Ralphs Vaccine Mix-Up Meant Some Inelligible People Got COVID Vaccine
A misunderstanding over COVID-19 vaccine rollout procedures caused some Ralphs pharmacies in L.A. County to give out shots to individuals who don’t yet qualify for immunization. Under pressure from the federal government that threatened the state’s allocation of doses, California announced a statewide authorization of the distribution of the vaccine to any adult aged 65 or older–but did not require any individual health department to immediately begin doing so. In Los Angeles County and several other parts of the state, public health officials decided to continue to focus on high-risk, ...
Source: lamag.com