COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out to the Community Update
Crawford County Health Department is maintaining a waitlist for everyone who is currently eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin. The eligible groups include:
Health care workers (paid & unpaid);
Long-term care staff and residents;
Police-fire-correctional institute personnel;
Individuals age 65 and older;
Education and childcare staff;
Individuals enrolled in Medicaid Long-Term Care programs (IRIS, Family Care, Katie Beckett);
911 Operators;
Utility & communications workers;
Public Transit;
Food supply chain workers;
Non-frontline essential health care personnel;
Congregate living facility staff and residents.
The following were added to the current eligible group this past week:
Spiritual care providers;
Restaurant workers.
Breakdown of who qualifies in each of these categories can be found on the Department of Health Services website: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/vaccine-about.htm
On March 29th, individuals age 16 and older who have medical conditions known to be associated with a greater risk of severe illness from the virus that causes COVID-19 will be eligible for the vaccine. Crawford County Health Department plan to make our link available to this group beginning March 22nd. Those eligible include:
Asthma (moderate-to-severe)
Cancer
Cerebrovascular disease (affects blood vessels and blood supply to the brain)
Chronic kidney disease
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Cystic fibrosis
Liver disease
Neurologic conditions, such as dementia
Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30-39 kg/m2)
Overweight (BMI of 25-29 kg/m2)
Pregnancy (Please follow-up with your OB-GYN prior to receiving vaccine)
Down syndrome
Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies
Hypertension or high blood pressure
Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from solid organ transplant, blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, or use of other immune weakening medicines
Pulmonary fibrosis (having damaged or scarred lung tissue)
Severe Obesity (BMI 40 kg/m2 or more)
Sickle cell disease
Thalassemia
Type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus
This week, Crawford County Public Health has 205 doses of Janssen (Johnson & Johnson vaccine). We have scheduled individuals into a clinic at the Armory in Prairie du Chien from our current waiting list. “We are now moving through our waitlist for the vaccine more quickly, and I encourage everyone who is eligible to register for the vaccine”, says Cindy Riniker, Health Officer.
To complete registration for the vaccine and be added to our waitlist, please register on-line at https://www.crawfordcountywi.org/health.html or call our office at 608-326-0229 and we help with the registration process.