If you’re in San Francisco and know at least five family members, friends or co-workers who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19, you’re in luck.
The city can now bring you your very own clinic, right to your door, as part of its recently announced "Vax to You" program.
"We are trying to make this as easy as possible," Mayor London Breed said Tuesday in a press conference announcing the initiative.
"We will bring our doctors and nurses and equipment to you," she added, noting the service can come to your home or workplace.
San Francisco residents can sign up at the city' website, by calling (628) 652-2700 or emailing sfvaxnow@sfdph.org. Appointments are available Tuesday through Saturday, with the two-dose Moderna, Pfizer and one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines all on offer.
As of Monday, 77% of eligible San Franciscans were fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The delta variant has convinced more city residents to follow suit, which has encouraged San Francisco Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax.
"The difference now between being vaccinated and not being vaccinated could be the difference between sniffles and suffocation," Dr. Colfax said. "If you do get COVID-19, it could be the difference between spending a few days in your bed at home, versus spending a few days in the ICU bed."
Breed said Black and Latino residents have the lowest vaccination rates in San Francisco and are, thus, more highly represented in the city's current hospitalizations. The city's new initiative is an attempt to reverse those trends.
"We've not even had 600 deaths, even in one of the densest cities in the country, in the last 15 months because of this virus," Breed said. “But if we go at the rate that we’re going, we expect – within a couple of weeks, according to Dr. Colfax – to lose at least 300 people."
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