Here s what Washington residents need to know about the coronavirus vaccine By Becca Savransky, SeattlePI
It has been almost a year since the first coronavirus case was identified in Washington.
Since then, more than 200,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed across the state, including 2,879 deaths. The state has put into place a host of restrictions meant to slow the spread of the virus and thousands of people have lost their jobs, left struggling to afford rent and other basic necessities.
Now, there is finally some good news: the initial doses of the coronavirus vaccine arrived in Washington.
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive the go-ahead marking the beginning of what will likely be a months-long process to vaccinate as many people as possible in the state and across the country. Other vaccines were going through the process.
COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin In Southern California
LOS ANGELES (CNS) With her co-workers cheering her on, an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Dec. 14 received one of the first doses in the state of a long-awaited vaccine to prevent COVID-19.
Helen Cordova sat patiently and joked with other medical personnel as she was given the Pfizer vaccine administered with a shot in her right arm. Thousands of doses of the vaccine arrived at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on the night of Dec. 13, marking the first step in a massive undertaking that will see the county attempt to vaccinate 6 million people in six months, beginning with critical health care workers.
There were 75 confirmed COVID-19 patients being treated in local hospitals, including 21 people in ICU beds.
Of Monday’s new COVID-19 cases, Santa Maria tallied 136, Santa Barbara had 68, and Lompoc had 35. The rest were spread throughout the county.
Seven new COVID-19 cases were from the Lompoc federal correctional complex, where few cases have been reported since the large inmate outbreaks in the spring.
“We have reached case counts that exceed all previous records,” Do-Reynoso said. “It is imperative that each individual take action now and stay home.
“We are reaching a point where we can see on the horizon our health care system being overrun,” she continued. “We must take immediate action as our decisions are now seeing the price to be paid, and it is costing the lives and wellbeing of our community members.”
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(CBM) – With concerns still lingering about the safety and side effects, the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has passed the full approval process and it is ready for distribution in the U.S. The first doses will arrive at California hospitals this week.
On Dec. 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to be distributed to individuals 16 and older. In a statement, the FDA said that Pfizer’s clinical trial data showed that the “known and potential” benefits of the vaccine outweighed its risks.
“Today’s action follows an open and transparent review process that included input from independent scientific and public health experts and a thorough evaluation by the agency’s career scientists to ensure this vaccine met FDA’s rigorous, scientific standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality needed to support emergency use authorization,” said FDA Commissioner Ste