California Struggles with Vaccination Rollout as Eligibility Expanded to Seniors 65 and Up

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🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Faced with one of the slowest vaccination rollouts in the nation, California Governor Newsom announced Wednesday that Covid-19 vaccines would be available to seniors 65 years and older. While many welcomed news of an expanded eligibility group, local governments and health officials struggled to keep up with demand, and across the state, Californians are asking why it is so hard to get information about how to get vaccinated. Meanwhile, as the Bay Area remains in lockdown, hopeful signs of a turnaround emerged on Wednesday as Sacramento and its surrounding counties entered the purple tier with outdoor dining, hair salons and hotels reopening. Will the next few months of the pandemic be as bumpy as the first few weeks of 2021 have been? When can people expect to be vaccinated? We’ll talk about what lies ahead as California pushes to accelerate immunizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.9	California ranks 43rd in the nation in terms of the number of people vaccinated.
0:54.8	To help turn the tide on Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that senior 65 years old and up would be added to the first vaccination group.
1:02.9	We'll talk about efforts to ramp up the speed and scope of immunizations and get the latest on the pandemic in the Bay Area.
1:09.5	And that's next right after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny.
1:38.1	Faced with one of the slowest vaccination rollouts in the nation, California Governor
1:42.9	Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that COVID-19 vaccines would be available to seniors 65 years and older. While many welcomed the news of an expanded eligibility group, local governments and health officials struggled to keep up with the demand. And across the state, Californians are asking why it's so hard to get information about
2:01.7	how to get vaccinated. Will the next few months of the pandemic be as bumpy as the first few weeks
2:07.4	of 2021 have been? And when can people expect to be vaccinated? Joining us is Aaron Allday,
2:13.1	health reporter with the San Francisco Chronicle. Welcome back to Forum. Al, Aaron, good to have you.
2:18.1	Thanks for having me back.
2:19.6	Thank you for being here. I also want to welcome back Dr. George Rutherford, who's professor
2:23.2	of epidemiology and biostatistics and director of the Prevention and Public Health Group at
2:27.9	UCSF Medical School. Welcome back, Dr. Rutherford. Thanks very much. Thank you both. Glad to have both of you with us.
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