Vaccine update: What we know in the 9 Bay Area counties now

We took another close look at the vaccine rollout in the San Francisco Bay Area this week and found that while scarcity of supply remains a problem, counties and health care providers are beginning to make progress with infrastructure for implementation, whether launching a dashboard reporting vaccine data or creating a mass vaccine site.

Here's what we've learned from our investigation into vaccines:

· Counties are administering vaccines based on the state’s prioritization framework, which is based on the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations.
· While county health departments are responsible for carrying out the state's plans, they make the final decision about when different groups of people will get the vaccine.
· County health departments are focused on vaccinating people without health plans or those who cannot access the vaccine elsewhere. If you have health insurance, you should check with your provider.
· While the state of California has given counties and health care providers the green light to vaccinate individuals ages 65 and older, in addition to health care workers, the overall lack of vaccine supply makes it difficult to administer vaccines to all seniors immediately.

SFGATE checked in with the nine Bay Area counties on their vaccine implementation. Here's what we found.

*Alameda*

Vaccine info: Find the county plan at covid-19.acgov.org.

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