Seniors making the trip to get shots in Cumberland County
While some counties in North Carolina are dealing with clogged phone lines and clunky internet interfaces in an effort to get the COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of eligible health care workers and those 65 and over, Cumberland County has been a success story.
Posted — Updated"We picked up our neighbor and came on down," she said.
At the Agri-Expo Center in Fayetteville, there are four lanes for cars with three dozen nurses administering the shot. It is a system working so well that other counties have stopped by to take notes.
Dr. Jennifer Green, Cumberland County health director, said, "That is an honor to be looked at as a county ... that is getting things right or doing it well.
"We really, honestly, pulled in lessons learned from other counties and things that we hear from other health department directors and hospitals. (We) just picked the best practices from each one of those and try to compile them into a model here," she said.
Cape Fear Valley Health system is applying those same lessons.
Dr. Frank Zappa says the hospital has also been averaging about 1,200 doses delivered each day. He says one in every 33 people in the state who has gotten the shot received it at Cape Fear Valley Rehab.
"Come on everybody," Zappa said, "Step up. Join us."
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