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Do you qualify? APH debuts graphic showing vaccine eligibility

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include a correction released by APH Feb. 2 that is not reflected in the graphic: "1B-qualified individuals can sign up for an appointment regardless of insurance status."
With a slow rollout process and waitlists that are chock-full, the COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort in Austin is nothing short of confusing. To alleviate confusion around which members of the community Austin Public Health is vaccinating, officials debuted a flow chart to tell you exactly where you are in the chain.
First and foremost, residents over the age of 65 qualify for the vaccine as-is. Those who are over the age of 50 and have an underlying medical condition qualify as well. The last group to qualify must be between the ages of 18-49, have an underlying medical condition and fall into a group that is disproportionately affected by COVID-19. 1B-qualified individuals can sign up for an appointment regardless of insurance status.
**UPDATE** There is an error on this graphic. If you are 1B eligible, you will be able to sign up for an appointmen… https://t.co/pln1h7rud5— Austin Public Health (@Austin Public Health) 1612306770.0
Groups that don't fall into those categories will be waitlisted. You can view a list of waitlists here.
With only 12,000 vaccines coming in each week, Austin Public Health Director Stephanie Hayden-Howard said it could take up to 16 weeks to get the first dose of vaccinations to the 188,825 people who are registered with APH and qualify for the vaccine. The other 343,514 people currently registered in the APH vaccination system will wait even longer unless the county begins receiving larger allocations of doses each week.
Hayden-Howard also said Austin Public Health has begun reaching out to people for their second dose of the vaccine. However, because the allocation of second doses is based on how many people received their vaccines within each county, Travis County residents who traveled outside of the jurisdiction to receive their first vaccination will not be eligible to receive their second vaccination through APH.
Residents who may have received their vaccination elsewhere will be asked to return to the same location for their second dose.
Home vaccinations will also be available later this month for seniors and those with disabilities.
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Giga Texas, the massive Tesla factory in southeast Travis County is getting even bigger.
The company filed with the city of Austin this week to expand its headquarters with a new 500,000-square-foot building. The permit application notes “GA 2 and 3 expansion,” which indicates the company will make two general assembly lines in the building.
More details about the plans for the building are unclear. The gigafactory has been focused on Model Y production since it opened in April, but the company is also aiming for Cybertruck production to kick off in mid-2023.
While there is room for expansion on the 3.3 square miles of land Tesla has, this move comes after CEO Elon Musk’s recent comments about the state of the economy and its impact on Tesla.
In a May interview with Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, Musk said the gigafactories in Berlin and Austin are “gigantic money furnaces” and said Giga Texas had manufactured only a small number of cars.
And in June, Musk sent a company wide email saying Tesla will be reducing salaried headcount by 10%, then later tweeted salaried headcount should be fairly flat.
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