Column: I just got my COVID vaccine. Here’s why that’s a problem
3 years, 11 months ago

Column: I just got my COVID vaccine. Here’s why that’s a problem

LA Times  

Orange County residents line up at the county’s first large-scale vaccination site at a Disneyland parking lot on Jan. 13. Just over 24 hours later, my wife and I had both received our initial doses of the Moderna COVID vaccine at Orange County’s mass inoculation center in a Disneyland parking lot. “I’m disappointed that there weren’t massive preparations to receive the vaccines and the next day getting every dose stuck in an arm without delay,” says Dr. Bob Kocher, a nonresident senior fellow at the USC Schaeffer Center. That was the experience of Melanie Berry, a West Los Angeles artist who volunteered to work at L.A. County’s drive-through vaccination site at the Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park in Valencia on Jan. 20.

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Booking a COVID-19 vaccine? Some are reporting canceled appointments or insurance issues
1 year, 3 months ago

Booking a COVID-19 vaccine? Some are reporting canceled appointments or insurance issues

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Some pharmacies have a limited …

Booking a COVID-19 vaccine? Some are reporting canceled appointments or insurance issues
1 year, 3 months ago

Booking a COVID-19 vaccine? Some are reporting canceled appointments or insurance issues

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — Some people seeking the newest COVID-19 vaccine are running into high demand, insurance headaches and supply delays coast to coast. Some pharmacies have a limited supply of the shots, Alaska Department of Health spokesperson Alex Huseman said, but order backlogs and slow shipments have prevented the vaccines from being widely available. “We are aware of isolated incidences at …

L.A. could soon end COVID vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters
2 years, 10 months ago

L.A. could soon end COVID vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters

LA Times  

Los Angeles could soon ease city rules requiring indoor restaurants, gyms, bars, movie theaters, hair salons and other businesses to check that customers are vaccinated against COVID-19 before letting them inside. She is still suggesting that businesses continue to verify customers’ vaccination status, but, “as opposed to telling people what they have to do, we’re asking people to do them …

California’s MyTurn site allows all adults to get COVID booster appointments
3 years, 1 month ago

California’s MyTurn site allows all adults to get COVID booster appointments

LA Times  

Julie Markfield gets a flu shot as well as a COVID-19 booster shot at Flintridge Pharmacy on Tuesday. California’s MyTurn COVID-19 vaccination appointment scheduling tool is now allowing all adults to book appointments for booster shots without asking confusing questions on whether they are eligible. The California Department of Public Health issued recommendations this week essentially recommending that all adults …

Confusion reigns over who is eligible for boosters, prompting California to take action
3 years, 1 month ago

Confusion reigns over who is eligible for boosters, prompting California to take action

LA Times  

With confusion mounting over who is eligible for COVID-19 booster shots, California health officials updated the state’s guidelines Tuesday to say that essentially all adults are recommended to get the additional vaccinations. Gavin Newsom announced at a news conference Tuesday in Kings County in the San Joaquin Valley, one of the least-vaccinated areas of the state, “Anyone who wants a …

L.A. moves to exempt malls from COVID-19 vaccine verification requirements
3 years, 1 month ago

L.A. moves to exempt malls from COVID-19 vaccine verification requirements

LA Times  

The city of Los Angeles is moving toward dropping malls and shopping centers from its recently implemented COVID-19 vaccine verification requirements. The city’s program, dubbed SafePassLA, is among the strictest in the nation, requiring proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to enter indoor shopping centers, indoor restaurants, movie theaters, hair and nail salons, coffee shops, gyms, museums, bowling alleys, performance venues …

L.A.’s new COVID-19 vaccination rules for businesses and venues go into effect today
3 years, 2 months ago

L.A.’s new COVID-19 vaccination rules for businesses and venues go into effect today

LA Times  

City Hall rises in the background above Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. The city of Los Angeles on Monday enacted some of the nation’s strictest COVID-19 vaccine verification rules, covering a wide variety of indoor retail businesses and venues. Here’s what you need to know: The rules Among the requirements, the city of Los Angeles now mandates proof of …

L.A. won’t immediately ticket businesses that violate strict vaccine mandate rules
3 years, 2 months ago

L.A. won’t immediately ticket businesses that violate strict vaccine mandate rules

LA Times  

Felix Johnstone, 7, of Altadena holds the hand of his mother, Caitlin Johnstone, as he receives a children’s dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Shirley Alfonso at Eugene A. Obregon Park in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Los Angeles city officials are set to implement some of the nation’s strictest COVID-19 vaccine verification rules next week, but they …

West Hollywood to require COVID-19 vaccination proof at restaurants, bars, nightclubs
3 years, 4 months ago

West Hollywood to require COVID-19 vaccination proof at restaurants, bars, nightclubs

LA Times  

A COVID-19 vaccine dose being prepared. On Friday, West Hollywood officials announced that beginning no later than Oct. 11, anyone 18 or older will have to show proof of full vaccination to go inside city facilities and certain businesses. West Hollywood city officials issued a sweeping vaccination mandate Friday that will require people to show proof of inoculation against COVID-19 …

Indiana health officials anticipate COVID spread to worsen
3 years, 4 months ago

Indiana health officials anticipate COVID spread to worsen

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s top health officials said that despite having done everything in their power to educate and make vaccine available to Hoosiers, the state has reached “the darkest time in the pandemic” amid a surge in infections and hospitalizations. The state’s positivity rate has risen to 10.8%, marking Indiana’s worst surge of COVID-19 since last winter, said state health …

Orange County officials call on community for help to defend against recent COVID-19 surge
3 years, 4 months ago

Orange County officials call on community for help to defend against recent COVID-19 surge

LA Times  

A kindergartner is greeted at a pre-screen station as elementary students return for in-person learning at Top of the World Elementary in October 2020. Dr. Clayton Chau, the director of the Orange County Health Care Agency, made another plea Tuesday to residents to get vaccinated if they have not done so and to do so with haste. Don’t listen to …

Cabinet: No immediate “fully vaccinated” declaration until after two-week wait
3 years, 6 months ago

Cabinet: No immediate “fully vaccinated” declaration until after two-week wait

NL Times  

The Dutch government has decided to only declare people as “fully vaccinated” so they can attend events without a negative coronavirus test once it has been two weeks since their last Covid-19 vaccine shot. Thus far, people have been given instant access to events immediately after a single shot of the Janssen Vaccine, a single shot of any vaccine after …

L.A. COVID-19 vaccination pace plunges as officials work to expand access
3 years, 8 months ago

L.A. COVID-19 vaccination pace plunges as officials work to expand access

LA Times  

Providers throughout Los Angeles County administered 144,000 fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses last week compared with the week prior — the clearest evidence yet that the demand for doses has dropped significantly. Along with the additional operating day, city officials said they will provide more opportunities for people to get vaccinated without having to make an appointment and open a new …

Appointments for first dose of COVID-19 vaccine drop by half in L.A. County, alarming public health officials
3 years, 8 months ago

Appointments for first dose of COVID-19 vaccine drop by half in L.A. County, alarming public health officials

LA Times  

Appointments for the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine have decreased by about 50% in Los Angeles County, alarming public health officials who call it a worrisome trend that reflects the slowdown in vaccination rates across the state and country. For the first time ever, we’ve had appointments at many vaccination sites that have not been filled,” said L.A. County …

Indiana watching counties near Michigan for COVID-19 risk
3 years, 8 months ago

Indiana watching counties near Michigan for COVID-19 risk

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — The counties near Indiana’s border with Michigan are showing persistent risk of coronavirus spread, with top state health officials saying Wednesday they were trying to turn around declining COVID-19 vaccination rates. The State Department of Health’s weekly tracking map updated Wednesday showed four of the five Indiana counties that border Michigan with orange risk — the second highest …

It’s never been easier to get a COVID-19 vaccine — even without an appointment
3 years, 8 months ago

It’s never been easier to get a COVID-19 vaccine — even without an appointment

LA Times  

It’s never been easier to get a COVID-19 vaccine in California, officials say, with Los Angeles County and many other counties now offering vaccines at some sites without requiring an appointment. “This will be our first full week where everybody can just walk in, and you don’t need to make an appointment,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said …

West Coast New Area launches mass vaccination against COVID-19
3 years, 9 months ago

West Coast New Area launches mass vaccination against COVID-19

China Daily  

The Qingdao West Coast New Area recently started offering free COVID-19 vaccine shots to local residents as part of the country's vaccination campaign against the virus, local media outlets reported. College students are registered before given the COVID-19 vaccine shots in Qingdao West Coast New Area on March 30. Students queue to receive COVID-19 vaccine shots at a college in …

California’s My Turn COVID-19 vaccination appointment system riddled with flaws, officials say
3 years, 10 months ago

California’s My Turn COVID-19 vaccination appointment system riddled with flaws, officials say

LA Times  

Keyaira Escoe, a medical assistant, administers COVID-19 vaccine to Xavier Scott, 26, at a site opened by St. John’s Well Child and Family Center at the East Los Angeles Civic Center on Wednesday. California’s My Turn COVID-19 vaccination appointment system is riddled with flaws that are making it difficult for counties to reserve vaccine appointments for targeted populations, according to …

California’s rocky COVID-19 vaccine rollout dogged by poor communication, forecasting
3 years, 10 months ago

California’s rocky COVID-19 vaccine rollout dogged by poor communication, forecasting

LA Times  

California is failing to provide crucial information about COVID-19 vaccine supply levels to local officials, complicating efforts to schedule appointments and contributing to temporary closures of vaccination sites. Los Angeles County, which allocates vaccine doses to hundreds of local sites, including Dodger Stadium, is not receiving details on shipments three weeks in advance, public health director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday. …

Vaccine access codes for hard-hit Black, Latino communities improperly used in other L.A. areas
3 years, 10 months ago

Vaccine access codes for hard-hit Black, Latino communities improperly used in other L.A. areas

LA Times  

A California program intended to improve COVID-19 vaccine availability to people in hard-hit communities of color is being misused by outsiders who are grabbing appointments reserved for residents of underserved Black and Latino areas. The program to address inequities in vaccine distribution relies on special access codes that enable people to make appointments on the My Turn vaccine scheduling website. …

Orange County to temporarily close Disneyland, Santa Ana College vaccine sites due to shortages, delivery lag
3 years, 10 months ago

Orange County to temporarily close Disneyland, Santa Ana College vaccine sites due to shortages, delivery lag

LA Times  

Orange County will temporarily suspend distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine at its Disneyland Super POD site in Anaheim through at least Monday, due to delays in shipments of the Moderna vaccine caused by severe weather patterns nationwide, officials have announced. Delivery delays, in addition to low supplies of the Moderna vaccine observed statewide, could postpone the anticipated Feb. 24 opening …

Ohio online vaccine scheduling tool still 2-3 weeks away
3 years, 10 months ago

Ohio online vaccine scheduling tool still 2-3 weeks away

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The rollout of an online vaccine appointment scheduling tool is still two to three weeks away as the state recruits providers such as pharmacies, hospitals, health clinics and others to participate, Ohio Gov. As of Tuesday, more than 1.3 million Ohioans, or about 11% of the population, had received at least the first dose of the coronavirus …

L.A. County gets another vaccine site, but supply remains critically low
3 years, 10 months ago

L.A. County gets another vaccine site, but supply remains critically low

LA Times  

Speaking at a new vaccine center at Cal State Los Angeles, Gov. During Tuesday’s event at Cal State L.A., Garcetti said, “We, right now, could do 150,000 doses a day” — many times more than the supply that’s coming in. As City Councilman Kevin de León put it: “If L.A. is the epicenter for COVID-19, then CD 14” — the …

Covid-19 vaccines could be available to the general public in April in the United States, Fauci says
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 vaccines could be available to the general public in April in the United States, Fauci says

CNN  

CNN — The United States could start letting the general public have access to Covid-19 vaccines in April, and the country may be able to inoculate most Americans by the middle or end of the summer, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. President Joe Biden said Thursday the US is on track to have vaccine supply for 300 million Americans “by …

Opinion: ‘Please help’ – 20 stories of Americans trying to get the Covid-19 vaccine
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: ‘Please help’ – 20 stories of Americans trying to get the Covid-19 vaccine

CNN  

CNN — “It’s a black hole.” That’s how one reader described the process of trying to sign her elderly parents up to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. As Brenda Kotewa of Bellingham, Washington, put it, so many Americans are left “wondering if we’ll get the vaccine or the virus first.” According to Steve from Maryland, he and his wife are in …

Disneyland vaccine site to remain closed a second day due to high winds, appointments rescheduled
3 years, 11 months ago

Disneyland vaccine site to remain closed a second day due to high winds, appointments rescheduled

LA Times  

Visitors line up Jan. 13 at the Disneyland parking lot to receive some of the first rounds of COVID-19 vaccine made available to county residents over age 65. Orange County COVID-19 vaccination plans hit a snag this week, as high winds forced a two-day closure of the Disneyland vaccination site in Anaheim Tuesday and a batch of Moderna vaccine given …

Expanded vaccine rollout in US spawns a new set of problems
3 years, 11 months ago

Expanded vaccine rollout in US spawns a new set of problems

Associated Press  

The rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizens across the U.S. has led to bottlenecks, system crashes and hard feelings in many states because of overwhelming demand for the shots. “It’s chaos,” said New York City resident Joan Jeffri, 76, who had to deal with broken hospital web links and unanswered phone calls before her daughter helped her secure …

Chaotic COVID-19 vaccine rollout leads to more deaths, experts say
3 years, 11 months ago

Chaotic COVID-19 vaccine rollout leads to more deaths, experts say

LA Times  

As roughly 4,000 Americans die each day from COVID-19, public health and medical experts are aghast that the vaccines that could save them remain beyond reach — due to multiple governmental failures involving planning, coordination and public communication. “Many people are eager to get the vaccine, and they want to know when and where they are going to get it,” …

How to sign up to find out when it’s your turn to get the vaccine in L.A. County
3 years, 11 months ago

How to sign up to find out when it’s your turn to get the vaccine in L.A. County

LA Times  

The vaccine is here. Healthcare workers, residents of skilled-nursing and long-term-care facilities, and people 65 and older are currently eligible to receive the vaccine in L.A. Everyone else needs to wait their turn. L.A. County residents 65 and older and other eligible people can use L.A. County’s public health agency website to make an appointment to be vaccinated by clicking …

COVID-19 vaccines to be administered at Disneyland, Orange County’s first ‘super’ distribution site
3 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 vaccines to be administered at Disneyland, Orange County’s first ‘super’ distribution site

LA Times  

Health officials will begin distributing COVID-19 vaccines this week at Disneyland, the Orange County Board of Supervisors said Monday, making the resort the first “super” vaccination site in the county. In a statement Monday night, county supervisors said Disneyland will be one of five large “point-of-dispensing” sites that collectively would be able to vaccinate thousands of residents each day. Supervisor …

When can I get my COVID-19 vaccine? California trying to ramp up distribution
3 years, 11 months ago

When can I get my COVID-19 vaccine? California trying to ramp up distribution

LA Times  

Pharmacy director Gayle Butler, left, and nurse Cherry Costales, center, prepare Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at St. John’s Well Child & Family Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 7. Dodger Stadium change Los Angeles plans to turn its massive coronavirus testing site at Dodger Stadium into a vaccination distribution center this week, with officials hoping to vaccinate up to 12,000 people …

Florida seniors spend hours in line overnight waiting for coronavirus vaccines
4 years ago

Florida seniors spend hours in line overnight waiting for coronavirus vaccines

CNN  

CNN — Florida has put state health centers in charge of rolling out Covid-19 vaccines, and with some opting for less organized plans, it’s left seniors to deal with crashing websites, jammed phone lines and nights spent waiting in line. “These guys are much more competent to deliver health care services then a state government could ever be.” While Florida …

FDA Warns Health Officials Not To Mess With COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Schedule
4 years ago

FDA Warns Health Officials Not To Mess With COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Schedule

NPR  

FDA Warns Health Officials Not To Mess With COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Schedule Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning health care workers that any changes to the authorized dosing schedules of COVID-19 vaccines currently being administered will significantly place public health at risk and undermine "the historic vaccination effort to …

Louisiana residents rush to pharmacies early seeking vaccine
4 years ago

Louisiana residents rush to pharmacies early seeking vaccine

Associated Press  

— With the announcement that Louisiana soon will allow people aged 70 and older to get the coronavirus vaccine, residents clamoring for the immunizations have hurried to pharmacies trying to receive a shot, even though those vaccinations don’t begin until Monday and will require a scheduled appointment. The Louisiana Department of Health said Friday it has received multiple reports of …

Covid vaccine: US officials promised 20 million vaccinated by 2020. It’s going slower than that
4 years ago

Covid vaccine: US officials promised 20 million vaccinated by 2020. It’s going slower than that

CNN  

CNN — While the coronavirus pandemic continued to surge throughout the summer and fall, federal government officials repeatedly offered a ray of hope: enough vaccine doses to vaccinate 20 million Americans by the end of December. “We do still feel strongly that we will have allocated to the states by the end of the year 20 million doses of vaccine …

Orange County deploys field hospitals as COVID-19 cases soar
4 years ago

Orange County deploys field hospitals as COVID-19 cases soar

LA Times  

Triage tents are set up outside Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana on Friday. With the number of local COVID-19 patients soaring to record levels, Orange County officials announced Tuesday they will deploy mobile field hospitals to relieve some of the stress on the region’s healthcare system. “Every day we break the record of the number of people …

TimesOC: Latest news in Orange County
4 years ago

TimesOC: Latest news in Orange County

LA Times  

A surfer takes in the sunset at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach on Dec. 2. NEWS — U.S. panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine — One-day U.S. death toll from COVID-19 tops 3,000, more than D-Day or 9/11 — Orange County reports record-high 1,025 COVID-19 hospitalizations — Here’s how California plans to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine …

FDA Releases Long-Awaited COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance
4 years, 3 months ago

FDA Releases Long-Awaited COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance

NPR  

FDA Releases Long-Awaited COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Enlarge this image toggle caption Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration published guidance Tuesday detailing what's required for the emergency authorization of a coronavirus vaccine after the advice to pharmaceutical companies was delayed by White House review. Drugmakers must provide data showing they …

CDC Rolls Out COVID-19 Vaccine Plan
4 years, 3 months ago

CDC Rolls Out COVID-19 Vaccine Plan

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism rippling across the land. In a report to Congress and an accompanying “playbook” for states and localities, federal health agencies and the Defense Department sketched out complex …

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