{"id":1592,"date":"2021-02-05T09:43:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T09:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/NewsUpNow.org\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2024-02-08T00:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:53:14","slug":"covid-advisory-panel-rejects-higher-vaccine-priority-for-disabled-californians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsupnow.org\/news\/covid-advisory-panel-rejects-higher-vaccine-priority-for-disabled-californians\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID advisory panel rejects higher vaccine priority for disabled Californians"},"content":{"rendered":"


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An influential state committee holds fast, for now, to California’s decision to make age — not disability or chronic health condition — the primary criteria for getting a faster COVID vaccine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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An influential group of California health experts is holding fast for now to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to make age the primary criteria for getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The decision announced today dismayed advocates who hoped the group would recommend moving disabled people and those with chronic medical conditions <\/a>to the front of the line alongside those age 65 and older.<\/p>\n

“My disability makes my immune system very weak. When I get a simple cold it goes to my lungs and I have a hard time breathing,†Dina Garcia of Chatsworth wrote in advance<\/a> before Wednesday’s meeting of the state’s vaccine community advisory committee, where the decision was announced. “My doctor told me that if I get COVID, I may not survive. My worker (personal attendant) has already told me they would not take the vaccine. I am extremely worried that I will not survive this pandemic.â€<\/p>\n