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"content": "\u003cp>Hospital care at home is nothing new for patients with low-level health needs. But since the pandemic began, a growing number of health care providers – including Adventist Health, the Mayo Clinic and California health care giant Kaiser Permanente – are offering people with more serious health conditions hospital-level treatment in the comfort of their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s something Janet Yetenekian, who lives in Glendale with her family, experienced this year after she came down with a severe case of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in December, with pandemic isolation finally getting to Yetenekian, her husband and two teenage kids, the family accepted an invitation to join an afternoon barbecue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just go, ‘OK, we’ve been home all this time,’ you know, ‘Let’s just go a few hours and come back,’ ” Yetenekian said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the day after the gathering, the host came down with fever. A test confirmed it was COVID-19. Within two weeks, Yetenekian’s husband and kids got mild cases of the disease while her blood oxygen plummeted to dangerously low levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And a few days later, I had to go to the hospital,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Treatment included an IV drip of the antiviral drug Remdesivir and constant monitoring — things normally done in a hospital. So it surprised Yetenekian when her doctor at Adventist Health offered to move all her care home to be monitored virtually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was even better than the hospital,” she said. “They were constantly reaching out, ‘It’s time for you to do your vitals,’ or ‘It’s time for you to take your medications.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors and nurses at a command center nearly 200 miles away managed Yetenekian’s care as part of \u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/hh9CC5yWjXSMyAoBty71EA?domain=geekdoctor.blogspot.com\">a new federal effort aimed at freeing up hospital beds\u003c/a> during public health emergencies. Under the model, about 60 illnesses, including COVID-19, qualify for home treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Heart failure, pneumonia, skin infections — those are all patient populations we can safely care for in the home,” said Dr. Margaret Paulson, who leads the Mayo Clinic’s new home-based care program in rural Wisconsin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11873625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11873625\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Dr.-Maniaci-and-Dr-Paulson-at-the-Command-Center-in-Jacksonville3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Dr.-Maniaci-and-Dr-Paulson-at-the-Command-Center-in-Jacksonville3-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Dr.-Maniaci-and-Dr-Paulson-at-the-Command-Center-in-Jacksonville3-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Dr.-Maniaci-and-Dr-Paulson-at-the-Command-Center-in-Jacksonville3-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Dr.-Maniaci-and-Dr-Paulson-at-the-Command-Center-in-Jacksonville3-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Dr.-Maniaci-and-Dr-Paulson-at-the-Command-Center-in-Jacksonville3-1-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Margaret Paulson at a a health care command center in Jacksonville, Wisconsin. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy the Mayo Clinic)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Paulson said once her patients understand that home care does not mean less care, they eagerly embrace it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Especially for patients who have been in the hospital a lot, to know that they can actually go home and sleep in their own bed and be with their family and have their pets by their side, it’s just really reassuring,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And \u003ca href=\"https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/1/e043285\">studies suggest\u003c/a> at-home care provides better outcomes for patients and costs less to provide than traditional inpatient care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is actually a higher level of touch from physicians and advanced practitioners,” said Dr. Kavita Patel, a physician and health policy fellow at the Brookings Institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regularly scheduled video conferencing and 24/7 monitoring is augmented by twice-daily, in-person visits by nurses and other health workers who provide basic care like antibiotics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This isn’t just sending mom or dad to the bedroom,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Coronavirus Coverage' tag='coronavirus']Patel said it’s the technology infrastructure that’s key: Wi-Fi phones that ring directly into a hospital’s command center, iPads that allow video conferencing with health professionals and wearable devices with emergency call buttons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raphael Rakowski is co-founder of Medically Home, the tech company that supports at-home programs for Adventist Health, Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente. On Thursday, those latter two health care entities announced a combined $100 million investment in Medically Home to help expand the service to other health systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rakowski said there’s another selling point of the at-home care model — patients don’t have to transfer to a different facility while they heal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stay with the patient until they’re fully recovered and that averages anywhere from 20 to 30 days, sometimes longer,” Rakowski said. “So we substitute not just for the hospital, but for all the care that follows.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, not every patient is a fit. To be eligible for care at home, they must live within 30 minutes of emergency care. They also need high-speed internet and, said Patel, they can’t be too sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This can’t be something where it’s so complicated that you are monitoring a patient, worried that they could crash and need to be in the ICU within minutes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for moderate COVID-19 and dozens of other conditions, at-home hospital care programs now offered in 30 states are likely to become a more common option as more health systems adopt the program and even more diseases are added to those now eligible for at-home care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>International Boulevard in East Oakland lives up to its name. In particular, the stretch between 42nd and 83rd avenues is home to hundreds of Mexican panaderias, Vietnamese nail salons, Black barber shops and other minority-owned businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before COVID-19 hit, this busy thoroughfare was bustling with foot traffic. But more than a year into the pandemic, almost every other shop is boarded up or closed with metal gates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the United States, as the pandemic ravaged local economies, scores of small-business owners applied for forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loans, a federal initiative that injected some $700 billion into businesses as much of the economy shut down. Many often waited months to receive support as they struggled to stay afloat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"paycheck-protection-program\"]Yet, \u003ca href=\"https://revealnews.org/article/which-neighborhoods-were-neglected-by-the-paycheck-protection-program/\">a Reveal analysis\u003c/a> of more than 5 million PPP loans issued during the first two rounds of funding from April through August found sweeping racial disparities in how that money was distributed, with businesses in largely white neighborhoods receiving loans at a far greater rate than those in neighborhoods with significant minority populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such was the case in this stretch of East Oakland along International Boulevard, where just about 5% of businesses received PPP loans during that period, the analysis found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compare that to the 49% of businesses who received PPP loans in Montclair, a predominantly white neighborhood in the nearby Oakland Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loan data, which Reveal obtained after successfully suing the U.S. Small Business Administration, provides the number of loans issued per location, but does not include the number of applicants, which means the approval/denial rate in each area is unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[Read more about the methodology of Reveal’s analysis \u003ca href=\"https://revealnews.org/article/which-neighborhoods-were-neglected-by-the-paycheck-protection-program/\">here\u003c/a>.]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Therefore, the low loan rates in many communities of color may have resulted from a large percentage of businesses not applying — as opposed to having had their applications rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the results are nonetheless disturbing to equitable lending advocates, who note that under federal law, banks must meet the credit needs of the communities they operate in, income notwithstanding. And regardless of whether businesses in many Black and brown communities simply didn’t apply for PPP loans or were rejected, the gaping disparities in reception rates suggest the program failed to effectively serve all communities equally, those advocates say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many small-business owners, particularly non-English speakers, say they\u003ca href=\"https://smallbusinessmajority.org/press-release/ppp-application-deadline-expires-small-business-majority-releases-stories-struggling-small-business-owners\"> struggled to navigate the complicated PPP application process\u003c/a> or find the resources needed to help them apply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://mgreen.carto.com/builder/c0d6b729-9e21-460a-a814-fce1a83e060e/embed\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003ch2>\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2>Questionable Distribution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Farid Ahmed Bakhtary owns Yummy Grill, an Afghan kebab shop nestled between a strip mall and King Street on International Boulevard. He applied for a PPP loan through Chase Bank three different times, and was declined each time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve gone through all this struggle and hardship,” Bakhtary said. “Hopefully, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He eventually applied through \u003ca href=\"https://www.lendio.com/\">Lendio\u003c/a>, a Utah-based small-business specialist, to get his loan approved. “Some of these big banks, I think it’s not helping the small businesses,” Bakhtary said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iba Reller, a spokeswoman for Chase Bank, wouldn’t speak specifically about East Oakland or Yummy Grill, but said that nationally more than 32% of her bank’s PPP loans in 2020 were to small businesses in communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11872235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11872235 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Similar to other once busy thoroughfares around the Bay, International Boulevard has suffered during the pandemic. After receiving little to no support from the federal government or banks, some businesses have been forced to close. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Similar to other once-busy thoroughfares in cities around the Bay Area, International Boulevard in East Oakland has suffered during the pandemic. After receiving little to no support from the federal government or banks, some businesses have been forced to close. \u003ccite>(Adhiti Bandlamudi/KQED News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our goal has always been to help as many customers — and their employees — as possible,” Reller said in an email. “We proactively marketed the program specifically to minority-owned businesses, in English and in Spanish, to ensure awareness and how to apply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Reveal’s analysis found that Chase Bank, one of the biggest PPP lenders, approved about 6,600 PPP loans during the first two rounds of the program in the \u003ca href=\"https://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US41860-san-francisco-oakland-berkeley-ca-metro-area/\">San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metropolitan region\u003c/a> (which includes San Francisco, much of the East Bay and some cities in the South Bay and North Bay). But just over 250 of those went to businesses in predominantly Latinx commercial neighborhoods and a meager 14 to those in predominantly Black neighborhoods, while almost 3,000 went to businesses in white neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘We Knew There Was Going to Be a Problem’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, executive director of the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://calreinvest.org/\">California Reinvestment Coalition\u003c/a>, says she was not surprised to find communities of color struggling to land support from the federal government’s PPP loan program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as we saw the government was going to run the PPP program through the banks, we knew that there was going to be a problem for these small-business owners,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11873194\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11873194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-1020x605.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-1020x605.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-800x474.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-160x95.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1.png 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mixed neighborhoods refer to U.S. Census tracts with no racial majority. \u003cbr>Data provided by \u003ca href=\"https://revealnews.org/article/which-neighborhoods-were-neglected-by-the-paycheck-protection-program/\">Reveal\u003c/a> based on figures from the U.S. Small Business Administration, and the U.S. Census, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Postal Service. \u003ccite>(Chart by Adhiti Bandlamudi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chase Bank isn’t the only bank that made a disproportionate share of its PPP loan to businesses in predominantly white neighborhoods. On the whole, Latinx and Black neighborhoods in the Bay Area received the lowest percentage of PPP loans from all major banks and credit unions, further increasing the wealth gap already widened during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzales-Brito is also concerned with how much big banks profited during the pandemic from individual retail customers. In the last three months of 2020, 12 of America’s 15 largest banks, including Chase Bank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America, each \u003ca href=\"https://prospect.org/economy/big-banks-charged-billions-in-overdraft-fees-during-pandemic/\">made more than $1 billion\u003c/a> in overdraft fees. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Yet, \u003ca href=\"https://revealnews.org/article/which-neighborhoods-were-neglected-by-the-paycheck-protection-program/\">a Reveal analysis\u003c/a> of more than 5 million PPP loans issued during the first two rounds of funding from April through August found sweeping racial disparities in how that money was distributed, with businesses in largely white neighborhoods receiving loans at a far greater rate than those in neighborhoods with significant minority populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such was the case in this stretch of East Oakland along International Boulevard, where just about 5% of businesses received PPP loans during that period, the analysis found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compare that to the 49% of businesses who received PPP loans in Montclair, a predominantly white neighborhood in the nearby Oakland Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loan data, which Reveal obtained after successfully suing the U.S. Small Business Administration, provides the number of loans issued per location, but does not include the number of applicants, which means the approval/denial rate in each area is unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[Read more about the methodology of Reveal’s analysis \u003ca href=\"https://revealnews.org/article/which-neighborhoods-were-neglected-by-the-paycheck-protection-program/\">here\u003c/a>.]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Therefore, the low loan rates in many communities of color may have resulted from a large percentage of businesses not applying — as opposed to having had their applications rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the results are nonetheless disturbing to equitable lending advocates, who note that under federal law, banks must meet the credit needs of the communities they operate in, income notwithstanding. And regardless of whether businesses in many Black and brown communities simply didn’t apply for PPP loans or were rejected, the gaping disparities in reception rates suggest the program failed to effectively serve all communities equally, those advocates say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many small-business owners, particularly non-English speakers, say they\u003ca href=\"https://smallbusinessmajority.org/press-release/ppp-application-deadline-expires-small-business-majority-releases-stories-struggling-small-business-owners\"> struggled to navigate the complicated PPP application process\u003c/a> or find the resources needed to help them apply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://mgreen.carto.com/builder/c0d6b729-9e21-460a-a814-fce1a83e060e/embed\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003ch2>\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2>Questionable Distribution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Farid Ahmed Bakhtary owns Yummy Grill, an Afghan kebab shop nestled between a strip mall and King Street on International Boulevard. He applied for a PPP loan through Chase Bank three different times, and was declined each time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve gone through all this struggle and hardship,” Bakhtary said. “Hopefully, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He eventually applied through \u003ca href=\"https://www.lendio.com/\">Lendio\u003c/a>, a Utah-based small-business specialist, to get his loan approved. “Some of these big banks, I think it’s not helping the small businesses,” Bakhtary said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iba Reller, a spokeswoman for Chase Bank, wouldn’t speak specifically about East Oakland or Yummy Grill, but said that nationally more than 32% of her bank’s PPP loans in 2020 were to small businesses in communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11872235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11872235 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Similar to other once busy thoroughfares around the Bay, International Boulevard has suffered during the pandemic. After receiving little to no support from the federal government or banks, some businesses have been forced to close. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Similar to other once-busy thoroughfares in cities around the Bay Area, International Boulevard in East Oakland has suffered during the pandemic. After receiving little to no support from the federal government or banks, some businesses have been forced to close. \u003ccite>(Adhiti Bandlamudi/KQED News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our goal has always been to help as many customers — and their employees — as possible,” Reller said in an email. “We proactively marketed the program specifically to minority-owned businesses, in English and in Spanish, to ensure awareness and how to apply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Reveal’s analysis found that Chase Bank, one of the biggest PPP lenders, approved about 6,600 PPP loans during the first two rounds of the program in the \u003ca href=\"https://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US41860-san-francisco-oakland-berkeley-ca-metro-area/\">San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metropolitan region\u003c/a> (which includes San Francisco, much of the East Bay and some cities in the South Bay and North Bay). But just over 250 of those went to businesses in predominantly Latinx commercial neighborhoods and a meager 14 to those in predominantly Black neighborhoods, while almost 3,000 went to businesses in white neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘We Knew There Was Going to Be a Problem’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, executive director of the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://calreinvest.org/\">California Reinvestment Coalition\u003c/a>, says she was not surprised to find communities of color struggling to land support from the federal government’s PPP loan program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as we saw the government was going to run the PPP program through the banks, we knew that there was going to be a problem for these small-business owners,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11873194\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11873194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-1020x605.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-1020x605.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-800x474.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-160x95.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1.png 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mixed neighborhoods refer to U.S. Census tracts with no racial majority. \u003cbr>Data provided by \u003ca href=\"https://revealnews.org/article/which-neighborhoods-were-neglected-by-the-paycheck-protection-program/\">Reveal\u003c/a> based on figures from the U.S. Small Business Administration, and the U.S. Census, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Postal Service. \u003ccite>(Chart by Adhiti Bandlamudi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chase Bank isn’t the only bank that made a disproportionate share of its PPP loan to businesses in predominantly white neighborhoods. On the whole, Latinx and Black neighborhoods in the Bay Area received the lowest percentage of PPP loans from all major banks and credit unions, further increasing the wealth gap already widened during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzales-Brito is also concerned with how much big banks profited during the pandemic from individual retail customers. In the last three months of 2020, 12 of America’s 15 largest banks, including Chase Bank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America, each \u003ca href=\"https://prospect.org/economy/big-banks-charged-billions-in-overdraft-fees-during-pandemic/\">made more than $1 billion\u003c/a> in overdraft fees. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom didn’t die of COVID, but COVID did not make my mom’s last year good,” Newton said. “She was by herself. And I don’t think this is how it’s supposed to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family didn’t plan a memorial because they didn’t feel safe traveling. So instead of grieving in person with his brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles, Newton has talked to them over the phone, mostly discussing his mom’s estate — the last thing he wants to be doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m dealing with the mechanics and logistics,” Newton said. “The things that kind of make you feel worse in some ways. The things that you feel guilty about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What he really wants is closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t get to say goodbye.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He chokes back tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re supposed to cry with everyone around us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Rules Too Strict?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, most hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been following visitor \u003ca href=\"https://www.cahf.org/Resources/Coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guidelines\u003c/a> issued by the California Department of Public Health. Protocols vary depending on the transmission rates in each county. As coronavirus transmission wanes, restrictions are beginning to lift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11872354\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11872354 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2029/05/IMG_7412-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2029/05/IMG_7412-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2029/05/IMG_7412-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2029/05/IMG_7412-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2029/05/IMG_7412-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2029/05/IMG_7412-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2029/05/IMG_7412-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2029/05/IMG_7412-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An isolated patient in the COVID ICU at Mercy Hospital of Folsom, near Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Lesley McClurg/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mercy Hospital of Folsom is now starting to allow visitors. But for about eight months, with visitors strictly forbidden, patients had to receive devastating diagnoses alone in hospital rooms, and families were forced to make harrowing decisions, like whether to send someone to hospice, over the phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erin Wemmer, a palliative care coordinator at the hospital, now wonders if the rules keeping families apart were too strict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(D)id we do the right thing? I know we had the best intentions in mind, but I think it’s created a lot of secondary problems,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loosening of policies around visitors is much welcome. “Thank god it’s not what it was,” she said. “But it’s still horrible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Potential Trauma\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palliative care is designed to help families let go when the time comes. But that’s challenging to do virtually. Most of the families Wemmer has worked with during the pandemic begged doctors to keep patients alive at all costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am sure we are going to be dealing with a lot of PTSD on so many different levels between our staff, the patients who do survive, and then the families,” she said. “How traumatic it can be for them to have that loved one in the hospital and the ups and downs of that, whether they survive or they don’t survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s especially concerned about the patients who spent weeks and months alone. They may never heal from the emotional trauma of so much isolation during a vulnerable time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have now this extra layer of separation, we’re all wearing scrubs,” said Dr. Ana Leech, director of the palliative support team at Memorial Hermann/Texas Medical Center, speaking on an American Medical Association \u003ca href=\"https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/experts-discuss-how-pandemic-has-changed-palliative-care\">panel\u003c/a> in January. “We are all wearing masks. So being able to have that empathy and communication with people has just been really challenging. We can’t touch them, we can’t hug them. We can’t even have a smile or anything with the family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The Toll on Clinicians\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High rates of depression and suicide in the medical profession have long been a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/31/634217947/to-prevent-doctor-suicides-medical-industry-rethinks-how-doctors-work\">problem\u003c/a>, which the pandemic has only exacerbated. Numerous \u003ca href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=health+care+covid+mental+health\">studies\u003c/a> from around the world show clinicians are now suffering from increased PTSD, depression, anxiety and insomnia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.medscape.com/slideshow/2020-physician-covid-experience-6013151?faf=1#1\">survey\u003c/a> released last fall by the website Medscape, nearly two-thirds of U.S. doctors said they battled intense burnout during the pandemic. 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Fully vaccinated people now only need to wear a mask in large crowds of strangers, says the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for people who aren’t yet fully vaccinated, the CDC says they can also be maskless outside with members of their household, or go maskless at a small, outdoor gathering as long as others in attendance \u003cem>are\u003c/em> fully vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All nine Bay Area counties have said they plan to adopt the new guidelines once California formally aligns with the CDC’s new recommendations. On KQED Forum, Priya David Clemens spoke with \u003ca href=\"https://cfar.ucsf.edu/people/monica-gandhi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Monica Gandhi\u003c/a>, infectious disease expert and professor of medicine at UCSF.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=\"news_11864473\"]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED’s Priya David Clemens: You have been advocating for reducing mask use for some time now. Could you tell us about your thoughts?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dr. Monica Gandhi:\u003c/strong> I do want to stress that I co-wrote one of the first papers in early April 2020 about universal mask use for the American public. I’m definitely very interested in mask use as a mitigation procedure along with ventilation and distancing. However, when you think about ventilation and you think about this virus, there’s actually incredibly clear studies about how hard it is to get coronavirus outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/COQwPYQhaj5/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most impressive study was published in September from China, where they do very strict contact tracing. And out of 7,324 infections, only one was linked to outdoor transmission. [pullquote size=\"right\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dr. Monica Gandhi, infectious disease expert and professor of medicine at UCSF\"]‘Don’t be frightened to do what’s right by the science and take off your mask outside. The more of us that do it, it’ll become the new social norm. And we can smile at each other.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was \u003ca href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/outdoor-transmission-accounts-for-0-1-of-state-s-covid-19-cases-1.4529036\">an Irish Times article\u003c/a> about a month ago that showed that out of 232,000, one out of a thousand was likely linked to outdoor transmission. And then a very extensive \u003ca href=\"https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/science-engineering-and-social-sciences/spear/docs/EXECUTIVE-SUMMARY-Outdoor-Transmission-of-COVID-19.pdf\">review from the University of Canterbury\u003c/a> was done earlier in the fall and looked at a massive number of studies around the planet and thought that outside transmission was so rare that they couldn’t actually quantify it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then when the\u003ca href=\"https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> World Health Organization\u003c/a> revised their mask guidance in December — even before vaccines — they said masks are not required outside unless you’re in non-distanced situations. That’s some of the evidence even prior to vaccinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11871334\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1418px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11871334\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/INDOORS-4-27.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1418\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/INDOORS-4-27.png 1418w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/INDOORS-4-27-800x351.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/INDOORS-4-27-1020x448.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/INDOORS-4-27-160x70.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1418px) 100vw, 1418px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CDC’s latest guidance for outdoor mask-wearing, for fully vaccinated and vaccinated people. \u003ccite>(CDC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So Dr. Gandhi, what do you do when you’re outside? Do you wear a mask?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did until yesterday, because I’m really very polite — and also because of the San Francisco guidelines, which were actually put into place on April 17, 2020, two months before the state put in place their outdoor and indoor mask mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, I actually realized yesterday after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871317/stop-and-smell-the-roses-cdc-says-many-americans-can-now-go-outside-safely-without-a-mask\">the CDC released their guidelines\u003c/a> that as someone who really is trying to follow the data, and has really deeply looked at these outside studies, it’s best for me to model not wearing my mask outside. Yesterday I went without my mask outside, and no one got mad at me.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=\"news_11855623\"]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t be frightened to do what’s right by the science and take off your mask outside. The more of us that do it, it’ll become the new social norm. And we can smile at each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What was it like? Did you get some strange looks? Some people may feel you are not being respectful.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has been a city that has very been very compliant with mask wearing. We have used this symbol of mask wearing as respect, and that we follow the science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue is that it is following the science to understand how quickly viral particles disperse in the outside air for modeling, and all the epidemiology evidence. [aside tag=\"coronavirus\" label=\"More Related Stories\"] It’s tremendously respectful to science to not wear your mask outside even if you’re not vaccinated. And I’m fully vaccinated. Someone gave me a very wide berth when I was walking up to my clinic since I didn’t have my mask on outside, but still, I thought it was important to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about some parts of the city and in various communities outside of San Francisco, where the COVID infection rates have been higher than San Francisco? Are there places you \u003cem>should\u003c/em> still wear a mask outdoors? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fascinating thing about the science around mask wearing outside is that it’s actually delinked from the question of your vaccination status and delinked from the question of case prevalence. As the World Health Organization put in their guidelines in December 2020 — it’s about the outside being so much safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think we’ve actually focused a little bit too much on closing outside playgrounds. For example, in December, we’ve done things that sometimes can hurt public health when we don’t remember how important and safe the outside is. But the recommendation in my mind should be: Don’t wear a mask outside, unless you’re in packed conditions. And that’s where I chose to wear it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I would still wear it inside. Not necessarily that you can transmit it after vaccination, but because we’re not \u003cem>all\u003c/em> vaccinated — and I think that’s a sign of respect here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The agencies said the chance of the blood clotting disorder is “very low” and has affected mainly women under age 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC vaccine advisory committee did not recommend an additional warning. Several members expressed concerns that a warning could increase vaccine hesitancy, while others worried about the ramifications of not including a warning. That information will likely be added to the instructions and fact sheets for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/04/13/986709618/u-s-recommends-pausing-use-of-johnson-johnson-vaccine-over-blood-clot-concerns\">The hold\u003c/a> on Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine was prompted by six reported cases of a severe blood clotting disorder called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or CVST, among the 7.2 million shots of the one-dose vaccine administered in the United States. 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But we can’t get a shot that protects ourselves and others from serious illness and allows a return to normal life — because it *might* have a 1-in-7-million fatal clotting issue,” \u003cem>The Atlantic\u003c/em>‘s Graeme Wood \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/gcaw/status/1381943577853403137\">noted\u003c/a> last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC’s principal deputy director, Dr. Anne Schuchat, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/04/13/986767069/johnson-johnson-vaccine-and-blood-clots-what-you-need-to-know\">said\u003c/a> when the pause was announced, it was intended “to prepare the health care system to recognize and treat patients appropriately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House said the pause would not have a significant impact on its vaccination plan because most of the vaccines used in the U.S. come from Pfizer and Moderna, but the stoppage did lead to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/us/politics/johnson-johnson-vaccine-pause-states.html\">canceled appointments\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cp>An effort to fix problems with the oversight of California’s nursing homes has stalled, sparking fears that the bill is doomed — and prompting elder-care advocates to warn that even a delay jeopardizes residents’ safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m incredibly frustrated,” said Democratic Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi of Los Angeles, author of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assembly Bill 1502\u003c/a>. “The pandemic has clearly exposed the horrible conditions of so many of our nursing homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are dying as we wait. ... We cannot sit around with a broken state oversight system while our most vulnerable residents continue to live in these nursing homes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, D-Los Angeles\"]'People are dying as we wait. ... We cannot sit around with a broken state oversight system while our most vulnerable residents continue to live in these nursing homes.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/california-oversight-nursing-homes/\">CalMatters investigation\u003c/a> spotlighted an opaque licensing process for California’s nursing homes, plagued by indecision, delays and misleading information. For instance, the investigation found that the California Department of Public Health has allowed the state’s largest nursing home owner, Shlomo Rechnitz, to operate facilities for years through a web of companies while license applications for his facilities languish in “pending” status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That story “blew the lid off of my thinking,” said Assemblymember Jim Wood, a Santa Rosa Democrat who chairs the Assembly Health Committee — and helps decide which health legislation in that house will live or die. “I didn’t realize to the extent that it was happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, his committee declined to hear the bill, which would forbid the use of management agreements to “circumvent state licensure requirements” and would require owners and operators to get approval from CDPH before acquiring, operating or managing a nursing home. Instead, the committee turned Muratsuchi’s proposal into a two-year bill that won’t be heard before next January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates had expected the bill to face opposition from the nursing home industry, which has deep ties to influential players at the Capitol. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cahf.org/Resources/Media-Center/Press-Releases/CAHF-Names-New-CEO-President\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CEO of the nursing home industry group\u003c/a>, Craig Cornett, was a top aide to two former state Senate leaders and four former Assembly speakers before joining the California Association of Health Facilities in 2017. He’s known for having masterful knowledge of the state government bureaucracy and is included on \u003ca href=\"https://capitolweekly.net/craig-cornett-capitol-weeklys-top-100/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a list\u003c/a> of the most influential people around the Capitol. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cornett’s industry group employs \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Lobbying/Firms/Detail.aspx?id=1147785&session=2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a lobbying firm\u003c/a> that counts Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon’s cousin, \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Lobbying/Lobbyists/Detail.aspx?id=1398339&session=2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edward Rendon\u003c/a>, as one of its lobbyists. Edward Rendon is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitoladvocacy.com/edward-rendon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a partner\u003c/a> at a consulting firm called Spiker Rendon that was paid $45,000 last year by Cornett's organization, according to its \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=2549822&amendid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lobbying reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Association of Health Facilities has donated more than $1.6 million to California campaigns in the past decade, according to filings with the \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California secretary of state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Rockport Healthcare Services, the administrative services company for many nursing homes, employs the lobbying firm of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2018/12/jason-kinney-gavin-newsom-california-governor-transition/\">Jason Kinney\u003c/a>, whose \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2020/11/newsom-dinner-california-medical-lobby-french-laundry-pandemic/\">French Laundry birthday bash last November\u003c/a> was attended by Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration also hasn’t taken a position on the bill, although that is not unusual at this stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wood insists that delaying Muratsuchi’s bill will not lead to its death, saying he is deeply committed to solving the state’s nursing home licensing problems “once and for all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of California Health and Human Services Agency, which oversees CDPH, declined to answer questions for this story or for CalMatters’ investigation into the department’s licensing practices. Newsom also declined to be interviewed for either story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/latest/post/20210412/Solorzano-Renew-Newsom-Contribution-Nursing-Home-LAist-Investigation\">governor recently agreed to donate $10,000 to charity\u003c/a> after an \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/special-reports/nursing-homes-renew.php\">investigation by LAist\u003c/a> showed that he had received a political contribution in that amount from ReNew Health Consulting Services, which is affiliated with a troubled nursing home chain. LAist, affiliated with KPCC in Los Angeles, and CalMatters are part of a collaboration of California’s nonprofit newsrooms to investigate the state’s supervision of nursing homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wood’s communications director, Cathy Mudge, told CalMatters this week that the Newsom administration had not pressured his committee to stall the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"nursing-homes\"]Wood said he is so committed to fixing these issues that he plans to take the uncharacteristic step of putting his name on it as a joint author next year. He has long been an ally of nursing home oversight, calling for \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20447178-ca-state-auditor-2018-report-skilled-nursing-facilities-absent-effective-oversight-substandard-quality-of-care-has-continued-2017-109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a May 2018 audit\u003c/a> that said licensing lapses by CDPH increased the probability that residents might not receive adequate care. He has also authored previous bills to \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protect nursing home residents\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">improve transparency\u003c/a> in the licensing process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want you to walk away with the impression that I’m stalling this, because I’m not,” Wood said. “I just want it to be right and I want it to be meaningful and I want to use this process to change the way we put this industry together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the bill is heard in January, Wood said he believes staff and outside consultants will need to invest a huge amount of time to gather data and communicate with various state agencies about complex issues. He also wants to work to get CDPH and the Newsom administration on board as “active partners.” He said he worries about the department’s bandwidth during the pandemic, and said his committee has also been inundated with 165 health-related bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s licensing and oversight problem “really falls on the backs of CDPH for the most part,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My hope is that, in the interim, as we move forward and do our work on this, that we get feedback from CDPH, that we get cooperation from them on how we can make this process work better,” he said. “I hope we’re not going to see a situation where they circle the wagons and lock the doors and really don’t work with us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need more time,” he said. “I hate that, quite frankly. I really do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Top officials at the department, including its director, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/Meet-the-Director.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Tomás Aragón\u003c/a>, have refused CalMatters’ requests to be interviewed about the licensing situation. In an email Thursday, an unnamed spokesperson said the department does not comment on proposed legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson told CalMatters the department had initiated a regulatory package related to the change-of-ownership licensing process, but that the effort has been “placed on a temporary hold due to staff redirections associated with COVID response.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of the bill say it is strong as it is, and that it can help resolve urgent problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think the problem’s complicated,” said Tony Chicotel, a staff attorney for \u003ca href=\"http://www.canhr.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform\u003c/a>, which sponsored Muratsuchi’s bill. “People are running facilities without licenses. That shouldn’t happen for years and years and years. It shouldn’t happen for another year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We should all agree that’s not good and work out something to attend to it now. I think we owe that to the residents who have suffered so horribly this year,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chicotel said he worries, from past experience, that the bill’s chance of becoming law “was diminished when it was postponed.” He also believes it buys CDPH more time to not take action on the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re pretty comfortable doing nothing, but now they have an excuse,” he said. “You blink and another year’s gone by.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Tony Chicotel, staff attorney with California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform\"]'People are running facilities without licenses. That shouldn’t happen for years and years and years. It shouldn’t happen for another year.'[/pullquote]Chicotel said past bills to improve nursing home oversight have often been vetoed or significantly watered down. This includes a 2019 bill authored by Democratic Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo of Los Angeles, that initially \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposed to streamline ownership reviews\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chicotel said his organization initially supported the bill, but vigorously opposed it after it was amended to allow new owners to receive provisional licenses by default if CDPH missed a deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It went from a bill that could have been great to a bill that would have been devastatingly bad,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill ended up passing with proposed alterations to the change-of-ownership licensing process removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chicotel said something similar happened in 2015 with a measure that would have \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prevented nursing home operators\u003c/a> from acquiring more facilities under certain circumstances. Chicotel’s group initially sponsored the bill, but ended up opposing it after amendments were made. So did its author, Democratic Assemblymember Kevin McCarty of Sacramento, who pulled the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another hurdle to changing the law: opposition from the nursing home industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a previous interview with CalMatters, Deborah Pacyna, a spokesperson for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cahf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California Association of Health Facilities\u003c/a>, which represents most of the state’s 1,100 nursing homes, described the state’s change-of-ownership licensing process as “broken.” The organization had not yet officially weighed in on Muratsuchi’s bill, but she said it probably would have opposed the bill unless it was amended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said a recent California Court of Appeal \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20616280-canhr-v-aragon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruling\u003c/a> determined that state approval of unlicensed interim nursing home managers to operate nursing homes does not violate state or federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]“It just shows to us that if the trial lawyers can’t win in court, they’re going to go to the Legislature,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She commended Wood’s decision to wait a year before attempting to alter the state’s licensing system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really appreciate the reasoned approach, looking at all this from a big picture standpoint, instead of just striking out,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wood anticipates pushback on licensing reform from “players in this industry who don’t want the scrutiny and don’t want their business models upset.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This bill is about government oversight and fixing our own house,” he said. “But I guarantee you that this will be a challenge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters political reporter Laurel Rosenhall contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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For instance, the investigation found that the California Department of Public Health has allowed the state’s largest nursing home owner, Shlomo Rechnitz, to operate facilities for years through a web of companies while license applications for his facilities languish in “pending” status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That story “blew the lid off of my thinking,” said Assemblymember Jim Wood, a Santa Rosa Democrat who chairs the Assembly Health Committee — and helps decide which health legislation in that house will live or die. “I didn’t realize to the extent that it was happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, his committee declined to hear the bill, which would forbid the use of management agreements to “circumvent state licensure requirements” and would require owners and operators to get approval from CDPH before acquiring, operating or managing a nursing home. 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He’s known for having masterful knowledge of the state government bureaucracy and is included on \u003ca href=\"https://capitolweekly.net/craig-cornett-capitol-weeklys-top-100/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a list\u003c/a> of the most influential people around the Capitol. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cornett’s industry group employs \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Lobbying/Firms/Detail.aspx?id=1147785&session=2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a lobbying firm\u003c/a> that counts Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon’s cousin, \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Lobbying/Lobbyists/Detail.aspx?id=1398339&session=2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edward Rendon\u003c/a>, as one of its lobbyists. Edward Rendon is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitoladvocacy.com/edward-rendon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a partner\u003c/a> at a consulting firm called Spiker Rendon that was paid $45,000 last year by Cornett's organization, according to its \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=2549822&amendid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lobbying reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Association of Health Facilities has donated more than $1.6 million to California campaigns in the past decade, according to filings with the \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California secretary of state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Rockport Healthcare Services, the administrative services company for many nursing homes, employs the lobbying firm of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2018/12/jason-kinney-gavin-newsom-california-governor-transition/\">Jason Kinney\u003c/a>, whose \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2020/11/newsom-dinner-california-medical-lobby-french-laundry-pandemic/\">French Laundry birthday bash last November\u003c/a> was attended by Gov. 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This means use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is allowed again. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered\">Read more about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause in context\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973731/johnson-johnson-vaccine-and-blood-clots-what-you-need-to-know\">find more FAQs on the CDC and FDA’s original decision\u003c/a>, and read more below about \u003ca href=\"#jj\">the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Ask your question: What do you want to know about getting the COVID-19 vaccine in the Bay Area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"eligible\">\u003c/a>Am I Eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine Now?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11856452\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11856452\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/GettyImages-1230679655.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/GettyImages-1230679655.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/GettyImages-1230679655-800x440.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/GettyImages-1230679655-1020x561.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/GettyImages-1230679655-160x88.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man receives the COVID-19 vaccine in the parking lot of The Forum in Inglewood, California. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Everyone in California ages 16 and older is now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, no matter where they live or work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html\">Immunocompromised people with certain conditions\u003c/a> who already got two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine can now also get a third shot to boost their protection from COVID-19. \u003ca href=\"#where\">Read more about getting a third dose if you qualify. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your COVID-19 vaccine will be free. You do not need health insurance to be vaccinated. You also will not be asked for proof of citizenship or about your immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember that if you’re making an appointment for someone who’s under 18, make sure the vaccine offered is the Pfizer vaccine. This vaccine was previously available for young people ages 16+, and has now been expanded to ages 12-15, who will be able to get their shot in California starting May 13. Read more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873290/covid-vaccines-for-ages-12-15-in-california-find-an-appointment-near-you\">making a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine appointment for those aged 12-15,\u003c/a> and get more information about \u003ca href=\"#which\">which vaccines are being offered right now.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11890031/where-can-i-get-a-pfizer-covid-booster-shot-near-me-heres-whos-eligible\">Looking for information on Pfizer booster shots instead? Get our guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Additionally, when using \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn\u003c/a> to find a vaccine appointment, people 12 to 17 will need a parent or legal guardian to make the booking, since My Turn asks you to “certify that I am at least 18 years of age, or the parent or legal guardian of the minor patient.” [aside postID=\"news_11867754\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SKIP STRAIGHT TO:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#where\">How can I make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment near me?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#residency\">\u003cstrong>Do I have to get vaccinated in my own county?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#county\">Find your county’s sign-up links.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>I’m Immunocompromised. How Can I Get My Third Dose?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847685\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11847685\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1108\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1-800x462.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1-1020x589.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1-160x92.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1-1536x886.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer checks for COVID-19 test appointments from motorists arriving at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 2020. \u003ccite>(FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Immunocompromised people who already got two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine can now get a third shot to boost their protection from COVID-19. Right now, only a very small group of people with compromised immune systems qualify for the third dose, and people with other conditions like diabetes or heart disease are not currently included. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html\">Read the CDC’s list clarifying exactly who is eligible\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this is you, where can you get your extra shot? You can now \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">make an appointment for a third shot through the state’s My Turn site\u003c/a>, by hitting the “additional appointments” button.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">CVS\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp#guidlines\">Walgreens\u003c/a> have begun offering a third dose to eligible immunocompromised people. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">Make an appointment through CVS\u003c/a>, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp#guidlines\">make an appointment through Walgreens\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area counties are rolling out these third shots for those who qualify. \u003ca href=\"#county\">Check your county’s vaccine webpage.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please note: Currently only the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccines are authorized for an additional dose. This means that if you originally got the J&J shot, you still aren’t eligible even if you qualify as immunocompromised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As NPR has reported, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/14/1027597108/6-things-to-know-if-youre-immunocompromised-and-considering-a-3rd-shot\">the FDA says that there wasn’t enough data available to extend the authorization for an additional dose for the J&J shots\u003c/a>. The FDA and the CDC said that they are “actively engaged” to determine the best course of action for recipients of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and expect to know more “very shortly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>Where Can I Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857326\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11857326\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Marrs (R) gives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot to Kassandra Martinez, an EVS attendant and lead, at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego. \u003ccite>(Ariana Drehsler / AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11856204\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main-1020x675.jpg\"]Don’t assume you’ll be proactively contacted about getting your COVID-19 vaccine. Now that everyone is eligible for a vaccine, you should do the following.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Immunocompromised people who qualify for a third dose may not be able to use all of the avenues below yet to schedule that extra dose. \u003ca href=\"#where\">Read more about specifically getting a third dose if you qualify.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11890031/where-can-i-get-a-pfizer-covid-booster-shot-near-me-heres-whos-eligible\">Looking for information on Pfizer booster shots instead? Get our guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Find a COVID-19 Vaccine Through My Turn\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn\u003c/a> is the state’s tool that allows Californians to schedule vaccination appointments, as supplies allow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My Turn will ask you for your information, and then for a ZIP code or location you’d like to search for vaccine appointments around. You can give your home location, or you can also input other locations to see what sites are available farther from your home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you find and schedule appointments for a vaccination site through My Turn, the California Department of Public Health says that you won’t necessarily need to be a resident or a worker in that particular county where the vaccination site is based. So don’t worry if My Turn is suggesting appointments a different county other than the one you live or work in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please note that many of the mass vaccination sites you may have been familiar with offering vaccines earlier in the year — like San Francisco’s Moscone Center and the Oakland Coliseum — are now closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re trying to find an appointment at a certain location and can’t see it in the search results, try searching on My Turn for that site’s \u003cem>exact\u003c/em> ZIP code, rather than your own. Remember that if you’re not seeing a specific site in the search results, it might just be because of low supply or lack of available appointments. You’ll also be shown a lot of pharmacy results: Keep scrolling through them to make sure you’re not missing clinic results hidden among them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11859829\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/qSg2h-span-style-text-align-center-display-block-vaccine-doses-administered-by-county-span-1.png\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn is available in the following languages\u003c/a>, which you can select in the first drop-down menu: English, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Armenian, Japanese, Khmer, Punjabi, Russian and Farsi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My Turn will ask you to provide a cellphone number and an email address. The state says this is so you can use two-factor authentication to doubly confirm your identity and make your appointment, and to prevent bots automatically scooping up available appointments online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have an email address or a cellphone number, or have questions, you can call the California COVID-19 Hotline at 833-422-4255 (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-5 p.m PT) and sign up over the phone. Both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking operators are available. Callers needing information in other languages will be connected to translation service that offers 254 other languages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve been given a special code through a local community organization for scheduling a COVID-19 vaccination, be sure to input it in the “Access Code” (formerly called an “Accessibility Code”) section on My Turn. \u003ca href=\"#codes\">Find more information about vaccine access codes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sign up for notifications and check if you’re currently able to make an appointment \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">through My Turn.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Find a COVID-19 Vaccine Through Your County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#county\">Visit your county’s public health website \u003c/a>to learn how your county is vaccinating its residents. It’s also likely that you can get vaccinated by the county you work in, if it’s different to your county of residence. The availability of vaccination appointments will be based on the doses that the state has supplied your county with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make sure your county reaches out to you about appointment availability, sign up for your their notifications if they’re offering them. \u003ca href=\"#county\">Find your Bay Area county in our list.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Find a COVID-19 Vaccine Through Your Health Care Provider\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have health insurance, check with your provider to see if they can offer you your COVID-19 vaccine. If you don’t have health insurance but get medical care through a city/county-run provider, you can check with that location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well as trying to talk with your health care provider directly, check the website for your provider to see if they’re offering the ability to make appointments, and sign up for their vaccine notifications if they’re offering them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Find a COVID-19 Vaccine Through a Local Pharmacy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several pharmacy chains are offering online appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine, and some also offer walk-in vaccines with no appointment:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine?icid=cvs-home-hero1-banner-1-link2-coronavirus-vaccine\">CVS COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/covid-qualifier?utm_source=state&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=Covid19&utm_content=Covid19scheduler_CA_2_12_21\">Rite Aid COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mhealthappointments.com/covidappt\">Safeway (Albertsons) COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/covid-19?ban=covid_vaccine_landing_schedule\">Walgreens COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments\u003c/a> (or call 1-800-WALGREENS, 1-800-925-4733)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://book-costcopharmacy.appointment-plus.com/d0bm29vq/?e_id=5515#/\">Costco’s COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The volunteer-run site \u003ca href=\"https://www.vaccinateca.com/\">VaccinateCA\u003c/a> shows pharmacies near you that are offering vaccinations. You can also see these pharmacies using \u003ca href=\"https://vaccinefinder.org/\">VaccineFinder\u003c/a>, a tool run by Boston Children’s Hospital in partnership with the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.northerncalifornia.va.gov/services/covid-19-vaccines.asp\">VA Northern California Health Care System\u003c/a> says it’s offering COVID-19 vaccines to all enrolled veterans of all ages, and also their registered caregivers. \u003ca href=\"https://www.northerncalifornia.va.gov/services/covid-19-vaccines.asp\">Find out more about getting vaccinated as a veteran through VA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SKIP STRAIGHT TO:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cb>\u003ca href=\"#residency\">Do I have to get vaccinated in my own county?\u003c/a>\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#county\">Find your county’s sign-up links and eligibility rules\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"jj\">\u003c/a>What Do I Need to Know About the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Pause?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11869436\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11869436\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Home base primary care Pharmacist Erin Emonds filling syringes with the Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CDC and the FDA say the pause will allow them to investigate these reactions more. They also say it will help health care providers be ready to spot this rare blood clotting event and treat it appropriately. \u003ccite>(Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On April 23, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-science-business-europe-coronavirus-vaccine-839bf6a7c857b25df04078402b4d7b8a?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter\">U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccinations\u003c/a> following a recommendation by an expert panel. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the benefits of the single-dose COVID-19 shot outweigh a rare risk of blood clots. This means use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is allowed again in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Out of an “abundance of caution” the Food and Drug Administration originally recommended a pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine in the U.S. on April 13 after a very rare type of blood clot showed up in six women within about two weeks of receiving the vaccination. This news came just as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered\">California was about to open up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all people ages 16 and older\u003c/a>. If you have questions, here’s what you need to know about exactly why this happened:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: How Small Are the Risks With the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: More than 6.8 million people in the U.S. have received the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine, so these are very, very small risks statistically. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that all six cases occurred among women between the ages of 18 and 48, and symptoms occurred six to 13 days after vaccination. Among the six women, one case was fatal and one patient is in critical condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was not “recalled,” “banned” or “canceled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered\">The relative risk is really, really low for these severe blood clots\u003c/a>,” said Dr. Catherine Blish, infectious disease specialist at Stanford Medicine. “So we’ve had the six cases out of almost seven million vaccines delivered, which is about one in a million. And while this has been hugely controversial, the birth control pills are associated with about one in 1,000 to [one in 100] rate of blood clots.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: If the Johnson & Johnson Risks Are So Small, Why Did the CDC and FDA Recommend the Pause?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: The CDC and the FDA said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973731/johnson-johnson-vaccine-and-blood-clots-what-you-need-to-know\">the pause would allow them to investigate these reactions more\u003c/a>. They also said it would help health care providers be ready to spot this rare blood clotting event and treat it appropriately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To repeat: More than 6.8 million people in the U.S. have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The blood clots that prompted the pause showed up in six women. But because of the rare nature of these types of clots, health officials emphasize that they should not be treated the way other clots often are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most importantly, Dr. Peter Marks, the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the FDA, said doctors should avoid using heparin, a standard blood-thinning treatment, because in these clots it “can cause tremendous harm, or the outcome can be fatal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The need for specialized treatment is one reason the CDC and the FDA saw an urgent need to get the word out about this rare combination of side effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medical experts say this kind of pause happens a lot and is “totally normal” and reasonable in order to investigate these extremely rare cases. Regulators don’t know whether the six cases are related to the vaccine, and they need to do a deep dive into the individual patients to determine what’s going on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: I Got the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine. Do I Need to Look Out for Problems?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: If you got your Johnson & Johnson vaccine shot less than three weeks ago, you should look out for severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain or shortness of breath. If you experience any of these symptoms, seek treatment with your health provider, an urgent care clinic or a hospital emergency room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, the number of people affected is very, very small.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you got your shot more than three weeks ago, and you have experienced none of these symptoms, you likely do not need to worry about your J&J vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: How Does the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Affect the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: A joint statement by the Bay Area’s county health officers on April 24 recommends that the region’s health providers should resume administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine “to prevent community spread and severe illness and death from COVID-19.” This means you’ll see the J&J vaccine being offered at appointments around the Bay Area once more.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Getting Your Vaccine Through a Health System Like Kaiser Permanente\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859992\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1113\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut-800x464.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut-1020x591.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut-160x93.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut-1536x890.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Registered nurse Emily Enos loads the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe ahead of distribution to seniors above the age of 65 who are experiencing homelessness at the Los Angeles Mission, in the Skid Row area of Downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2021, as the fight against the coronavirus pandemic continues. \u003ccite>(Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health are administering vaccines in the Bay Area with supplies issued directly from the state rather than the county. You might hear these organizations referred to as multicounty entities (or MCEs), i.e. health systems that serve multiple counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente says it will administer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible people “regardless of their health plan membership.” To schedule an appointment through Kaiser Permanente as a non-member, you’ll need to obtain a medical record number (also referred to as an MRN) first via phone to be able to then go online, use the number and make your appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On its site, \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Kaiser Permanente \u003c/a>has a \u003ca href=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/covid-19/not-a-kaiser-permanente-member\">step-by-step process\u003c/a> for non-members wishing to get their COVID-19 vaccine through Kaiser. It says non-members can also call them at (866) 454-8855.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutter Health says if you’re not currently a Sutter patient and wish to become one to make an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine once you become eligible, you can \u003ca href=\"https://mho.sutterhealth.org/registration/mho-enroll.html\">visit the Sutter Health sign-up page\u003c/a> and enroll.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"health\">\u003c/a>I Have a Health Condition or a Disability. What About My COVID-19 Vaccine?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862458\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11862458\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/GettyImages-1231237331-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/GettyImages-1231237331-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/GettyImages-1231237331-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/GettyImages-1231237331-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/GettyImages-1231237331-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/GettyImages-1231237331-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A health care worker holds a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus. \u003ccite>(Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March, the state opened COVID-19 vaccinations up to people ages 16 to 64 who have \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/vaccine-high-risk-factsheet.aspx\">certain disabilities or health conditions that put them at “the very highest risk” from the coronavirus\u003c/a>, ahead of the general population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that everyone ages 16 and over is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in California, this eligibility is no longer a factor — but there may still be specific vaccination opportunities within your community that focus on accessibility for disabled Californians seeking the vaccine.[aside postID=\"science_1972824\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immunocompromised people who already got two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine can now get a third shot to boost their protection from COVID-19. Right now, only a very small group of people with compromised immune systems qualifies for the third dose, and people with other conditions like diabetes or heart disease are not currently included. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html\">Read the CDC’s list clarifying exactly who is eligible\u003c/a> and get information about \u003ca href=\"#where\">how immunocompromised people can make an appointment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read \u003ca href=\"https://lighthouse-sf.org/mc-events/lighthouse-hq-covid-19-vaccination-site-4/?mc_id=10396\">more information about the vaccination clinic previously run by \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://lighthouse-sf.org/mc-events/lighthouse-hq-covid-19-vaccination-site-4/?mc_id=10396\">LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://lighthouse-sf.org/mc-events/lighthouse-hq-covid-19-vaccination-site-4/?mc_id=10396\">, \u003c/a>and about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11868661/faced-with-inaccessible-systems-sfs-lighthouse-launches-vaccine-pop-up-for-disability-community\">inaccessibility of vaccination systems faced by many disabled Californians\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"residency\">\u003c/a>Do I Have to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine in My County?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11856436\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11856436\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main.jpg\" alt=\"Nurse in PPE administers vaccine\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1270\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main-800x529.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main-1020x675.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main-1536x1016.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nurse Bethlehem Gurmu (L) receives a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from public health nurse Kathy Luu as staff members are vaccinated at the Ararat Nursing Facility in the Mission Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2021. Residents and staff at long-term care facilities are on the CDC’s highest priority list for vaccinations. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Proving that you live or work in a particular place is most likely to be relevant if you’re getting your vaccine through the county system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area counties get their vaccine supplies from the state, and a county’s public health department will distribute them from there. As a general rule, because of limited vaccine supply, counties are limiting those vaccine appointments to people who either live or work in that county. So if you get your vaccine appointment through the county in which you live or work, be sure to take note of whether there’s residency or employment verification required, and bring it to your appointment if so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you live and work in two different counties? Bay Area counties are vaccinating people who live \u003cem>or\u003c/em> work in that county, which means you could live in, say, Contra Costa County but commute to work in Alameda County, and still get vaccinated by Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11861381\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/vaccine2-1020x720.png\"]When you find and schedule appointments for a vaccination site through the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn\u003c/a> tool, however, you \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> need to be a resident or a worker in that particular county where the vaccination site is based.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll see an “IMPORTANT NOTE” on My Turn once you get to the appointment scheduling stage, which warns you that because some clinics offered to you might be outside your county of residence, you should check that county’s “official government website to make sure you are eligible to be vaccinated in that County, otherwise your appointment could be cancelled.” Although it’s still a good idea to check a county’s rules, a California Department of Public Health spokesperson says this note is more to reflect “the minority of clinics” that restrict vaccination to county residents. So you shouldn’t worry too much about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health systems like Kaiser Permanente get their vaccine supplies direct from the state, and because they’re not a part of the county system, they can also schedule patients for an appointment in a county even if they don’t live or work in that county.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"county\">\u003c/a>How Is My County Vaccinating Its Residents and Workers?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11860590\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11860590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1431\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut-800x596.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut-1020x760.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut-1536x1145.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How is your county vaccinating people right now? (Pictured: Lake Merritt in Oakland) \u003ccite>(miteemaus5/iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Remember, all California counties are now vaccinating all residents and workers ages 16 and older. Not all counties may be offering third doses to eligible immunocompromised people yet through county sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/vaccines\">Alameda County’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://primarybio.queue-it.net/?c=primarybio&e=alcovaxsignup&ver=v3-ruby-3.6.1&cver=36&man=Alameda%20Queue%20Action&t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.primarybio.com%2Fr%2Falco-vax-signup\">vaccine sign-up form\u003c/a>. (If in Berkeley, see below as well.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call the Alameda County Community Vaccination POD hotline: 510-208-4VAX (4829)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>City of Berkeley COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-vaccine/\">the city of Berkeley’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/CABERKE/signup/22371\">vaccine interest list\u003c/a>. (The city of Berkeley has its own public health department, but also \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-vaccine/#signup\">recommends residents\u003c/a> sign up for Alameda County’s notifications.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11872056/contra-costa-is-offering-vaccines-no-matter-where-you-live\">Contra Costa County is now vaccinating anyone\u003c/a> regardless of where they live, even if that’s outside the county. \u003ca href=\"https://covidvaccine.cchealth.org/COVIDVaccine/\">Make an appointment through Contra Costa Health Services\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call Contra Costa Health Services: 1-833-829-2626\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marin County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/vaccine\">Marin County’s vaccination webpage \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/vaccine/status\">vaccination options page\u003c/a> (includes links to making appointments) and \u003ca href=\"https://marincountyhc.jotform.com/210187732830049\">vaccine interest form.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Marin residents without internet access can call 833-641-1988 (Marin says that people eligible to get help from this call center are ages 65 or older, living with disabilities and ages 18 or older, in need of home care or personal assistance, need language interpretation (including ASL), have limited or no internet access or need help arranging transportation.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Napa County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/3096/COVID-19-Vaccines\">Napa County’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/501be721c77f4d44b00d9c3811637811\">vaccine interest sign-up form\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call the Napa County Public Information Call Center at 707-253-4540\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>City and County of San Francisco COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/covid-19-vaccine-san-francisco\"> San Francisco’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call the San Francisco call center designed to help people who are 65 and older and those with disabilities who are unable to easily access the internet or schedule an appointment through their provider: 628-652-2700.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Mateo County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.smchealth.org/covid-19-vaccination\">San Mateo County’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Nfb6DU2gzEin422hrwiD-S6Nu8Fm05tAlD6PWRPnVIxUOUo0N0NUM1VDRUtVMDlBMlZBNFFBOFVNVyQlQCN0PWcu&wdLOR=c539C3515-F3DE-944B-88F3-A8F48EC76AB3\">vaccine notification sign up\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/COVID19-vaccine-information-for-public.aspx\">Santa Clara County’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a>, which has links to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/COVID19-vaccine-information-for-public.aspx#myturn\">vaccine sign-up pages \u003c/a>and phone numbers for various local medical providers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.sccgov.org/covid-19-vaccine-information?mc_cid=0b56edc069&mc_eid=f792944b9a\">Santa Clara has also offered drop-in vaccinations\u003c/a> at multiple locations around the county.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solano County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://solanocounty.com/depts/ph/coronavirus_links/covid_19_vaccines.asp\">Solano County’s vaccination webpage \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=rCB_XvHlg0-MO85EuEhkITmQkAJBpD5Ap6ySli1u7o1UMlBMV0VWMzdDOEJNVkc2U1VSTVpIWk1JMC4u\">vaccine interest form\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Solano County provides \u003ca href=\"https://solanocounty.com/depts/ph/coronavirus_links/covid_19_vaccines.asp\">a provider-by-provider list of phone numbers\u003c/a> to call about COVID-19 vaccines\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sonoma County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/novel-coronavirus/vaccine-information/\">Sonoma County’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/novel-coronavirus/vaccine-information/vaccine-distribution/\">Sonoma eligibility guidelines\u003c/a> and\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/novel-coronavirus/vaccine-information/how-should-i-expect-to-get-my-vaccine/\"> Sonoma provider locations\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sonoma County provides \u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/novel-coronavirus/vaccine-information/clinics/\">a provider-by-provider list of phone numbers\u003c/a> to call about COVID-19 vaccines\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Haven’t found the answer to your question? Ask KQED directly.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"which\">\u003c/a>Which Vaccine Should I Get?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11869279\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11869279\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1802\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-800x563.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-1536x1081.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-2048x1441.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-1920x1351.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dose of the new one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at a vaccination event March 11, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The COVID-19 vaccines being offered at vaccination sites in California at present are made by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson/Janssen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 23, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-science-business-europe-coronavirus-vaccine-839bf6a7c857b25df04078402b4d7b8a?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter\">U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccinations\u003c/a> following a recommendation by an expert panel. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the benefits of the single-dose COVID-19 shot outweigh a rare risk of blood clots. This means use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is allowed again in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No similar issues have been reported for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. A similar issue has occurred in Europe with the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is not authorized in the U.S. Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca use a different type of vaccine system than Pfizer and Moderna. \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question1\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Read more about the effectiveness of the vaccines. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember that if you’re making an appointment for someone who’s under 18, make sure the vaccine offered is the Pfizer vaccine. This vaccine was previously available for young people ages 16+, and has now been expanded to ages 12-15, who will be able to get their shot in California starting May 13. Read more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873290/covid-vaccines-for-ages-12-15-in-california-find-an-appointment-near-you\">making a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine appointment for those aged 12-15,\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As eligibility expands, more and more appointments will hopefully be clearly labeled at the booking stage with their vaccine type so that you can be sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">The CDC says that you should “get any COVID-19 vaccine that is available when you are eligible,”\u003c/a> and that you shouldn’t wait for one specific type over another. All currently authorized and recommended COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, says the CDC, and they don’t recommend one vaccine over another. So basically: Take the shot you’re offered at the appointment you’re able to get. Even if you try to “pick” one, you’ll probably find that difficult to do, given low supply and that appointments often aren’t offered by vaccine type.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside postID=\"news_11864473\"]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you aren’t medically able to get a certain brand of COVID-19 vaccine because of specific allergies you have to its ingredients, \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/specific-groups/allergies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/specific-groups/allergies.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">the CDC recommends that you talk to your doctor about getting a different type of COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question3\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Side effects\u003c/a> — like pain or swelling at the injection site, or headaches, fatigue and chills — after getting a COVID-19 vaccination are normal. They’re your immune system telling you the vaccine is working and that your body is creating antibodies. \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/expect/after.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/expect/after.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Read more from the CDC about potential side effects of COVID-19 vaccines.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb data-stringify-type=\"bold\">How Do Second Doses of the Vaccine Work?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11868708\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11868708\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48429_GettyImages-1307808036-qut.jpg\" alt=\"woman getting COVID vaccine dose shot in the arm\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1346\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48429_GettyImages-1307808036-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48429_GettyImages-1307808036-qut-800x561.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48429_GettyImages-1307808036-qut-1020x715.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48429_GettyImages-1307808036-qut-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48429_GettyImages-1307808036-qut-1536x1077.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccination. LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is now providing weekly pop-up vaccination clinics at their San Francisco headquarters. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you get the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, you’ll need a second dose three weeks (21 days) later. If you get the Moderna vaccine, you’ll need a second dose one month (28 days) later. You don’t need a second dose of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get your second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines as close to that recommended interval as you can. However, if your second dose is rescheduled or delayed due to supply, don’t panic. \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">The CDC says your second dose may be given up to six weeks (42 days) after the first dose\u003c/a>, if necessary — but that you shouldn’t get the second dose \u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\">earlier \u003c/i>than the recommended interval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What about \u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\">getting\u003c/i> your second shot? If you weren’t invited to schedule your second shot when you scheduled your first one, make sure you find out at your first appointment how you should schedule that second dose. Some sites will give you the sign-up information on the spot, and others will follow up with you afterward (for example, by email) to arrange your second dose. Try not to leave your first appointment without getting that information. If you’re unsure how to schedule your second dose after you leave, contact the site or organization who gave you your first dose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">You are \u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\">not\u003c/i> immediately protected from the coronavirus after your first vaccination shot\u003c/a>. It takes your body time to build up the necessary antibodies that offer protection against getting sick from COVID-19. \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">The CDC says that you’ll be considered “fully protected”\u003c/a> two weeks after your second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, or two weeks after the single-dose Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Read more about your immunity after getting the vaccine, \u003c/a>and find out more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11864473\">what you can (and can’t) do after you’re fully vaccinated\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"volunteer\">\u003c/a>Can I Volunteer to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11863744\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11863744\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/022821_UFWvaccine_AI_03-e1615233334285.jpg\" alt=\"farmworker gets vaccine shot\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mauricio Chavez of Hollister gets a COVID-19 vaccine at Monterey Mushrooms in Morgan Hill on Feb. 28, 2021. \u003ccite>(Ana Ibarra/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn\u003c/a> has a volunteer sign-up portal called \u003ca href=\"https://myturnvolunteer.ca.gov/s/landing\">My Turn Volunteer, \u003c/a>where you can \u003ca href=\"https://myturnvolunteer.ca.gov/s/landing\">sign up\u003c/a> for medical and non-medical “general support” shifts at California vaccination sites throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/editorspicks/article/volunteer-California-vaccine-MyTurnVolunteer-16009060.php\">As reported by SFGate\u003c/a>, working four hours or more as a volunteer through My Turn Volunteer will make you eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine with approval from the clinic administrator. Visit the \u003ca href=\"https://myturnvolunteer.ca.gov/s/landing\">My Turn Volunteer site \u003c/a>for more information, and visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859540/covid-19-vaccines-how-to-volunteer-to-help-distribution\">our vaccine volunteering guide\u003c/a> for more potential volunteer opportunities, both in-person and remote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859558\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859558\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Image-from-iOS-25-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Image-from-iOS-25-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Image-from-iOS-25-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Image-from-iOS-25-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Image-from-iOS-25-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Image-from-iOS-25-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose resident Cornelia Arzaga, 76, prepares to receive her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Levi’s Stadium on Feb. 9, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"codes\">\u003c/a>What Are Vaccine Access Codes?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11853870\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11853870\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/ap_20365852620782-8aa52cd82f660661d05766e5d9a4cf76084e738a-scaled-e1609950454499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">By the end of the day, more people received an injection on Monday than have been vaccinated since the start of the vaccine program on Dec. 18, Judson Howe, president of Adventist Health said. \u003ccite>(Elise Amendola/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’ve been given a special code through a local community organization for scheduling a COVID-19 vaccination, be sure to input it in the “Access Code” (formerly “Accessibility Code”) section on \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn\u003c/a>. The California Department of Public Health says your code can make “appointments at targeted clinics available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These access codes are part of the state’s drive to make sure underserved groups in California get vaccinated. For example, per a CDPH spokesperson, a particular code “could be used by a community-based organization to make appointments for the 65+ population in impacted communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means the codes are intended to make appointments available \u003cem>only\u003c/em> for those people they’re designed to reach. There were, however, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/vaccine-access-codes-California-Marin-Los-Angeles-15973557.php\">reports of Bay Area codes intended for eligible people in Black and Latino communities\u003c/a> being circulated among and misused by people living outside those areas. As a result, the California Department of Public Health has now changed the way these codes work, and now \u003cem>only\u003c/em> the individual who was provided with the code will be able to complete the appointment scheduling process online, to prevent misuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have a code but it wasn’t directly provided to you by a community group or a health care provider — or you don’t know which groups it’s intended to serve — by using it, you are taking appointment availability away from the person it was meant for. (And if that person has already made an appointment using that code, the state now says you won’t even be able to schedule an appointment with it anyway.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ask\">\u003c/a>Ask Your Question: What Else Do You Want to Know?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"7478\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/7478.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Which county are you allowed to make an appointment in? Who’s eligible for a third dose?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for everything you need to know about finding a COVID-19 vaccine near you in the Bay Area. \u003ca href=\"#ask\">Spotted something you believe needs updating? Let us know\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Looking for kids’ vaccine appointments? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894546/pfizer-covid-vaccine-kids-5-11-near-me\">Read our guide to finding a COVID vaccine appointment for a child age 5-11.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Eligible people can now get a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11890031/where-can-i-get-a-pfizer-covid-booster-shot-near-me-heres-whos-eligible\">See our separate guide to who can get a Pfizer booster and how to find a booster near you\u003c/a>, or keep reading for how to get your first shots of a COVID vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immunocompromised people who already got two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine can now get a third shot to boost their protection from COVID-19. Right now, only a very small group of people with compromised immune systems qualifies for the third dose, and people with other conditions like diabetes or heart disease are not currently included. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html\">Read the CDC’s list clarifying exactly who is eligible\u003c/a> and get information about \u003ca href=\"#where\">how immunocompromised people can make an appointment. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, in April \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870973/cdc-vaccine-committee-votes-to-recommend-jj-vaccine-use-again\">U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccinations\u003c/a> following a recommendation by an expert panel. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the benefits of the single-dose COVID-19 shot outweigh a rare risk of blood clots. This means use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is allowed again. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered\">Read more about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause in context\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973731/johnson-johnson-vaccine-and-blood-clots-what-you-need-to-know\">find more FAQs on the CDC and FDA’s original decision\u003c/a>, and read more below about \u003ca href=\"#jj\">the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Ask your question: What do you want to know about getting the COVID-19 vaccine in the Bay Area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"eligible\">\u003c/a>Am I Eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine Now?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11856452\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11856452\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/GettyImages-1230679655.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/GettyImages-1230679655.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/GettyImages-1230679655-800x440.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/GettyImages-1230679655-1020x561.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/GettyImages-1230679655-160x88.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man receives the COVID-19 vaccine in the parking lot of The Forum in Inglewood, California. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SKIP STRAIGHT TO:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#where\">How can I make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment near me?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#residency\">\u003cstrong>Do I have to get vaccinated in my own county?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#county\">Find your county’s sign-up links.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>I’m Immunocompromised. How Can I Get My Third Dose?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11847685\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11847685\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1108\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1-800x462.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1-1020x589.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1-160x92.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/GettyImages-1228963631_1920x-1-1536x886.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer checks for COVID-19 test appointments from motorists arriving at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 2020. \u003ccite>(FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Immunocompromised people who already got two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine can now get a third shot to boost their protection from COVID-19. Right now, only a very small group of people with compromised immune systems qualify for the third dose, and people with other conditions like diabetes or heart disease are not currently included. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html\">Read the CDC’s list clarifying exactly who is eligible\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this is you, where can you get your extra shot? You can now \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">make an appointment for a third shot through the state’s My Turn site\u003c/a>, by hitting the “additional appointments” button.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">CVS\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp#guidlines\">Walgreens\u003c/a> have begun offering a third dose to eligible immunocompromised people. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">Make an appointment through CVS\u003c/a>, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp#guidlines\">make an appointment through Walgreens\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area counties are rolling out these third shots for those who qualify. \u003ca href=\"#county\">Check your county’s vaccine webpage.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please note: Currently only the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccines are authorized for an additional dose. This means that if you originally got the J&J shot, you still aren’t eligible even if you qualify as immunocompromised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As NPR has reported, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/14/1027597108/6-things-to-know-if-youre-immunocompromised-and-considering-a-3rd-shot\">the FDA says that there wasn’t enough data available to extend the authorization for an additional dose for the J&J shots\u003c/a>. The FDA and the CDC said that they are “actively engaged” to determine the best course of action for recipients of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and expect to know more “very shortly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>Where Can I Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857326\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11857326\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46602_GettyImages-1230147824-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Marrs (R) gives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot to Kassandra Martinez, an EVS attendant and lead, at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego. \u003ccite>(Ariana Drehsler / AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Don’t assume you’ll be proactively contacted about getting your COVID-19 vaccine. Now that everyone is eligible for a vaccine, you should do the following.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Immunocompromised people who qualify for a third dose may not be able to use all of the avenues below yet to schedule that extra dose. \u003ca href=\"#where\">Read more about specifically getting a third dose if you qualify.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11890031/where-can-i-get-a-pfizer-covid-booster-shot-near-me-heres-whos-eligible\">Looking for information on Pfizer booster shots instead? Get our guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Find a COVID-19 Vaccine Through My Turn\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn\u003c/a> is the state’s tool that allows Californians to schedule vaccination appointments, as supplies allow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My Turn will ask you for your information, and then for a ZIP code or location you’d like to search for vaccine appointments around. You can give your home location, or you can also input other locations to see what sites are available farther from your home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you find and schedule appointments for a vaccination site through My Turn, the California Department of Public Health says that you won’t necessarily need to be a resident or a worker in that particular county where the vaccination site is based. So don’t worry if My Turn is suggesting appointments a different county other than the one you live or work in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please note that many of the mass vaccination sites you may have been familiar with offering vaccines earlier in the year — like San Francisco’s Moscone Center and the Oakland Coliseum — are now closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re trying to find an appointment at a certain location and can’t see it in the search results, try searching on My Turn for that site’s \u003cem>exact\u003c/em> ZIP code, rather than your own. Remember that if you’re not seeing a specific site in the search results, it might just be because of low supply or lack of available appointments. You’ll also be shown a lot of pharmacy results: Keep scrolling through them to make sure you’re not missing clinic results hidden among them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn is available in the following languages\u003c/a>, which you can select in the first drop-down menu: English, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Armenian, Japanese, Khmer, Punjabi, Russian and Farsi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My Turn will ask you to provide a cellphone number and an email address. The state says this is so you can use two-factor authentication to doubly confirm your identity and make your appointment, and to prevent bots automatically scooping up available appointments online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have an email address or a cellphone number, or have questions, you can call the California COVID-19 Hotline at 833-422-4255 (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-5 p.m PT) and sign up over the phone. Both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking operators are available. Callers needing information in other languages will be connected to translation service that offers 254 other languages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve been given a special code through a local community organization for scheduling a COVID-19 vaccination, be sure to input it in the “Access Code” (formerly called an “Accessibility Code”) section on My Turn. \u003ca href=\"#codes\">Find more information about vaccine access codes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sign up for notifications and check if you’re currently able to make an appointment \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">through My Turn.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Find a COVID-19 Vaccine Through Your County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#county\">Visit your county’s public health website \u003c/a>to learn how your county is vaccinating its residents. It’s also likely that you can get vaccinated by the county you work in, if it’s different to your county of residence. The availability of vaccination appointments will be based on the doses that the state has supplied your county with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make sure your county reaches out to you about appointment availability, sign up for your their notifications if they’re offering them. \u003ca href=\"#county\">Find your Bay Area county in our list.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Find a COVID-19 Vaccine Through Your Health Care Provider\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have health insurance, check with your provider to see if they can offer you your COVID-19 vaccine. If you don’t have health insurance but get medical care through a city/county-run provider, you can check with that location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well as trying to talk with your health care provider directly, check the website for your provider to see if they’re offering the ability to make appointments, and sign up for their vaccine notifications if they’re offering them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Find a COVID-19 Vaccine Through a Local Pharmacy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several pharmacy chains are offering online appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine, and some also offer walk-in vaccines with no appointment:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine?icid=cvs-home-hero1-banner-1-link2-coronavirus-vaccine\">CVS COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/covid-qualifier?utm_source=state&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=Covid19&utm_content=Covid19scheduler_CA_2_12_21\">Rite Aid COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mhealthappointments.com/covidappt\">Safeway (Albertsons) COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/covid-19?ban=covid_vaccine_landing_schedule\">Walgreens COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments\u003c/a> (or call 1-800-WALGREENS, 1-800-925-4733)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://book-costcopharmacy.appointment-plus.com/d0bm29vq/?e_id=5515#/\">Costco’s COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The volunteer-run site \u003ca href=\"https://www.vaccinateca.com/\">VaccinateCA\u003c/a> shows pharmacies near you that are offering vaccinations. You can also see these pharmacies using \u003ca href=\"https://vaccinefinder.org/\">VaccineFinder\u003c/a>, a tool run by Boston Children’s Hospital in partnership with the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.northerncalifornia.va.gov/services/covid-19-vaccines.asp\">VA Northern California Health Care System\u003c/a> says it’s offering COVID-19 vaccines to all enrolled veterans of all ages, and also their registered caregivers. \u003ca href=\"https://www.northerncalifornia.va.gov/services/covid-19-vaccines.asp\">Find out more about getting vaccinated as a veteran through VA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SKIP STRAIGHT TO:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cb>\u003ca href=\"#residency\">Do I have to get vaccinated in my own county?\u003c/a>\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#county\">Find your county’s sign-up links and eligibility rules\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"jj\">\u003c/a>What Do I Need to Know About the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Pause?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11869436\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11869436\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Home base primary care Pharmacist Erin Emonds filling syringes with the Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48519_GettyImages-1231516409-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CDC and the FDA say the pause will allow them to investigate these reactions more. They also say it will help health care providers be ready to spot this rare blood clotting event and treat it appropriately. \u003ccite>(Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On April 23, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-science-business-europe-coronavirus-vaccine-839bf6a7c857b25df04078402b4d7b8a?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter\">U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccinations\u003c/a> following a recommendation by an expert panel. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the benefits of the single-dose COVID-19 shot outweigh a rare risk of blood clots. This means use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is allowed again in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Out of an “abundance of caution” the Food and Drug Administration originally recommended a pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine in the U.S. on April 13 after a very rare type of blood clot showed up in six women within about two weeks of receiving the vaccination. This news came just as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered\">California was about to open up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all people ages 16 and older\u003c/a>. If you have questions, here’s what you need to know about exactly why this happened:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: How Small Are the Risks With the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: More than 6.8 million people in the U.S. have received the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine, so these are very, very small risks statistically. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that all six cases occurred among women between the ages of 18 and 48, and symptoms occurred six to 13 days after vaccination. Among the six women, one case was fatal and one patient is in critical condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was not “recalled,” “banned” or “canceled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered\">The relative risk is really, really low for these severe blood clots\u003c/a>,” said Dr. Catherine Blish, infectious disease specialist at Stanford Medicine. “So we’ve had the six cases out of almost seven million vaccines delivered, which is about one in a million. And while this has been hugely controversial, the birth control pills are associated with about one in 1,000 to [one in 100] rate of blood clots.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: If the Johnson & Johnson Risks Are So Small, Why Did the CDC and FDA Recommend the Pause?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: The CDC and the FDA said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973731/johnson-johnson-vaccine-and-blood-clots-what-you-need-to-know\">the pause would allow them to investigate these reactions more\u003c/a>. They also said it would help health care providers be ready to spot this rare blood clotting event and treat it appropriately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To repeat: More than 6.8 million people in the U.S. have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The blood clots that prompted the pause showed up in six women. But because of the rare nature of these types of clots, health officials emphasize that they should not be treated the way other clots often are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most importantly, Dr. Peter Marks, the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the FDA, said doctors should avoid using heparin, a standard blood-thinning treatment, because in these clots it “can cause tremendous harm, or the outcome can be fatal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The need for specialized treatment is one reason the CDC and the FDA saw an urgent need to get the word out about this rare combination of side effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medical experts say this kind of pause happens a lot and is “totally normal” and reasonable in order to investigate these extremely rare cases. Regulators don’t know whether the six cases are related to the vaccine, and they need to do a deep dive into the individual patients to determine what’s going on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: I Got the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine. Do I Need to Look Out for Problems?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: If you got your Johnson & Johnson vaccine shot less than three weeks ago, you should look out for severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain or shortness of breath. If you experience any of these symptoms, seek treatment with your health provider, an urgent care clinic or a hospital emergency room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, the number of people affected is very, very small.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you got your shot more than three weeks ago, and you have experienced none of these symptoms, you likely do not need to worry about your J&J vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: How Does the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Affect the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: A joint statement by the Bay Area’s county health officers on April 24 recommends that the region’s health providers should resume administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine “to prevent community spread and severe illness and death from COVID-19.” This means you’ll see the J&J vaccine being offered at appointments around the Bay Area once more.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Getting Your Vaccine Through a Health System Like Kaiser Permanente\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859992\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1113\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut-800x464.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut-1020x591.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut-160x93.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47197_GettyImages-1231086748-qut-1536x890.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Registered nurse Emily Enos loads the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe ahead of distribution to seniors above the age of 65 who are experiencing homelessness at the Los Angeles Mission, in the Skid Row area of Downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2021, as the fight against the coronavirus pandemic continues. \u003ccite>(Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health are administering vaccines in the Bay Area with supplies issued directly from the state rather than the county. You might hear these organizations referred to as multicounty entities (or MCEs), i.e. health systems that serve multiple counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente says it will administer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible people “regardless of their health plan membership.” To schedule an appointment through Kaiser Permanente as a non-member, you’ll need to obtain a medical record number (also referred to as an MRN) first via phone to be able to then go online, use the number and make your appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On its site, \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Kaiser Permanente \u003c/a>has a \u003ca href=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/covid-19/not-a-kaiser-permanente-member\">step-by-step process\u003c/a> for non-members wishing to get their COVID-19 vaccine through Kaiser. It says non-members can also call them at (866) 454-8855.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutter Health says if you’re not currently a Sutter patient and wish to become one to make an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine once you become eligible, you can \u003ca href=\"https://mho.sutterhealth.org/registration/mho-enroll.html\">visit the Sutter Health sign-up page\u003c/a> and enroll.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"health\">\u003c/a>I Have a Health Condition or a Disability. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immunocompromised people who already got two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine can now get a third shot to boost their protection from COVID-19. Right now, only a very small group of people with compromised immune systems qualifies for the third dose, and people with other conditions like diabetes or heart disease are not currently included. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html\">Read the CDC’s list clarifying exactly who is eligible\u003c/a> and get information about \u003ca href=\"#where\">how immunocompromised people can make an appointment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read \u003ca href=\"https://lighthouse-sf.org/mc-events/lighthouse-hq-covid-19-vaccination-site-4/?mc_id=10396\">more information about the vaccination clinic previously run by \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://lighthouse-sf.org/mc-events/lighthouse-hq-covid-19-vaccination-site-4/?mc_id=10396\">LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://lighthouse-sf.org/mc-events/lighthouse-hq-covid-19-vaccination-site-4/?mc_id=10396\">, \u003c/a>and about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11868661/faced-with-inaccessible-systems-sfs-lighthouse-launches-vaccine-pop-up-for-disability-community\">inaccessibility of vaccination systems faced by many disabled Californians\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"residency\">\u003c/a>Do I Have to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine in My County?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11856436\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11856436\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main.jpg\" alt=\"Nurse in PPE administers vaccine\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1270\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main-800x529.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main-1020x675.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Vaccination-Main-1536x1016.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nurse Bethlehem Gurmu (L) receives a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from public health nurse Kathy Luu as staff members are vaccinated at the Ararat Nursing Facility in the Mission Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2021. Residents and staff at long-term care facilities are on the CDC’s highest priority list for vaccinations. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Proving that you live or work in a particular place is most likely to be relevant if you’re getting your vaccine through the county system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area counties get their vaccine supplies from the state, and a county’s public health department will distribute them from there. As a general rule, because of limited vaccine supply, counties are limiting those vaccine appointments to people who either live or work in that county. So if you get your vaccine appointment through the county in which you live or work, be sure to take note of whether there’s residency or employment verification required, and bring it to your appointment if so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you live and work in two different counties? Bay Area counties are vaccinating people who live \u003cem>or\u003c/em> work in that county, which means you could live in, say, Contra Costa County but commute to work in Alameda County, and still get vaccinated by Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>When you find and schedule appointments for a vaccination site through the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn\u003c/a> tool, however, you \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> need to be a resident or a worker in that particular county where the vaccination site is based.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll see an “IMPORTANT NOTE” on My Turn once you get to the appointment scheduling stage, which warns you that because some clinics offered to you might be outside your county of residence, you should check that county’s “official government website to make sure you are eligible to be vaccinated in that County, otherwise your appointment could be cancelled.” Although it’s still a good idea to check a county’s rules, a California Department of Public Health spokesperson says this note is more to reflect “the minority of clinics” that restrict vaccination to county residents. So you shouldn’t worry too much about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health systems like Kaiser Permanente get their vaccine supplies direct from the state, and because they’re not a part of the county system, they can also schedule patients for an appointment in a county even if they don’t live or work in that county.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"county\">\u003c/a>How Is My County Vaccinating Its Residents and Workers?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11860590\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11860590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1431\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut-800x596.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut-1020x760.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS15320_iStock_000019582990_Medium-qut-1536x1145.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How is your county vaccinating people right now? (Pictured: Lake Merritt in Oakland) \u003ccite>(miteemaus5/iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Remember, all California counties are now vaccinating all residents and workers ages 16 and older. Not all counties may be offering third doses to eligible immunocompromised people yet through county sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/vaccines\">Alameda County’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://primarybio.queue-it.net/?c=primarybio&e=alcovaxsignup&ver=v3-ruby-3.6.1&cver=36&man=Alameda%20Queue%20Action&t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.primarybio.com%2Fr%2Falco-vax-signup\">vaccine sign-up form\u003c/a>. (If in Berkeley, see below as well.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call the Alameda County Community Vaccination POD hotline: 510-208-4VAX (4829)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>City of Berkeley COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-vaccine/\">the city of Berkeley’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/CABERKE/signup/22371\">vaccine interest list\u003c/a>. (The city of Berkeley has its own public health department, but also \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-vaccine/#signup\">recommends residents\u003c/a> sign up for Alameda County’s notifications.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11872056/contra-costa-is-offering-vaccines-no-matter-where-you-live\">Contra Costa County is now vaccinating anyone\u003c/a> regardless of where they live, even if that’s outside the county. \u003ca href=\"https://covidvaccine.cchealth.org/COVIDVaccine/\">Make an appointment through Contra Costa Health Services\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call Contra Costa Health Services: 1-833-829-2626\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marin County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/vaccine\">Marin County’s vaccination webpage \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/vaccine/status\">vaccination options page\u003c/a> (includes links to making appointments) and \u003ca href=\"https://marincountyhc.jotform.com/210187732830049\">vaccine interest form.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Marin residents without internet access can call 833-641-1988 (Marin says that people eligible to get help from this call center are ages 65 or older, living with disabilities and ages 18 or older, in need of home care or personal assistance, need language interpretation (including ASL), have limited or no internet access or need help arranging transportation.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Napa County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/3096/COVID-19-Vaccines\">Napa County’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/501be721c77f4d44b00d9c3811637811\">vaccine interest sign-up form\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call the Napa County Public Information Call Center at 707-253-4540\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>City and County of San Francisco COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/covid-19-vaccine-san-francisco\"> San Francisco’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call the San Francisco call center designed to help people who are 65 and older and those with disabilities who are unable to easily access the internet or schedule an appointment through their provider: 628-652-2700.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Mateo County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.smchealth.org/covid-19-vaccination\">San Mateo County’s vaccination webpage\u003c/a> and \u003ca 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"which\">\u003c/a>Which Vaccine Should I Get?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11869279\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11869279\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1802\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-800x563.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-1536x1081.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-2048x1441.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-1306576537-1920x1351.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dose of the new one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at a vaccination event March 11, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The COVID-19 vaccines being offered at vaccination sites in California at present are made by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson/Janssen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 23, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-science-business-europe-coronavirus-vaccine-839bf6a7c857b25df04078402b4d7b8a?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter\">U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccinations\u003c/a> following a recommendation by an expert panel. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the benefits of the single-dose COVID-19 shot outweigh a rare risk of blood clots. This means use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is allowed again in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No similar issues have been reported for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. A similar issue has occurred in Europe with the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is not authorized in the U.S. Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca use a different type of vaccine system than Pfizer and Moderna. \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question1\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Read more about the effectiveness of the vaccines. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember that if you’re making an appointment for someone who’s under 18, make sure the vaccine offered is the Pfizer vaccine. This vaccine was previously available for young people ages 16+, and has now been expanded to ages 12-15, who will be able to get their shot in California starting May 13. Read more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873290/covid-vaccines-for-ages-12-15-in-california-find-an-appointment-near-you\">making a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine appointment for those aged 12-15,\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As eligibility expands, more and more appointments will hopefully be clearly labeled at the booking stage with their vaccine type so that you can be sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">The CDC says that you should “get any COVID-19 vaccine that is available when you are eligible,”\u003c/a> and that you shouldn’t wait for one specific type over another. All currently authorized and recommended COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, says the CDC, and they don’t recommend one vaccine over another. So basically: Take the shot you’re offered at the appointment you’re able to get. Even if you try to “pick” one, you’ll probably find that difficult to do, given low supply and that appointments often aren’t offered by vaccine type.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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