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Signs are posted outside Zareen’s restaurant telling customers to wear masks inside the restaurant in Redwood City, Calif. Moments after all but two Bay Area counties announced an indoor masking mandate, reactions to the renewed restrictions flooded social media, ranging from frustration to confusion to overwhelming relief.Gabrielle Lurie/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Kaiser Doctor Candace Shavit (right) prepares to receive a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot from Nurse Scott Keech at Kaiser San Francisco hospital on December 7, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Kaiser Permanente gave the first of ten Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers at the Kaiser San Francisco hospital.Douglas Zimmerman / SFGATEShow MoreShow Less
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California starts vaccinating those 65 and older: Where to get a shot
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FILE - A CVS pharmacist intern gives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a resident at Emerald Court senior living community in Anaheim, CA on Friday, January 8, 2021.MediaNews Group/Getty Images
California is starting to vaccinate residents 65 and older as demand subsides for health care workers, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.
“There is no higher priority than efficiently and equitably distributing these vaccines as quickly as possible to those who face the gravest consequences,” Newsom said in a statement. “To those not yet eligible for vaccines, your turn is coming. We are doing everything we can to bring more vaccine into the state.”
What s it like to get the COVID-19 vaccine? I watched to find out
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Kaiser Doctor Allison Friedenberg (left) pumps her fist after receiving a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot from Nurse Scott Keech at Kaiser San Francisco hospital on December 17, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Kaiser Permanente gave the first of nine Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers at the Kaiser San Francisco hospital.Douglas Zimmerman / SFGATE
When Dr. Allison Friedenberg was asked by friends if she would get the COVID-19 vaccine, she was mystified they would even ask the question. Are you crazy? Friedenberg said of her response to her friends, some who were implying the vaccine was new and unsafe. When you see people dying, and then there’s something you can get to stop it, of course, I’m going to get it.