Give COVID vaccine to teachers and these other key workers next, California panel proposes
Sacramento Bee 12/24/2020 Jeong Park, The Sacramento Bee
Dec. 23 Essential workers at risk of exposure to the coronavirus at their job such as teachers, child care workers, grocery store clerks, farmworkers, first responders and those 75 and older should be next in line to be vaccinated, according to a proposal put forth Wednesday by a key California panel.
Vaccination of those workers and seniors could start as soon as mid-to-late January, according to the proposal by a workgroup to the state s community vaccine advisory committee.
The proposal is similar to one made Sunday by a federal advisory panel, which endorsed vaccinating frontline essential workers as well as seniors 75 and older after healthcare workers are protected.
In California, older adults may be next in line to get coronavirus vaccines
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1of3Veronica Avena, RN, inoculates Mark Gilbert, with housekeeping services, with a coronavirus vaccine at Seton Medical Center on Monday, December 21, 2020, in Daly City, Calif.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Nurse Teri Grados gets a COVID-19 inoculation as part of the state’s Phase 1a vaccinations. Older people could be in Phase 1b.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
3of3Cathy Evans, RN, fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Seton Medical Center on Monday, December 21, 2020, in Daly City, Calif. Evans has been able to get six doses per vile. 700 staff members are expected to receive the vaccine this week.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Teachers, Police, and Food Service Workers Could Be Next to Get COVID Vaccine in California
A committee tasked with recommending who will be in the Tier 1-B group for COVID vaccinations in California, and they met Wednesday to begin finalizing those recommendation.
The Community Vaccine Advisory Committee is made up of dozens of representatives from organizations around the state, including the California School Boards Association, the California State Parent Teachers Association, and the California Professional Firefighters, to name a few. As ABC 7 reports, the list of who will come next in line for the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines is likely to have teachers and child-care workers near the top of it. Also in Tier 1-B, per the committee s current recommendations, will be police and firefighters, corrections officers, food and agriculture workers, grocery store employees, and all individuals age 75 and up.
Who will California vaccinate next? Bay Area teachers, grocery store workers could be next in line
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Mark Gilbert relaxes after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at Seton Medical Center in Daly City.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Cathy Evans, RN, fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Seton Medical Center on Monday, December 21, 2020, in Daly City, Calif. Evans has been able to get six doses per vile. 700 staff members are expected to receive the vaccine this week.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Donning a mask and face shield Roman Romo, center, waits in line with other staff members to receive a coronavirus vaccine at Seton Medical Center on Monday, December 21, 2020, in Daly City, Calif.Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less