wM

To find our current COVID-19 vaccine and testing schedule, visit www.covac.info

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🐅 Hello Smithville Tigers! 🐅 Thursday Sept 23 & Oct 7 we will host a vaccine clinic at the Smithville Junior High cafeteria. 💉💪✅ Parents who would like their children, age 12+, to be vaccinated will need to send them with a signed paper VARs form (which can be picked up from the nurse). OR parents can accompany their kids after 3:30.
💁🏽 Students and staff 👩🏼‍🏫 : 1:30-3:30
👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 Parents and public 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 : 3:30-5:30
✅💉 Moderna and Pfizer available 💉✅
❌ No appointment, insurance, payment, or ID required.❌

🦠👩‍🔬 🧪 Free COVID-19 testing behind the Smithville Rec Center 3-6 p.m. through Saturday 🦠👩‍🔬 🧪..

Smithville ISD
Smithville, Texas
Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management

The testing trailer is open again today! We have created a solution for the air conditioning in the testing trailer, which should work until the repairs covered by the warrantee can be completed.

We will be providing free COVID testing from 3-6 p.m. this week Tuesday-Saturday.

Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management
Smithville, Texas
Smithville Area Chamber of Commerce

This week, we will help facilitate clinics in Bastrop, Elgin, Smithville, and Lockhart!

🎉 [Tuesday testing trailer update:] COVID TESTING SITE IS OPEN from 3-6! 🎉 We have identified a temporary a/c solution until the warranty repair work can be completed. It's not ideal, but we wanted to be sure we could continue providing free testing to the community with as little interruption as possible.

[Monday Update on the testing trailer - the air conditioning went out so we were not able to open today. The tests are only good up to 85⁰. We hope the A/C will be fixed soon!]

Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management
Caldwell County Office of Emergency Management
St. David's Foundation

COVAC is working with the Vaccine Action Collaborative out of Caldwell County to facilitate a clinic today in Martindale!
Saturday Sept 18 from 5-7 p.m. at 413 Main St.

Please be sure to tag and share with unvaccinated friends and family in the area.

St. David's Foundation

Today we will be vaccinating at the Smithville Rec Center from 3-7 p.m.! The COVID-19 testing trailer will also be operational in the back parking lot.

Pfizer and Moderna, no appointments needed.

Volunteers needed for the COVID-19 Testing site! 4 hour shifts. Comment here, and we will get you started. ☺️

Last week, the COVAC team facilitated 13 vaccine clinics. We also stood up a free testing site in Smithville behind the Rec Center. Thank you to everyone who stepped up to make all of these clinics and the testing site happen. I am always impressed by the way our team comes together to do what needs to be done for our communities. 💙

This week, COVAC will facilitate fewer vaccine clinics than last week (only 11). 💉 COVAC will also be facilitating the free COVID-19 testing site behind the Smithville Rec Center, open every day from 3-7 p.m. Mon-Sat THIS WEEK ONLY (future dates and times are TBD) 🦠

If you would like to volunteer to either help at either our pop-up vaccine clinic sites OR to help at our free COVID-19 testing site, please comment below!

Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management
St. David's Foundation