The push is on to get more people vaccinated by President Joe Biden’s July deadline. Many businesses and cities across the country and in the Tampa Bay area have gotten creative with incentives for the vaccine, and experts are weighing in on if those incentives work.
Frustration and confusion continue over the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines for the high-risk residents of long-term care facilities in California, and throughout the U.S.
For many other Bay Area seniors, getting a place in line has been a highly confusing process that often starts with false hope and leads to a dead end. My hope is that John Muir and Kaiser and these big health entities will step up and try and help problem solve through these folks, said Debbie Toth, CEO of Pleasant Hill-based Choice in Aging.
Despite Governor Gavin Newsom s announcement last week that all over 65 are now eligible for the vaccine, California officials announced yesterday they don t expect to vaccinate most people in that age group before June.