Homeless Update


FYI: Vaccine availability.                               01/02/21
 
I tried to get the following information from many county depts. I was told to ask my Pharmacist. He did not know and told me to ask the county. Just a continued “runaround.”
 
Thanks to Super. John Hidahi for the following information.
 
The Community Vaccine Advisory Committee (CVAC) a branch of California HHS and Dept of Public Health voted for the COVID-19 Vaccine distribution plan following Phase 1a. Proposed Phase 1b and 1c listed below. El Dorado County is currently distributing the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines according to Phase 1a with hopes for completion by January 2021.
 
Criteria studied include reduction of illness and death, risk of personal and occupational exposure and transmission, societal impact of one’s job, economic impacts and equity.
 
Phase 1a
·         Three Tiers prioritizing Healthcare Workers in acute care settings, Long-Term Care Facilities including residents, Emergency personnel, Dialysis center staff.
 
Phase 1b*
·         Tier 1
o   75+ years, all
o   Workers
      Education & Child Care, Emergency services, Food & agriculture.
·         Tier 2
o   65-74 years, high-risk, severe COVID due to pre-existing conditions & disabilities.
o   Workers
  Critical manufacturing, Facilities & services, Transportation & logistics
o   Settings with outbreak risk
        Incarcerated, Homelessness
Phase 1c*
o   65-74 years, remainder, not included in Phase 1b
o   16-64 years, high-risk, severe COVID due to pre-existing       conditions & disabilities
o   Workers
     Chemical, Communications/IT, Defense, Energy, Finance, Govt Ops community based, Water & Wastewater.
 
Now in play:
 
Phase 1a
·         Three Tiers prioritizing Healthcare Workers in acute care settings, Long-Term Care Facilities including residents, Emergency personnel, Dialysis center staff.
 
What we don’t know today is when sufficient quantities of the vaccine will arrive in El Dorado County with sufficient amount of vaccine to cover the rest of the population. This is a National problem and not a County problem.