Staff Report SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Amidst a snowstorm and facing record numbers of coronavirus cases, the vaccination has arrived at Lake Tahoe. Barton Emergency Department physician Michael Habicht, MD, smiles from behind his mask while receiving the first dose of his COVID-19 vaccine. Provided Barton Health received 500 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from the state, and inoculation has begun for healthcare workers on Barton’s frontline. As with other counties in the state, this first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine is specifically allocated for healthcare workers and hospital Skilled Nursing Facility residents, under California’s tiered vaccination rollout. Each state leads the prioritization and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccination, based on federal guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.