More Vaccine Questions, More Vaccine Answers With Humboldt County Vaccine Task Force Member Lindsey Mendez
You have more vaccine questions, and Lindsey Mendez member of the county’s Vaccine Task Force has more vaccine answers. Addressed: State equity efforts and how they’re being implemented here, Pfizer/Moderna versus J&J, the coming contract with Blue Shield to serve as statewide vaccine administrator and more.
Video above, rough transcript below.
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Thank you for joining us for the March 11th media availability with Family Nurse
Practitioner and member of the Humboldt County Vaccine Task Force, Lindsey Mendez.
Lindsey would like to begin with a brief message about the Janssen or Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
It’s complicated, of course! The timing varies.
On Thursday, 34 counties home to 80% of the population were in the purple tier. Another 20, accounting for about 20% of the population, were in red. Three were in orange and one, Alpine, was in yellow.
Now, on Sunday, 13 of those purple counties will move to red: Amador, Colusa, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Mono, Orange, Placer, San Benito, San Bernardino, Siskiyou, Sonoma and Tuolumne.
This means many of them, including Los Angeles, will start reopening more businesses as soon as Monday.
Then, on Tuesday, Sacramento, San Diego and 11 additional counties (Kings, Lake, Monterey, Riverside, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Ventura and Yuba) are expected to shift to red. That leaves eight still in the purple, most restrictive tier (Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Madera, Merced, Nevada and Stanislaus.)
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California s new vaccine rollout program through Blue Shield is threatening to derail efforts to equitably distribute doses in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, county health leaders said.
San Joaquin County expects to start offering COVID-19 vaccines to those aged 16 to 64 with pre-existing conditions, homeless residents and incarcerated individuals starting Monday, March 15.