“We submit our allocation request to the state,” Kerri said, “And then the state sends us the vaccine that we have been approved to receive.”
Shasta County Public Health said the state decides how many doses will be sent to each county by looking at population size and who is eligible at the time.
Lorainne Johnson, who lives in Red Bluff, is going to have to wait until the end of the month before she can even get her first dose of the vaccine.
“I am sure it is causing it to take longer for us,” Johnson said. “Because we are a small town.”