Coronavirus (Los Angeles, Sacramento: expansion, enrollment, eligibility)

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by sav858

And we have, or should have, the additional resources to handle more people no? You really think it makes that much of a difference having 29 million people instead?

You mean Texas? Yes.

[CA4Now]

"The new strain, which scientists have dubbed B.1.426, bears five mutations in its genetic code. One of them, known as L452R, alters the virus’ spike protein, the tool it uses to infiltrate human cells and turn them into virus-making factories.

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles found that although the strain had been barely detectable in early October, it accounted for 24% of roughly 4,500 viral samples gathered throughout California in the last weeks of 2020."

Could a homegrown coronavirus strain be partly to blame for California’s surge?
https://www.latimes.com/science/stor...rain-homegrown

[RationalExpectations]

Originally Posted by Racer46

Humm,


One of the first to get the vaccine and a doctor has died. They are not absolutely sure it was the vaccine, but he had no other health issues and showed problems within 3 days of the shot and he is ...56 years old.


https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronav...2py-story.html

Regarding the bold, there is no evidence to suggest the vaccine was involved with his death.

[Racer46]

Originally Posted by RationalExpectations

Regarding the bold, there is no evidence to suggest the vaccine was involved with his death.

They do not know since he had no health problems and showed problems within a couple of days after being vaccinated.

[JGC97]

homegrown coronavirus strain

Could that be interpreted to mean a sophisticated bio weapon? Because, yes, I believe it may have been exactly that. Okay. I said it or rather wrote it for the world to see. So, shoot me.

Seems odd I never hear anything as to how the original virus was unleashed, other than it likely came from a bat. I want to know just how this deadly virus came to be. Yeah, I'm pretty ticked about it and although I don't like to insinuate, it makes me wonder if this was accidental or intentional.

[sav858]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

You mean Texas? Yes.

How? Doesn’t California have more resources with its larger population to be able to scale up?

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by sav858

Doesn’t California have more resources with its larger population to be able to scale up?

It doesn't sound as if we do. It seems as if there's a lot of red tape, on top of having to deal with the incredible speed by which the virus is spreading here.

Distribution of the vaccine has been slower than anticipated across the United States. In California, the complicated effort has been made more difficult by layers of federal, state and local rules governing the process for healthcare providers to prioritize patients and administer vaccines, said Matt Willis, public health officer for Marin County.

In comparison to a “come one come all” approach to distributing a standard flu vaccine, the COVID-19 vaccine presents a “logistically and operationally more complex” undertaking for an already stressed statewide healthcare system, he said. In order to administer the vaccine, providers must be approved by the state. Each person who receives a vaccine must be determined to be in the appropriate tier group and registered in a data management system to ensure they receive an additional dose on time, among countless other hurdles.

“Our bandwidth is really constrained right now,” Willis said. “The infrastructure that would normally be dedicated to prioritizing the vaccine distribution plan is overwhelmed with surges in cases.”

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...llout-too-slow

[sav858]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

It doesn't sound as if we do. It seems as if there's a lot of red tape, on top of having to deal with the incredible speed by which the virus is spreading here.

Distribution of the vaccine has been slower than anticipated across the United States. In California, the complicated effort has been made more difficult by layers of federal, state and local rules governing the process for healthcare providers to prioritize patients and administer vaccines, said Matt Willis, public health officer for Marin County.

In comparison to a “come one come all” approach to distributing a standard flu vaccine, the COVID-19 vaccine presents a “logistically and operationally more complex” undertaking for an already stressed statewide healthcare system, he said. In order to administer the vaccine, providers must be approved by the state. Each person who receives a vaccine must be determined to be in the appropriate tier group and registered in a data management system to ensure they receive an additional dose on time, among countless other hurdles.

“Our bandwidth is really constrained right now,” Willis said. “The infrastructure that would normally be dedicated to prioritizing the vaccine distribution plan is overwhelmed with surges in cases.”

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...llout-too-slow

So how does having 39 million people vs 29 million people cause this?

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by sav858

So how does having 39 million people vs 29 million people cause this?

It doesn't "cause" anything. Scroll back and look at your post in which you wrote that more people should automatically mean more resources.

[sav858]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

It doesn't "cause" anything. Scroll back and look at your post in which you wrote that more people should automatically mean more resources.

But you claimed our larger population was the reason for the slowest vaccine rollout in the nation right? And the article you linked doesn’t mention lack of resources but rather too many rules governing distribution. And that is a common problem in CA; too many rules and regulations that slow down the process.