As eligibility expands, vaccine shortages in California persist
Bay Area allocations of the COVID-19 vaccine remain flat as eligibility expands throughout the state.
So supplies in most counties are flat, at best. We have a plan in place to get all groups vaccinated if we had the vaccine, said Sonoma County Public Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase.
It s a big if for every Bay Area county.
Stanford Health Care on Monday evening announced it is suspending new vaccination appointments due to supply disruptions.
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An email to patients referred to the wider eligibility criteria and said suppliers for Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties are receiving a fraction of their expected shipments.
Pending approval, Johnson & Johnson vaccine could help inoculate U.S. by summer
With approval, additional Johnson & Johnson vaccine could inoculate U.S. by summer
Johnson & Johnson s COVID-19 vaccine is showing an efficacy of 86%, down from previous vaccines that set a high bar, but with another option on the horizon there is hope of vaccinating everyone in the U.S. by this summer.
SONOMA, Calif. - Public health officials welcome the imminent launch of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, expected this weekend. I think it s really exciting that we have another choice, said Sonoma County Public Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase, and another vaccine to add to our arsenal.
UCSF expert predicts annual COVID shot
UCSF doctor predicts annual COVID shot at Rep. Huffman’s town hall
A UCSF doctor and expert in emergency medicine who is being tapped for President Biden s 13-member COVID team said at a North Bay town hall meeting that he predicts we could see an annual COVID vaccine shot, similar to the flu.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - A COVID shot every year?
That s the prediction from a San Francisco doctor serving on President Biden s pandemic advisory board.
And wearing two masks at once? Why not?, responds Dr. Robert Rodriguez, a professor of Emergency Medicine, one of 3 UCSF experts tapped for Biden s 13-member COVID team.
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A crowded indoor poker room at Graton Resort and Casino in Rohnert Park in late December 2020. Casinos on tribal lands in California are not required to adhere to statewide COVID-19 orders.
(Courtesy of Graton Casino and Resort employee)
As California continues to grapple with a worsening winter surge of COVID-19 cases, some businesses remain able to operate outside the purview of state shutdown orders aimed to protect public health during the pandemic. Tribal resorts and casinos in California operate under federal law on federally protected sovereign land known as rancherias – so they re not required to comply with orders issued by Gov. Newsom or county officials.
Graton Resort & Casino Suddenly Axes 4,000-Person New Year s Eve Party
After piquing the attention of Sonoma County health officials and worried members of the public, the NYE shindig at Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park which had all the makings of possibly becoming a regional superspreader event has been canceled.
Christmas Eve saw a mask-less, indoor church service in San Jose. The days preceding Christmas broke a post-March record for air travel in the country; a new, more communicable strain of COVID-19 was found to be emerging from the United Kingdom and South Africa. But nonetheless: Graton Casino in Sonoma County was still keen to gather thousands of people together to ring in 2021 a span of twelve months we re all hoping will see an end to this pandemic.