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.
Sutter, Kaiser among Bay Area providers affected by massive vaccine shipment delays from storms
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From left, student nurse Anjali Sundararaman prepares to inoculate 73-year-old San Francisco native Adam Banks, as Martin Auzenne, 3rd from left, prepares to go to a rest area after receiving his COVID-19 vaccine from student nurse Karina Castillo during a vaccination clinic at the Southeast Health Center in San Francisco on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Winter storm conditions across parts of the central U.S. have delayed vaccine shipments to California.Matthew Busch / AFP via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
California reopens, looking to Biden’s promise of more vaccines By Michael Williams, Aidin Vaziri and Catherine Ho
As concerns about the rocky vaccine rollout continue, President Biden on Tuesday said states can expect to receive 17% more vaccine next week and get three weeks advance notice from the federal government about how much vaccine they will be getting.
Both would come as a welcome improvement to local health departments and medical providers who say the unpredictable, scarce vaccine supply from state and federal governments makes it almost impossible to plan ahead for appointments and vaccinate more people.
Biden also said the federal government has bought more doses from vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna and should have enough to vaccinate 300 million Americans “by end of summer, early fall.”
Why California is moving to an age-based system for coronavirus vaccine priority
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Marin Community Clinic staff and medics with Marin County Fire work at separate tables to prepare and administer the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to staff at the Tamalpais Marin assisted living facility in Greenbrae in December. Nursing home staff were among the first people to be vaccinated in California, along with health care workers.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle 2020
California will adopt an age-based system to vaccinate residents, a shift away from the state’s initial strategy of weighing job-based risk, that health officials hope will speed up and simplify the vaccination process.
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