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When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended last month that residents and staff of long-term care facilities be among the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines, Sondra Norder breathed a sigh of relief.
The president and CEO of St. Paul Elder Services in Wisconsin has seen 100 residents contract COVID-19 across her two campuses over the course of the pandemic. Twenty-eight have died.
“The trauma we have been through, the isolation we have been through, the demand physically and mentally over the last 10 months we’ve just been disproportionately impacted,” she says. “I don’t think there’s anybody more deserving of having this vaccine on board as soon as possible, so that we can start to heal from this.”
“These are older adults who are receiving skilled nursing care,” Schmeding explained to NBC 7. “Many of them are coming out of the hospital, having had operations and they’re here to recuperate and receive therapy. Others are long-term residents.”
“Those are the individuals that are most vulnerable, so we’re very happy that they’re number one,” she said.
Forty-five residents were slated to receive the vaccine on Wednesday while 95 staff members were also scheduled to get the shot. Their second dose of the vaccine will be administered on Jan. 20.
As part of the recommendations made by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, long-term care residents and faculty are among the first group to be eligible to receive Pfizer or Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. So far, several medical centers in San Diego County and senior living facilities began to rollout the vaccine.
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, California Many of San Diego s most vulnerable residents are, for various reasons, in situations where they can t to locations where COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed. Monday, thanks to CVS pharmacies, the shots started coming to them.
“I am very excited about this vaccine,” said Cheryl Wilson, CEO of St. Paul’s Senior Services. “I think it is the answer to this COVID pandemic.”
Regional hospitals that received the new COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine Tuesday administered their first shots Wednesday. Author: Alicia Summers (Reporter) Updated: 8:21 PM PST December 16, 2020
SAN DIEGO UC San Diego Health received 2,925 doses Tuesday and administered the first doses Wednesday.
Kaiser Permanente administered vaccines at the Zion campus Wednesday afternoon.
Palomar health began administering the first doses to consenting frontline staff Wednesday morning.
In total, San Diego County received 28,000 doses and each individual will need to receive two vaccinations administered about one month apart.
California has prioritized frontline workers at hospitals, as well as residents and staff at skilled nursing communities and assisted living communities.