Northeast Alabama Community College is partnering with Northeast Alabama Health Services on the vaccine clinic. They’re offering the Johnson & Johnson and Moderna vaccines in Rainesville.
The UAB PathCheck foundation dashboard shows DaKalb County is lagging behind other north Alabama communities in its vaccination rate. Only 30% of DeKalb residents are fully inoculated compared to Madison at 45%, Limestone at 40%, and Morgan at 38%.
NACC President David Campbell said this is the college’s second mobile vaccine clinic.
“I think the mobile units make it very easy for people to get two shots, especially in a rural area,” he said. “In a rural area, a lot of times you have to go to a county health clinic or hospital or somewhere else that may be a long drive.”
The website USAfacts.org reports DeKalb County has had over 12,000 cases of COVID since the pandemic began, with 25 more reported every week. Campbell said he hopes residents will understand the significance in taking care of themselves and others.
“As for the importance of getting the vaccine, I have kept up closely with this ever since COVID was identified, and I read and read and kept up with all the materials," Campbell said. "Everything I could determine, it’s just important that people get those vaccinations.”
The vaccine clinic is located at the school’s health education parking lot just across Highway 35 and will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Campbell said a third mobile vaccine clinic may be offered if coronavirus cases continue to spike around DeKalb county.
