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See the COVID-19 vaccination program at Foster Farms in Livingston The Foster Farms poultry processing plant in Livingston started on-site vaccinations against COVID-19 March 2, 2021. By Marijke Rowland captions and subtitles off, selected The Foster Farms poultry processing plant in Livingston started on-site vaccinations against COVID-19 March 2, 2021.
By Marijke Rowland Gov. Gavin Newsom and administration officials provided more detail Thursday to back up their decision to include a vaccine equity metric in business reopening plans, arguing that inoculating the state’s most vulnerable residents will accelerate a safe return to normalcy.
On Wednesday evening, Newsom administration officials unveiled a new plan to ensure vaccines reach California’s most disadvantaged communities and speed up economic reopening, which drew praise for its focus on equity but criticism for making yet another change to the state’s reopening rules.
Under the new plan, the state will target 40% of its vaccine doses to its most disadvantaged neighborhoods, those in the bottom quartile of the “ Healthy Places Index ,” a measure of poverty and other factors including residents’ housing status and education level. Once 2 million people from those communities have been vaccinated, the state will make it easier for counties to […]
