Starting now, Humboldt County residents looking to receive a COVID-19 vaccine need to register through the state’s My Turn site as part of a transition to Blue Shield taking over vaccine distribution and registration. According to the county’s release, residents who filled out the county’s vaccine interest form will have to do so again on […]
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Breaking Down a Dizzying Week of COVID-19 and What it Means for Humboldt
When Humboldt County Health Officer Ian Hoffman sat virtually before the Board of Supervisors on March 9 to offer an update on the local COVID-19 response, his tone was cautiously optimistic. “It feels like we’re really at a point of palpable change in this pandemic,” he told the board, noting that case rates and hospitalizations […]
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Phasing in of New State Vaccine System Set to Begin Today
State health officials announced Friday that all counties will start playing by the same rulebook today, when Blue Shield will take over distribution of vaccines in California. A patchwork of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility policies that differ from county to county has deeply frustrated Californians. So state officials hired Blue Shield, one of the state’s largest […]
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Californians Ask: Where Are Our COVID Vaccines?
With Californians growing desperate to protect themselves from COVID-19 and put the pandemic behind them, many want to know: where a re their vaccines? State officials have mostly pointed to insufficient federal supply as the culprit for a slower than expected vaccine rollout. About 4.7 million doses have been sent to the state, not including […]