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 unprecendented
No matter how much blame Newsom deserves, Democratic consultant Garry South said the governor is sure to get the lion’s share.
While California started vaccinating health care workers and other high-risk residents in December, there are still a lot of questions about who will get vaccinated when. Here s what we know so far, and what we don t.
COVID vaccine distribution in the Bay Area: Here s what you need to know
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Respiratory care practitioner Raul Aguilar receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, Monday.Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
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The U.S. coronavirus vaccine rollout has been much slower than anticipated, with only 4 million doses distributed so far versus the 20 million promised. California’s inoculation efforts also are off to a slow start, with less than one-third of the available doses administered so far, officials say.
California s Community Vaccine Advisory Committee is preparing to outline who will receive COVID-19 vaccine doses in the next phase of distribution and how to make sure they are administered equitably.
Published: Sunday, 27 December 2020 13:17
There were 50,141 newly recorded confirmed cases of COVID-19 in California on Dec. 26, as reported by the California Department of Public Health on Dec. 27.
Due to a service interruption in Los Angeles, the confirmed case numbers reported on Dec. 27 from Los Angeles County reflect cases reported over the previous two days.
On Dec. 26, 336 patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19 were in Ventura County hospitals, and 20 people with suspected COVID-19 were hospitalized.
A total of 68 Ventura County patients with confirmed COVID-19 were in intensive care units, with four patients suspected of having COVID-19 in Ventura County ICUs. The ICU bed availability in Ventura County was 33, according to state Public Health data.