{"id":100090,"date":"2021-03-01T17:09:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T01:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=100090"},"modified":"2021-03-01T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T01:09:12","slug":"covid-19-vaccine-effort-expands-to-teachers-other-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/03\/01\/covid-19-vaccine-effort-expands-to-teachers-other-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 vaccine effort expands to teachers, other workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-99711\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/COVID-vaccine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/COVID-vaccine-1.jpg 663w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/COVID-vaccine-1-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pool of residents eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations vastly expanded in Los Angeles County Monday, with teachers and other essential workers added to the list of those who qualify for vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>Workers in education and child care, food and agriculture, and law enforcement and emergency services all became eligible for shots &#8212; but health officials said those workers will have to be patient as vaccine supplies remain limited and staff are being trained to ensure only eligible people receive shots. The newly eligible workers represent anywhere from 1.2 million to 1.7 million people.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-61083049\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Therefore, it will take considerable time to vaccinate these groups, unless vaccine supply significantly increases,&#8221; said Dr. Paul Simon, chief science officer for the county Department of Public Health. &#8220;We urge the public&#8217;s patience as we work through this process as quickly as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County residents can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.lacounty.gov\/media\/Coronavirus\/vaccine\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vaccinatelacounty.com<\/a> to book appointments, or <a href=\"http:\/\/myturn.ca.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myturn.ca.gov<\/a> for eligibility questions.<\/p>\n<p>Residents age 65 and older also remain eligible for the shots, and the county&#8217;s public health director said last week roughly 700,000 of them are yet to receive their first dose. Health care workers are also still being vaccinated, along with residents and staff of long-term care and nursing facilities.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Simon said L.A. County expects to receive a total of 269,000 doses this week, up from 211,000 last week. With the county setting aside many doses for people who are due for the second shot of the two-dose regimen, a total of 103,000 doses will be available this week for the three sectors of workers and for people aged 65 and over.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-955756099\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"1123445647\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Of those 103,000 doses:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 35.8% will be allocated to people 65 and over;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 27.6% will go toward food and agriculture workers, including grocery workers;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 30.3% will be allocated for the education\/child care sector; and<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 6.2% will be directed to emergency services and law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This allocation is proportional to the size of the population in each sector as well as the size of the unvaccinated 65-plus population in the county,&#8221; Simon said. Workers in each of the sectors will also have to prove they are eligible to receive a vaccine. Full details are listed on the county&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-1824925044\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3379919808\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;For each sector, workers will be required to show proof of their identity, with a photo ID, and proof that they reside or work in L.A. County,&#8221; Simon said. &#8220;A government ID is not required, just some identification with a photo. Demonstrating that they work in one of the eligible sectors will also be required, and there are a number of ways to provide documentation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said some of the ways people can provide documentation is a employee badge with the names of the worker and the employer, a pay stub with an address, a California food handler card or some other type of official license.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom has mandated that 10% of all vaccine supply received in the state be immediately set aside for teachers, child care workers and other school staff. But dividing the education allocation among the 80 school districts in Los Angeles County will be a weekly challenge.\u00a0To address the issue, the county has devised a complex formula aimed at doling out the vaccine in an equitable manner.\u00a0Of the doses allocated to the education sector each week, 9% will be automatically directed to private schools in the county, reflecting the percentage of county students they serve.<\/p>\n<p>The 80 individual school districts in the county &#8212; excluding those in Long Beach and Pasadena, which have their own health departments &#8212; will be divided into five groups. Remaining available doses will be divided among those groups based on a formula that evaluates factors of overall student enrollment; the percentage of students living in poverty &#8212; based on those eligible for free or reduced-price lunches; COVID case rates in each community; and whether schools have already been providing in-person services for higher-need students.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom and state legislative leaders announced a proposed deal Monday that would provide financial incentives for districts to resume in-person classes for pre-kindergarten through second grade by April 1.\u00a0The state has authorized shots beginning March 15 for anyone age 16 and over with an underlying health condition that puts them at higher risk for severe illness or death from COVID.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pool of residents eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations vastly expanded in Los Angeles County Monday, with teachers and other essential workers added to the list of those who qualify for vaccines. Workers in education and child care, food and agriculture, and law enforcement and emergency services all became eligible for shots &#8212; but health officials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,15,1499,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}