Counties, like the rest of the nation, continue to grapple with
severe vaccine shortages, waiting on doses delayed by last week’s
Midwest storm and forced to place vaccination clinics large and
small on standby.
The California Department of Public Health is attempting to
distribute the dosed received by California in the following
manner: 70 percent of each county’s allocation is determined by
the number of residents aged 65 and older in the county, while 30
percent is adjusted based on the number of workers in the
following eligible sectors: food and agriculture, education, and
emergency services.
CSAC continues to raise concerns about the Blue Shield third
party administrator (TPA) and statewide My Turn implementation. Top issues
include adding “geofencing” capability to MyTurn to allow only
residents to access a county’s supply – at least as long as
vaccines are scarce and equity needs to be enforced, contract
language from the TPA to the counties, and data accuracy.
