The first five weeks of Napa Countyâs mass vaccination effort has proved volatile, punctuated by vaccine shortages, changing guidance at the state level and gaps in communication between local government and the healthcare entities receiving vaccine allocation from the state.
Each of those variables has proved an obstacle not only in the countyâs effort to vaccinate its residents but to communicate clearly with them. After suggesting vaccines would be made more widely available in late January, state officials â following revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention â declared California residents age 65 and older eligible for the vaccine.