January 11, 2021 by CALmatters
(CALMATTERS) – Getting the coronavirus vaccines into the arms of as many Californians as possible has become a race against time as COVID-19 cases continue to spiral upward and a more infectious variant of the virus takes root.
MARTINEZ, CA – DECEMBER 15: Dr. Sergio Urcuyo, chair of the Department of Hospital Medicine, left, prepares to receive a Covid-19 vaccine from Registered Nurse Kathy Ferris, left, as Infection Prevention and Control Program Manager Holly Longmuir, explains the procedure to Licensed Vocational Nurse Henri K. at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec.15, 2020. Frontline healthcare workers who work in roles with high risk of exposure to infectious disease received their initial doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine recently approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
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Nurse practitioner Robert McCary gives the thumbs up as his picture is taken while nurse Anil Shandil gives him the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020.
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By Barbara Feder Ostrov, CalMatters
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Getting the coronavirus vaccines into the arms of as many Californians as possible has become a race against time as COVID-19 cases continue to spiral upward and a more infectious variant of the virus takes root.
Many questions remain unanswered about how the next and much larger wave of Californians will be vaccinated, even as doctors and other health providers in the first priority group are complaining to state officials that they still can’t get access to the vaccines.
Lea este artículo en español.
Getting the coronavirus vaccines into the arms of as many Californians as possible has become a race against time as COVID-19 cases continue to spiral upward and a more infectious variant of the virus takes root.
Many questions remain unanswered about how the next and much larger wave of Californians will be vaccinated, even as doctors and other health providers in the first priority group are complaining to state officials that they still can t get access to the vaccines.
At a vaccine community advisory committee meeting on Wednesday, state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan announced an ambitious immunization goal, acknowledging widespread criticism that the state has moved too slowly to vaccinate its first priority group of frontline health care workers and nursing home residents.
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Surgeon Varinder Phangureh gets his second dosage of the Pfizer vaccine from nurse Sara Gallagher (right) at St. Rose Hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Hayward, California. They were administering both the first dosage and second dosage of the vaccine.Gabrielle Lurie/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Dr. Karl Sporer prepares a dosage of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at St. Rose Hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Hayward, California. They were administering both the first dosage and second dosage of the vaccine.Gabrielle Lurie / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less