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Dr. Stephen Hall, director of psychiatry at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, holds an all-important vaccination card after receiving the coronavirus vaccine in December.Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle
As coronavirus vaccinations open up to all California adults this month, millions more people will receive the 3-by-4-inch piece of cardstock that records the details of their doses.
That card carries key pandemic personal information so naturally, you should start by making sure you don’t let it crumple in your wallet or accidentally lose it. But many may be looking for more information about how they should keep and protect their cards, and what they’ll use them for.
click to flip through (2) Photo by Mark McKenna Jennifer Price put a Band-Aid over the injection site of one of an expected 1,500 people to get a COVID-19 vaccine at Pacific Union School in Arcata on March 28.
County Readies to Ramp Up Vax Efforts
As the Journal went to press March 30, the official tally held that Humboldt County residents had received a total of 49,378 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, with 14 percent of the population fully vaccinated and another almost 10 percent having received a first dose.
According to an analysis by the Washington Post, those numbers trail the national average (15 percent of the population fully vaccinated with another 14 percent partially vaccinated) and state (15 percent fully vaccinated, with another 15 percent having received a first dose).
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California rolled out a statewide COVID vaccination website this week aiming to streamline the appointment process after months of criticism, but the site is riddled with its own snags, preventing many from signing up for shots.
The vaccine sign-up website, My Turn, is the state s answer to a previous hodgepodge of vaccination appointment systems that residents had to log on to through websites belonging to various hospitals, pharmacies, clinics and many of California s 58 counties.
The site, created by tech giant Salesforce, is being integrated into insurer Blue Shield of California s $15 million contract with the state to take over its COVID vaccination distribution system. My Turn is considered a clearinghouse, allowing most California residents to register for COVID vaccinations and then receive an alert when they re eligible to sign up for a vaccine appointment. The app then directs users on how to sign up for available appointments at certain venues.
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California rolled out a statewide COVID vaccination website this week, aiming to streamline the appointment process after months of criticism. But the site is riddled with its own snags, preventing many from signing up for shots.
The vaccine sign-up website, My Turn, is the state’s answer to a previous hodgepodge of vaccination appointment systems that residents had to log on to through websites belonging to various hospitals, pharmacies, clinics and many of California’s 58 counties.
The site, created by tech giant Salesforce, is being integrated into insurer Blue Shield of California’s $15 million contract with the state to take over its COVID vaccination distribution system. My Turn is considered a clearinghouse, allowing most California residents to register for COVID vaccinations and then receive an alert when they’re eligible to sign up for a vaccine appointment. The app then directs users on how to sign up for available appointments at certain venues.