Getting the Vaccine

COVID-19 vaccines are now being distributed. Now, more than ever, all of us, our families, and our communities need to stay informed about what the vaccine is, when we can get it and where we need to go to recieve it.

• We still need to wear a mask

• We still need to social distance

• The COVID-19 vaccine is safe

• The COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed in phases

Find your county below to find vaccination sites and information about phases.

Bristol, VA

Bristol Health Department

Address: 205 Piedmont Ave, Bristol, VA 24201

Phone: (276) 642-7335

Hours: M-F 8 am – 4:30pm

• Food City- Please call 276-645-0044 (Euclid Avenue) or 276-669-2388 (Bonham Road) to schedule an appointment
• Food City – Please call 276-238-0684 to schedule an appointment
• Galax Health Department – Please call 276-236-6127 to schedule an appointment

Buchanan

Buchanan County Health Department

Address: 1051 Rosebud Rd, Grundy, VA 24614

Phone: (276) 935-4591

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

• Food City Grundy- Please call 276-935-7578 to schedule an appointment.

Carter

Carter County Health Department

Address: 403 E G St, Elizabethton, TN 37643

Phone: (423) 543-2521

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

Dickenson

Dickenson County Health Department

Address: 334 Brush Creek Rd, Clintwood, VA 24228

Phone: (276) 926-4979

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

• Food City Clintwood- Please call 276-926-4747 to schedule an appointment.

Grayson

• Twin County Regional Hospital –Signage will direct cars to the proper area. These will not be scheduled appointments, but instead will be walk-in.
• Ballad Health – Ballad Health Medical Associates patients should call their physician’s office directly. This can be a Ballad Health primary care office, specialty clinic, or urgent care center.
• Food City – Please call 276-773-2751 to schedule an appointment
• Grayson County Health Department – Please call 276-773-2961 to schedule an appointment

Greene

Greene County Department of Health

Address: 810 W Church St, Greeneville, TN 37745

Phone: (423) 798-1749

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

Hancock

Hancock County Department of Health

Address: 178 Willow St, Sneedville, TN 37869

Phone: (423) 733-2228

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

Hawkins

Hawkins County Health Department

Address: 247 Silver Lake Rd, Church Hill, TN 37642

Phone: (423) 357-5341

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

Johnson

Johnson County Health Department

Address: 715 W Main St, Mountain City, TN 37683

Phone: (423) 727-9731

Hours: M-F 9am – 4:30pm

Lee

Lee County Health Department

Address: 134 Hill St, Jonesville, VA 24263

Phone: (276) 346-2014

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

• Food City Pennington Gap- Please call 276-546-4186 to schedule an appointment.

Russell

Russell County Health Department

Address: 75 Rogers Ave # Ll, Lebanon, VA 24266

Phone: (276) 889-7621

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

• Food City Lebanon- Please call 276-889-5914 to schedule an appointment.
• Food City Claypool Hill- Please call 276-963-4558 to schedule an appointment.

Scott

Scott County Health Department

Address: 190 Beech St #102, Gate City, VA 24251

Phone: (276) 386-1312

Hours: M-F 8am – 5pm

• Food City Weber City- Please call 276-386-7886 to schedule an appointment.

Smyth

Smyth County Health Department

Address: 201 Francis Marion Ln, Marion, VA 24354

Phone: (276) 781-7460

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

• Food City – Please call 276-783-5761 to schedule an appointment

Sullivan

Sullivan County Regional Health Department

Address: 1041 E Sullivan St, Kingsport, TN 37660

Phone: (423) 279-2777

Hours: M-F 8am – 6pm

Bristol Motor Speedway Dragway

Address: Bristol Motor Speedway, 151 Speedway Blvd, Bristol, TN 37620

Phone: (866) 415-4158

Kingsport Civic Auditorium

Address: 1550 Fort Henry Dr, Kingsport, TN 37664

Phone: (423) 229-9457

Tazewell

Tazewell County Health Department

Address: 253 Chamber Dr, Tazewell, VA 24651

Phone: (276) 988-5585

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

• Food City Bluefield- Please call 276-322-2515 to schedule an appointment.

Unicoi

Unicoi County Health Department

Address: 101 Okolona Dr, Erwin, TN 37650

Phone: (423) 743-9103

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

Washington (TN)

Washington County (TN) Health Department

Address: 219 Princeton Rd, Johnson City, TN 37601

Phone: (423) 975-2200

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

Washington (VA)

Washington County (VA) Health Department

Address: 15068 Lee Hwy. # 200, Bristol, VA 24202

Phone: (276) 676-5604

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

• Food City – Please call 276-628-2580 to schedule an appointment
• Michael’s Pharmacy – Please call 276-676-2900 to schedule an appointment
• Falcon Pharmacy – Please call 276-258-5251 to schedule an appointment
• Pharmhealth Express Pharmacy & Wellness – Please call 276-739-7748, ext. 4 to schedule an appointment

Wise

Wise County Health Department

Address: 134 Roberts Ave SW, Wise, VA 24293

Phone: (276) 328-8000

Hours: M-F 8am – 4:30pm

• Ballad Health will be opening two community vaccination centers – one in Abingdon, Va., and one in Norton, Va. – where they will provide the vaccine to established patients of Ballad Health Medical Associates clinics who are over the age of 75.
• Food City Wise- Please call 276-328-4619 to schedule an appointment.
• Food City Big Stone Gap- Please call 276-523-1631 to schedule an appointment.

Wythe

Sites:

• Wythe County Community Hospital – Please call 276-625-8829 to schedule an appointment
• Wythe County Health Department – Please call 276-228-5507 to schedule an appointment

Is the vaccine safe?

Yes! These vaccines have already been given to tens of thousands of volunteers and have been shown to be safe and very good at preventing them from getting sick with COVID-19. The safety of COVID-19 vaccines is a top priority. The vaccine will continue to be monitored to make sure any rare problems are found as soon as possible and evaluated to see if they were caused by the vaccine. Very rarely, allergic reactions have been reported in persons receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. While these reports are being studied to find out if they were from the vaccine, CDC recommends anyone who has ever had a severe allergic reaction after getting a vaccine in the past to be observed for 30 minutes after vaccine administration. People with allergies to foods, animals or pill medicines have not been shown to have any bad reaction from the vaccine.

When can I expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine?

Each state handles vaccine distribution differently. There are different phases.

For TN: You can read this plan and find more information about COVID-19 vaccines here, and check your eligibility for vaccination through Tennessee’s vaccine eligibility tool.

For VA: Visit the site for more information of phases here. Visit this site to see which phase you are eligible for.

As vaccine availability increases, vaccination recommendations will expand to include more groups

The goal is for everyone to be able to easily get a COVID-19 vaccination as soon as large enough quantities of vaccine are available.

Why should I get the vaccine?

The COVID-19 vaccine will greatly reduce your chances of getting COVID-19 and will ensure that if you do get the virus, you will have only mild symptoms or none at all.

We don’t know yet why some healthy people become seriously ill or die from COVID-19, while other people with COVID-19 only become mildly sick. There’s no way to know how COVID-19 will affect you. Once vaccinated, your body will build immunity to the virus so you are less likely to get sick.

Experts continue to conduct more studies about the effect of COVID-19 vaccination on severity of illness from COVID-19, as well as its ability to keep people from spreading the virus that causes COVID-19.

If I had COVID-19 and recovered, do I need to get the vaccine?

Yes. Due to the severe health risks associated with COVID-19 and the fact that re-infection with COVID-19 is possible, vaccine should be offered to you regardless of whether you already had COVID-19 infection.

At this time, experts do not know how long someone is protected from getting sick again after recovering from COVID-19. The immunity someone gains from having an infection, called natural immunity, varies from person to person. Some early evidence suggests natural immunity may not last very long.

We won’t know how long immunity produced by vaccination lasts until we have more data on how well the vaccines work.

Both natural immunity and vaccine-induced immunity are important aspects of COVID-19 that experts are trying to learn more about, and CDC will keep the public informed as new evidence becomes available.

Can a COVID-19 vaccine make me sick with COVID-19?

No. None of the authorized and recommended COVID-19 vaccines or COVID-19 vaccines currently in development in the United States contain the live virus that causes COVID-19. This means that a COVID-19 vaccine cannot make you sick with COVID-19.

There are several different types of vaccines in development. All of them teach our immune systems how to recognize and fight the virus that causes COVID-19. Sometimes this process can cause symptoms, such as fever. These symptoms are normal and are a sign that the body is building protection against the virus that causes COVID-19. Learn more about how COVID-19 vaccines work.

It typically takes a few weeks for you body to build immunity (protection against the virus that causes COVID-19) after vaccination. That means it’s possible you could be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 just before or just after vaccination and still get sick. This is because the vaccine has not had enough time to provide protection.

After I receive the vaccine, can I stop taking precautions like wearing a mask and social distancing?

No. It will still be important to continue to follow public health recommendations to protect yourself and others. This includes wearing a mask, staying at least 6 feet away from others, avoiding crowds, and washing hands often.