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Print Before the pandemic, 16-year-old Joshua Espinoza was able to visit his family every weekend. But for the last year, time with his mother, father and brother has been limited to quick sessions at his group home to reduce the chances of coronavirus infection. As of Monday, the 11th grader with severe autism is among an estimated 4.4 million statewide with high-risk medical conditions and disabilities who will join the state’s vaccine priority list, significantly increasing his odds of receiving the doses he needs to once again travel to his family’s home in Paradise Hills. It has been heartbreakingly clear, said his mother, Maria Espinoza, that her son really, really misses their weekends together. ....
FILE – In this April 15, 2020, file photo, a farmworker, considered an essential worker, covers his face as he works at a flower farm in Santa Paula, Calif. A pair of advisory committees are making potentially life-and-death decisions starting Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, over who’s next in line for scarce coronavirus vaccines that aren’t expected to be universally available to California’s nearly 40 million residents until sometime deep into next year. Should teachers be among the chosen few? Farmworkers? Grocery workers? Ride-hailing drivers? Each has its constituency lobbying to be included among about 8 million California residents who will be selected for the second round of vaccines early next year. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) ....
California sets teachers, first responders for next vaccines Dec. 18, 2020 at 5:00 am Don Thompson, Associated Press Teachers, first responders, and grocery and restaurant workers were among those recommended Wednesday to get the next round of scarce vaccines in California, as were florists and sawmill operators who fall into the same broad category of those deemed essential workers. “We’ve got to figure who we’re going to prioritize,” said Dr. Oliver Brooks, co-chairman of a 16-member panel of medical experts recommending who makes the potential life-and-death cut after the first round of about 3 million vaccines began going this week to health care workers and those in long-term care facilities. ....
California sets teachers, first responders for next vaccines By DON THOMPSONDecember 17, 2020 GMT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Teachers, first responders, and grocery and restaurant workers were among those recommended Wednesday to get the next round of scarce vaccines in California, as were florists and sawmill operators who fall into the same broad category of those deemed essential workers. “We’ve got to figure who we’re going to prioritize,” said Dr. Oliver Brooks, co-chairman of a 16-member panel of medical experts recommending who makes the potential life-and-death cut after the first round of about 3 million vaccines began going this week to health care workers and those in long-term care facilities. ....
NBCUniversal Media, LLC Teachers, first responders, and grocery and restaurant workers were among those recommended Wednesday to get the next round of scarce vaccines in California, as were florists and sawmill operators who fall into the same broad category of those deemed essential workers. “We’ve got to figure who we’re going to prioritize, said Dr. Oliver Brooks, co-chairman of a 16-member panel of medical experts recommending who makes the potential life-and-death cut after the first round of about 3 million vaccines began going this week to health care workers and those in long-term care facilities. They re divvying up the next round of about 8 million doses expected early next year, and settled on three broad sectors in no particular order: ....