More chances for Stanislaus County residents to get COVID-19 vaccine this week Share Updated: 6:42 AM PST Jan 25, 2021 Share Updated: 6:42 AM PST Jan 25, 2021
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Show Transcript ARE DESPERATE TO GET THEIR SHOTS. PARKING LOTS FULL OF BRIGHT ORANGE PYLONS DISTANCE DOTS ON THE GROUND IN SWITCHBACKS AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE THIS SETUP IN STANISLAUS COUNTY READY FOR THE HUNDREDS EXPECTED TO LINE UP TO GET COVID-19 VACCINES FIRST THING IN THE MORNING A COMPLEX PROCESS FOR THE COUNTY EVEN TO PULL OFF A CLINIC LIKE THIS. IT COMES DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL TO STATE TO LOCAL LEVEL. SO AT FEDERAL LEVEL IT GETS SENT TO STATE LEVEL AND THEN AT STATE LEVEL IT GETS DIVERTED OUT TO COUNTIES BASED ON HOW MANY BASED ON THE COUNTY’S POPULATION THE STANISLAUS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS A FINITE NUMBER OF DOSES TO DOLE OUT WITH PRIORITY FOR PEOPLE IN NEED OF THEIR SECOND DOSES THE FIRST DAY OF THOSE CLINICS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THAT’S DEPENDENT