This means that Californians over the age of 50 or those who work deemed necessary will have to wait weeks longer to get even a first dose of protection.
“It’s too soon to tell,” said Dr. Tomas Aragon, director of the California Department of Public Health, said. “We’re going to look at the offer, we have analysts projecting it all, and we’re going to see how many people are vaccinated. It really helps to determine when we’re going to make the next announcement.”
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Meanwhile, California will target its existing stock at those currently eligible, especially in communities hardest hit by the virus, and where vaccine distribution is lagging behind.
For Californians between the ages of 50 and 65 hoping to be eligible sooner rather than later, it appears that vaccines may be closed to them for at least a few more weeks, while states such as Texas, Indiana and Ohio have already moved to the age of 50. .
“Here, at least Northern California, we really obeyed everything, socially distanced ourselves, the masks,” said Maureen O’Regan, who told us she heard from younger friends and family in Texas who had already been vaccinated. “So I hate to stand in the back when we really did everything we always had to do.”
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If California does not qualify for the next group for another month, the question may arise as to whether the state can really be ready to qualify adults of all ages on May 1, the target date set by President Joe Biden last week announced.
“So the real question is when will there be enough vaccine for the general population?” the dr. Said Mike Wasserman, who sits on the California Vaccine Advisory Committee. “I think it’s going to be close to May sometime, but I do not know if we know the exact date.”
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