California health officials promote Johnson & Johnson vaccine as first doses reach Bay Area
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Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris, the California surgeon general, receives the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at Oakland Coliseum.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Military members enter a vaccine tent at the Oakland Coliseum.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will keep people alive and out of the hospital, and protect them from severe COVID-19 symptoms. It only requires one shot. It hit impressive efficacy rates in a study flush with coronavirus variants that earlier vaccines have yet to be fully vetted against.
San Mateo County Expected To Move Into Orange Tier Next Week - San Mateo, CA - The move would further loosen restrictions on the reopening of businesses.
A low recent COVID-19 case rate and positivity rate mean San Mateo County could advance to the less restrictive orange tier of the state s reopening framework next week.
Amy Graff
SFGate, San Francisco
As California s COVID-19 vaccine rollout presses forward, stories of accidentally wasted doses are growing. Tales of trashed, spoiled, thawed and expired vaccines are spreading through social media and by word of mouth, and some incidents are confirmed and reported on in the news.
Health officials in Tulare County, a jurisdiction in California s Central Valley, told CBS47 news that 11 doses were destroyed last month. Health workers accidentally overdrew the vaccines that were leftover after the last appointment at this clinic that the county said was for second doses only. The incident is under investigation.
Eleven vaccines isn t a lot when you consider millions are being administered across the state, but when supply is scarce and appointments remain difficult to find, these stories get people talking.
Here s how many vaccine doses California says it s wasting
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Syringes filled with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine are displayed on the opening day of a large-scale Covid-19 vaccination site at a parking structure at Cal Poly Pomona University in Pomona, California on February 5, 2021. - The Cal Poly Pomona site is one of two opening in California, with the other located at Moscone Center in San Francisco. According to organizers each site will ultimately have the capacity to administer up to 10,000 vaccine doses per day.Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
As California s COVID-19 vaccine rollout presses forward, stories of accidentally wasted doses are growing. Tales of trashed, spoiled, thawed and expired vaccines are spreading through social media and by word of mouth, and some incidents are confirmed and reported on in the news.