Elected and nonprofit leaders throughout the Bay Area sent a letter to state health leaders Friday, urging them to change their vaccine distribution formula to better include local communities most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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California thinks it can stop COVID by flooding poor areas with vaccine. Will it work?
Luke Money, Soumya Karlamangla, Melissa Healy and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times
March 5, 2021
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom takes questions from the media during a visit to a mobile vaccination site at Ramona Gardens Recreation Center in Los Angeles. The state s COVID vaccination strategy involves targeting lower-income communities that have been hit hardest by the pandemic as a priority for vaccines.Damian Dovarganes/AP
Months into a vaccine rollout that has been stymied by shortages and marred by persistent inequities, California is now going all in on a new strategy: flooding those communities hardest hit by COVID-19 with doses.
“It’s the 92058 zip code which is actually where I was born and raised and actually live, said Esther Sanchez, mayor of Oceanside.
The Oceanside community falling under the zip code, 92058, is located just east of Interstate 5 and bordering Camp Pendleton. It s a neighborhood the mayor of Oceanside knows all too well.
“Really when someone gets sick in one of these communities it has a devastating impact because they are probably more at risk for the worst kind of effects and impacts of COVID, including death, said Mayor Sanchez.
It’s empty today because this is the only #COVID19 vaccine site in #Oceanside and it’s not open everyday. Hear about some efforts to bring a super station to the area. @nbcsandiego@CityofOceansidepic.twitter.com/9vlLRVVxFQ Melissa Adan (@MelissaNBC7) March 6, 2021