Golden State is having trouble getting residents vaccinated OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images
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SIGN UP The state of California is dead last according to one metric of vaccination after Alabama pulled ahead of the nation s current COVID-19 hotspot. That measure is the percentage of coronavirus vaccine dosages used, and California comes in at 37.3% for the latest week. That s an improvement from 27.5% usage the week before, but still puts the state as the worst in the nation. That insight comes by way of the vaccination tracker from Bloomberg News where vaccinations rates are updated and documented from all the states.
Disneyland, which remains closed to visitors, is set to host the first of five massive vaccination sites in Orange County.
Santa Clara County has already set up clinics at the fairgrounds expo hall, as well as other locations throughout the county, with plans to double capacity by next week to nearly 7,000 people a day. That number doesn t include vaccinations being performed by private healthcare providers such as Kaiser and Sutter Health. Public health experts say it ll be important for all entities to work together to ensure a timely delivery. It s important to recognize what happened in the past, and what failed, and then come up with concrete steps about what we re going to do going forward to ensure that we don t make the same mistakes again, said Dr. Marcelle Dougan, an assistant professor in the SJSU Dept. of Public Health and Recreation.
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They include Cal Expo in Sacramento, Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and Petco Park in San Diego.
In the Bay Area, two sports stadiums are being considered for mass vaccination sites.
Officials in Alameda County are expected to vote this week about launching a drive-thru vaccine site at an Oakland Coliseum parking lot.
The 49ers sent the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors a letter offering up Levi s Stadium as a site to store and administer vaccines to residents.
On Monday, San Mateo County launched the Bay Area s first mass vaccination clinic.