Disability advocates voice concern over vaccination distribution
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As California ramps up vaccination efforts, the state’s department of public health will open vaccination distribution to individuals ages 16 to 64 with underlying health conditions March 15. With the new criteria, disability advocates voiced concerns over exclusion and lack of communication.
While UC Berkeley’s University Health Services, or UHS, needs to follow state and UC Office of the President policies in the next phase of vaccination distribution, according to campus spokesperson Janet Gilmore, they will invite disabled students to self-identify for vaccine eligibility in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, guidelines.