Mass vaccination sites set up around Seattle: Goal is 45,000 shots per day in state

If Washington state is to vaccinate 45,000 people a day against Covid-19, the puzzle becomes how – and where – to inject so many people.

At Seattle University, the Campion Ballroom has been transformed into a mass vaccination site.

The ballroom kitchen is now the pharmacy, where techs prepare the vaccine. Next door, the chapel is the registration room.

This mass vaccination site is where many health providers not affiliated with a major health system are getting vaccinated. It’s also where Seattle Public Schools is directing its staff who currently qualify for a Covid-19 vaccine.

The site is run by Swedish, part of an effort to surge forward from the state’s sluggish start rolling out vaccines.

Here, the amount of neon in this room assaults the senses: Color-coded florescent vests for staff and volunteers, red boxes for the syringes, signs in yellow.