Coronavirus Vaccine
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December 14, 2020 3:55 PM
File: Five doses of COVID-19 vaccine is held by SPC Angel Laureano at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on December 14, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
With the emergency approval of at least two different COVID-19 vaccines, the end may finally be in sight for this ongoing pandemic. But given the polarized moment, the sometimes confusing official messaging, and even outright misinformation surrounding the approval process, some folks may be hesitant to get vaccinated. Some may even be concerned that they could be forced to do so as a condition of employment.
Official photo of California Governor Gavin Newsom.
–As the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrive in California, Governor Gavin Newsom Monday launched “Vaccinate All 58,” California’s campaign for a “safe, fair and equitable vaccine for all 58 counties in the state.”
The Governor joined Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, one of the first locations in the state to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, as first doses were administered. Across California, vaccines will be administered in phases by prioritizing groups according to risk and level of exposure, according to the governor’s office. Initial doses will go to California’s essential health care workers and those among our most vulnerable in long-term care settings.
Monday, Dec. 14. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond.
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It’s finally happening. The biggest vaccination campaign in American history is officially taking place now that health workers in hospitals around the country have begun baring their arms for the first round of shots designed to protect them from COVID-19. It’s the first major U.S. assault on the coronavirus, which has infected more than 16.4 million people nationally and left more than 300,000 dead.
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What seemed like a Herculean task just months ago is now here: the COVID-19 vaccine.
For the next several weeks, vaccines will be available in limited amounts in California and across the nation and only to high-risk individuals, with supply expected to ramp up in the months to come. Experts estimate vaccines will be available to the general public sometime in the spring.
Until then, step in line.
But the pandemic already has showcased deep inequalities, scams, greed, fraud and a system that favors the rich and famous. Will it be the same with the COVID-19 vaccine?
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