THD Cancels Vaccine Clinic; Lack Of Notice Causes Many To Still Show Up

The Tulsa Health Department cancelled a day of vaccinations at the Fairgrounds, but not until many people were already on the way. The announcement was made at 8:30 am, but people with appointments showed up at day at the Pavilion, only to find the clinic was closed.

About 1,900 people had appointments Thursday at the Tulsa Expo Square, but just before the clinic was to open, the Health Department decided the parking lot was too icy and it was too dangerous.

"Until the precipitation stops, there's not a lot we can do about the parking lot," Tulsa Emergency Management director Joe Kralicek said.

With so many people showing up, the security team at the Fairgrounds stationed someone outside the Pavilion to turn people around. Some people saw the empty lot and found a crowd on the other end of the fairgrounds, but that was a cannabis expo where greeters were busy giving people directions back to the Pavilion.

Tulsa County was making a plan to treat the parking lot and the drive to it, but the City is responsible for the streets around the fairgrounds.

Thursday, the streets around the fairgrounds were wet, but safe, and the fairgrounds parking lot was untreated and slick. The County worried people would slip and fall going in and out.