Vaccine effectiveness questioned with delayed second doses in Madera County
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) Some people in Madera County are upset about the county s system of scheduling second doses of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Second doses of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are tickets to the most protection we can get from the virus.
They act as boosters and bring the vaccines effectiveness up above 90%.
For Moderna, the wait is supposed to be 28 days after the first dose.
For Pfizer, it s 21 days.
But Action News got complaints from people in Madera County that the county wouldn t let them schedule second doses of Pfizer any sooner than 28 days after the first dose.
COVID-19 vaccine appointments canceled in Madera County due to shortage in doses
Of the hundreds of appointments canceled, most were seniors over 75 years old.
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MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) First-time vaccine appointments have suddenly come to a halt at the Madera County Social Services Building.
Due to a shortage in supply, health officials say 824 people in Madera County are finding out their turn at receiving the COVID-19 vaccine has been postponed indefinitely. It s really difficult for us to predict at the local level what that supply chain is going to look like in the coming weeks and months, says Madera County Public Health Director Sara Bosse.