THE COVID-19 VACCINE: What s in it? Is it safe for your kids? Can it cause infertility?
E.W. Scripps
and last updated 2021-04-08 02:28:12-04
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. â More than 20 million vaccine doses have been administered in California and more than 7.7 million Californians are fully vaccinated.
Both Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health touting the lowest positivity rate in the country and attributing this to vaccinations.
Yesterday Governor Newsom announcing that the state is setting its eyes on reopening the economy on June 15th saying that this goal is only attainable if people get vaccinated. But this can be easier said than done and many people still have questions about the vaccine.
The question was bound to come up at some point: What happens when an employer tells its workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine but some don t want to?
Bottom line, an employer can make vaccinations a condition of employment, workplace specialists say. But it s not always that simple â it has to be job-related, for example, and local employers say they intend to proceed cautiously.
Federal authorities say no less than three-quarters of the population will have to be vaccinated before the pandemic can be brought fully under control. Given how divisive the pandemic has already been, how thoughtfully employers approach the matter could prove critical.
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As the first 327,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine begin arriving in California, most San Joaquin Valley hospitals expect their initial shipments within the next few days.
Some hospitals, however, have already begun receiving them. In a video posted to Twitter, employees of Valley Children’s Hospital applauded next to a freezer set to negative 78 degrees Celsius, the temperature colder than Antarctica’s annual average that’s needed to store the vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech. The Madera County hospital was one of the first to receive the 17,000 doses in this first batch slated for the Valley.
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