Waiting and hoping: COVID-19 vaccine chasers seek out leftover doses in Sacramento By Benjy Egel, The Sacramento Bee
Published: February 28, 2021, 6:00pm
Share: LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 22: People wait in the standby line to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at Kedren Community Health Center on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. People younger than 65 are getting the COVID-19 vaccine. They are getting a vaccine by waiting on standby. When people do not show up for their appointment, rather than let the vaccine go to waste, the health center is administering on a first come first serve. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Tami Mueller of Sacramento waits in line to add her name to a vaccine waitlist at the Urgent Care Now in Arden-Arcade, California on Friday, February 19, 2021. Mueller has been unable to get a vaccine through her medical provider, so she is hoping, along with more than two dozen others in line, to get a same-day call to fill in for a COVID vaccine when a scheduled appointment cancels or is a no-show. (Jason Pierce/The Sacramento Bee/TNS)
Waiting and hoping: COVID-19 vaccine chasers seek out leftover doses in Sacramento
Benjy Egel, The Sacramento Bee, (TNS)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. About a dozen people lingered outside Sacramento State’s University Union around 3 p.m. Tuesday, waiting not for Starbucks or a student government meeting but for a chance at Covid-19 immunity.
Sacramento County reports roughly 19,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week going directly to its public health department. Health providers have a separate allocation.
Fact Check: Did California Verify Signatures for Newsom Recall But Not Mail-In Ballots?
On 2/16/21 at 4:49 PM EST
Last year, the movement to recall Gavin Newsom began after growing frustration over the Democratic California governor s leadership.
Organizers of Recall Gavin 2020 and Rescue California cited several reasons why Newsom has failed Californians, including rising unemployment, homelessness, high taxes, a rise in crime, lack of affordable housing, a failure to enforce immigration laws and his move to overrule the will of the people regarding the death penalty.
Rescue California is a political committee that also aided in the recall of California Governor Gray Davis in 2003. According to its website, the purpose of Rescue California is to augment the current recall efforts by circulating petitions and validating signatures to ensure the qualification for and scheduling of a special election to recall Governor Newsom.
Close Menu
‘We Really Want To Figure This Out.’ Sacramento City, County Government Divided In Struggle To Confront Homelessness Crisis Listen Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
A vigil is held at the Sacramento County Administration Building on Feb. 5, 2021 for six unhoused people who died in a recent storm.
Andrew Nixon / CapRadio
Sacramento City Hall and the Sacramento County Administration Center are separated by just one city block. But advocates for the area’s homeless residents say there’s a larger divide between city and county leaders when it comes to providing emergency shelter during cold winter months one that was exposed last month when six unhoused people died in a powerful storm.