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Some twentysomethings with social media jobs are getting COVID-19 vaccines before senior citizens. More than a third of the Pfizer and Moderna doses in California appear to be unused, but health officials say they can’t give out shots more quickly. And problems with the state’s data systems have left officials in the dark about how many doses have actually been administered, clouding the picture of the state’s progress. California has administered more than 3.45 million injections, by f...

Jeff Smith, executive officer for Santa Clara County, is one of those critics. “For the past year, the entire approach that the governor has taken to the pandemic has been disorganized and petulant,” said Smith, who disagrees that county governments are sitting on unused vaccine. “Whenever he feels like he’s getting bad press, he does something. And the things that he does are not wise things and they’re not driven by scientific decisions,” said Smith. A vaccine rollout that is unpr...

February 1, 2021 by CALmatters (CALMATTERS) – In the affluent desert community of Rancho Mirage, Eisenhower Hospital recently invited donors to get their COVID vaccinations alongside health care workers in what executives called a private “test” clinic. In Walnut Creek, public health officials cut off a concierge doctor’s vaccine supply amid concerns she allowed people to jump the line at the immunization clinic she organized. Hollywood power brokers are flying in private jets to Flori...

Im not interested. Alice Wong, a San Francisco disabled activist, said she was “completely thrown” by the new emphasis on age. Under previous criteria, Wong, who is 46, would have been eligible shortly after health care workers and nursing home residents.  “With high-risk people like me deprioritized, I will be part of a huge cohort and may have to wait longer or face more difficulty getting an appointment,” said Wong, who has a progressive neuromuscular disability that requires the us...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Health insurance giant Blue Shield of California will be the...

SACRAMENTO — Following a shaky rollout of the state’s Covid-19 vaccination efforts, advisers to Gov. Gavin Newsom have struck a far-reaching agreement with Blue Shield of California for the health insurance company to oversee the distribution of vaccine doses to counties, pharmacies and private heal

California officials have struck a far-reaching agreement with Blue Shield to distribute vaccine to counties, pharmacies and private healthcare providers.

California officials have struck a far-reaching agreement with Blue Shield to distribute vaccine to counties, pharmacies and private healthcare providers.

SAN (AP) — Health insurance giant Blue Shield of California will be the outside administrator tasked with ramping up coronavirus vaccinations, which to date has been slow, stilted and plagued by confusion, the state health agency said in a statement Wednesday. Another major healthcare provider, Kaiser Permanente, will also help in the effort to deliver vaccines speedily and equitably across the state of nearly 40 million residents, the agency said. Both are nonprofit companies based in Oakla...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Health insurance giant Blue Shield of California will be the...