Want a vaccine at NRG Park’s super site? Show up with wheels.

"A man waits at a bus stop along Main Street next to the a Federal Emergency Management Agency COVID-19 vaccination super site at NRG Park Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 in Houston. Despite being one of the most transit-friendly locations in the region with access to light rail and bus service, walk-ups are not part of the plan presently at the site that opened Wednesday in coordination with the FEMA.Brett Coomer/Staff photographer"

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The region’s largest COVID vaccine site — created to cater to vulnerable communities — is drive-thru-only, a process that frustrated some observers as health officials work to balance better access to shots, huge demand and the need to inoculate as many people as fast as possible.

Opened Wednesday, the vaccination site at NRG Park is accessible only by automobile, Harris County officials said. [Read more.]


Dug Begley | February 24, 2021
Houston Chronicle 

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