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How Growers Had To Sidestep County And State Programs To Vaccinate Farmworkers


How Growers Had To Sidestep County And State Programs To Vaccinate Farmworkers
Sunday, May 9, 2021 |
Sacramento, CA
Work continues at a winery in Clarksburg, Calif., last month. Farms are operating as essential businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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In late January, Monterey County’s Board of Supervisors sent a letter to state leaders, urging them to prioritize its 64,000 farmworkers in one of the nation’s largest agricultural regions. A month later, Gov. Gavin Newsom visited a mobile vaccine clinic in Fresno, pledging tens of thousands of extra doses for farmworkers.
In turn, Chris Valadez, president of a nonprofit organization of growers, was confident he could run a mass vaccine clinic to vaccinate thousands of farmworkers. His group, the Grower-Shipper Association, partnered wi ....

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How Growers Sidestepped County, CA Programs To Vaccinate Workers


How Growers Sidestepped County, CA Programs To Vaccinate Workers
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5/9/2021
In Summary
As harvest season approached, growers begged county officials to vaccinate their workers. But the state and counties didn’t prioritize vaccine doses for farmworkers in February. So the growers and doctors stepped in and set up their own clinics.
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In late January, Monterey County’s Board of Supervisors sent a letter to state leaders, urging them to prioritize its 64,000 farmworkers in one of the nation’s largest agricultural regions. A month later, Gov. Gavin Newsom visited a mobile vaccine clinic in Fresno, pledging tens of thousands of extra doses for farmworkers. ....

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Growers sidestep county and state programs to vaccinate farmworkers


In late January, Monterey County’s Board of Supervisors sent a letter to state leaders, urging them to prioritize its 64,000 farmworkers in one of the nation’s largest agricultural regions. A month later, Gov. Gavin Newsom visited a mobile vaccine clinic in Fresno, pledging tens of thousands of extra doses for farmworkers.
In turn, Chris Valadez, president of a nonprofit organization of growers, was confident he could run a mass vaccine clinic to vaccinate thousands of farmworkers. His group, the Grower-Shipper Association, partnered with Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas, a community-based health care provider.
But in late February, the state and county were focusing on vaccinating people 65 and older, so they didn’t prioritize doses for farmworkers. With the Salinas Valley harvest season fast approaching, growers were worried that infections would start spreading, decimating their workforce.  ....

United States , Coachella Valley , Central Valley , Monterey County , Tulare County , Riverside County , Imperial Valley , Greg Rodriguez , Chris Valadez , Gavin Newsom , Diana Tellefson Torres , Karen Smith , Blaine Carian , Maria Lemus , Elsa Jimenez , Eric Schneider , Albertp Keck , Purdue University , University Of California , Commonwealth Fund , Hadley Date Gardens Inc , Brown Institute For Media Innovation Documenting , California Department Of Public Health , Outreach Campaign , Shipper Association , Agricultural Health ,

Hopes For The Yellow Tier. The Healing Powers Of Fungi. Visualizing Sea Level Rise.


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Welcome to KAZU s weekly news roundup for 5/7/21. Here you ll find the top local stories of the week and a few national stories from NPR.
Monterey County could move into the Yellow Tier next Wednesday. A recent drop in the county’s case rate puts it on track to enter the less restrictive tier in the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. But all of the metrics used to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in communities must remain stable or drop. A move into the Yellow Tier would mean restaurants and gyms can expand indoor operations to 50% and bars could open indoors at 25% capacity. We will find out whether the county moves next Tuesday. Santa Cruz County s COVID-19 case rate missed the mark for the Yellow Tier again this week, which means the soonest it could be eligible is May 19. ....

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