The latest bullshit from the county I live in.
Today didn't see any cars lined up for food bank food. Perhaps they have no more food to give.
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE CARMEL PINE CONE
January 4, 2021, 3:22 p.m.
NEWSOM SAYS CALIFORNIA SLOW TO ADMINISTER VACCINES
• Only 35 percent of doses have been used
Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday offered the latest on California’s efforts to vaccinate its nearly 40 million residents, and it's not the kind of news many people are hoping for.
While the state has received a total of 1,297,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, only 454,306 doses have been administered, which Newsom said was “not good enough.” California is also expecting 611,500 more doses, which could arrive this week, Newsom added.
To inoculate people more quickly, and with millions anxiously waiting for the day when they can get the jab, Newsom said the state would be “more aggressive” in its efforts.
“You are going to start seeing a more rapid distribution of vaccine,” he said during the online news briefing. Those “aggressive” efforts, Newsom said, including allowing pharmacy employees, dentists, and national guard workers to immunize people.
State health workers are also keeping a close eye on the new strain of Covid-19, which Newsom described as “more contagious but not more severe, in terms of its impact.” Several people in the state were diagnosed with the new strain.
State health officials Wednesday are expected to discuss the next phases of vaccine distribution, Newsom said. People 75 and older, and workers in education, childcare, and food and agriculture are among those who will be vaccinated in the next phase.
While Monterey fire chief Gaudenz Panholzer said firefighters and other emergency responders were vaccinated at clinics over the weekend, the Monterey County health department has made no announcements about those clinics or future availability of inoculations in the county.
One further note: During his news conference today, Newsom noted that coronavirus case rates have stabilized in the California over the past week, which jibes with what Monterey County data have indicated. But the governor said the state's fatality rate remains way too high, with an average of more than 300 coronavirus-related fatalities per day during the last seven days.
