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By Juan Flores, UC Merced
May 18, 2021
A new report describes the hurdles some California residents face during the coronavirus vaccine rollout. Photo by Claudia Corchado, director of Cultiva La Salud.
As news headlines continue to focus on seeing the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, the coronavirus continues to spread across the globe. As of May 18, California has recorded more than 3.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, resulting in over 61,500 deaths, according to the California Department of Public Health.
So far, more than 34.8 million vaccines have been administered in the Golden State, health officials reported. But the task of getting Californians to roll up their sleeves for the inoculations has been met with some obstacles. A new report by the Share, Trust, Organize, Partner COVID-19 California Alliance (STOP COVID-19 CA) a statewide community-partnered collaborative funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute addresses the challenges and s
38,000 of those vaccinations have come through the county s walk-in model for their mass clinics. Author: Eric Escalante Updated: 5:51 PM PST March 4, 2021
MODESTO, Calif. Stanislaus County’s walk-in model for coronavirus vaccinations is about as simple as they come: show up to the clinic, wait in line and get your vaccine. To that tune, the county has vaccinated more than 38,000 people with their four mass clinics.
“I think it has been successful so far. We pretty much run out of all the doses we have allocated for each day,” said Kamlesh Kaur, Stanislaus County Public Health spokesperson. “Even on the days where we post online that there is no line, on those days as well, we are able to fulfill or administer all the vaccines that we have allocated for that site on that day.”
With Latino COVID-19 cases a problem for Stanislaus County, vaccine education starts now
Stanislaus County is hoping families can spread the word on the vaccine, even if it means calling your mom and convincing her to tell the family that it s safe. Author: Eric Escalante Updated: 5:44 PM PST January 3, 2021
STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. For Stanislaus County, vaccine education for the Latino populations starts now.
With 64% of all the COVID-19 cases in the county being Latino, the way forward is inherently linked to getting the population vaccinated.
Kamlesh Kaur, a spokesperson for Stanislaus County Health Services Agency, said the Latino community was disproportionately impacted due in part to the sectors where many of them worked and due to many living in multi-generational households that spread the virus.