East San Jose school vaccination clinic. Stanford Children’s Health mobile medical clinic aims to distribute COVID-19 vaccines and provide medical services to low-income residents. On Wednesday, the teen van is returning to Anderson Elementary School, 4000 Rhoda Drive, San Jose (back parking lot) to provide a second dose to individuals in the community.
Contra Costa County. The county is launching two pop-up, walk-in vaccination clinics available through Thursday for eligible people who live and work in the county. The locations:
Meadow Homes Elementary School, 1371 Detroit Ave., Concord
Ambrose Recreation Center, 3105 Willow Pass Road, Bay Point
Benicia. The city is opening a vaccination clinic Wednesday for people 16 and older at the Benicia Senior Center. Those 16-24 will receive a gift certificate for pizza once they get their second dose on May 26.
California’s Latino population lags far behind nearly every other group in vaccination rates. Now, community groups and even the governor’s office are.
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Contra Costa County is taking unique steps to encourage more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
With vaccine supply now outpacing demand, the county is sending ambassadors into the community to answer questions and provide information to those who might be on the fence and inviting anyone in the nation to come get vaccinated. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
Contra Costa County’s community health ambassadors are hitting up local shopping centers and neighborhoods to share the importance of getting vaccinated. Mainly for the underserved populations, communities of color, to make sure that we break the barriers of any registration difficulties that they may have in order to be able to get their vaccine for COVID-19, community health ambassador Veronica Santana said.
South Bay resident Marisol Valencia-Hernandez is getting her COVID-19 vaccination after her aunt got sick from coronavirus. I said ‘if she could have had this opportunity, I know she would have done it for her children .
She is one of the many people who got their shot at the new VTA site. It’s easy access. The cones are guiding you, so there’s no way to get lost.”
The county health department still wants more people age 16 to 29 to get vaccinated. Only 57% of that group has gotten at least one shot, which lags behind other age groups.
Dr. Victor Salazar said misinformation about side effects is one the reasons.
Don t wait any longer to do this, Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, the county s COVID-19 testing and vaccine officer, said. Every vaccinated person gets us ever closer to protecting our community and saving lives and getting back to normal. That s what we all want.
Cassandra Jaimes explained why she hasn t been vaccinated yet. If the pandemic does gets worse, I’ll probably get it, she said. But me myself, I’m 26 years old. I think I’m pretty healthy, so I’m not going to get it.
Health leaders and Los Tigres said that means they have to work harder to change minds.