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Most of the supply was being distributed to Hospitals and County approved sites such as nursing homes, etc.could you expand on ... supply is redirected ?
The problem became equitable distribution in that underserved communities voiced concern the distribution was not meeting the community needs as represented by higher rates of Covid.
Important to note minority Asian populations did not have higher incidence of Covid and often have greater rate of vaccination.
Community Organizers voiced concern Latin X and people of color, Except Asians, would feel more comfortable with sites in their communities staffed by people like them.
The State ordered 40% of the supply target underserved/lowest income zip codes.
The inequity is 17% of vaccines to lowest income areas whereas 34% to highest income areas.
I'm sure this is a factor why Hospitals came up short at least temporarily resulting in tens of thousands of second doses cancelled... 40,000 due in just Sutter network notified and no new first shots.
The leaders say redirecting is a good first step but additional barriers exist such as language, trust, mobility that need to be addessed.
One of the bad optics is an early community based site at the public school staffed by volunteer Doctors and Nurses was in a very well to do community with limited public transportation... again it was all volunteer and open to all but all could get there.
Johnson and Johnson will alleviate/help as it is one and done and does not require the cryogenic storage...
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