A\nvaccine for the COVID-19 disease may not yet be available, but the State of\nCalifornia is preparing a vaccination plan for its nearly 40 million residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On\nOctober 16th, 2020, California took a step closer to protecting its population\nby submitting a plan to federal authorities on its upcoming vaccination\ncampaign against COVID-19. The plan addresses who will get the vaccine first,\nhow the vaccine will be distributed, and logistic concerns, such as storage and\ntransportation. EMTs, Paramedics, and other first responders would be among the\nfirst to receive the vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vaccine\nrollout is expected in several phases. During the first phase of the\nvaccination program, the vaccine will go to those at the highest risk of death\nfrom exposure, such as first responders, health care workers, and nursing home\nresidents. As vaccine supply increases, the general population (along with\npeople in the first phase who did not receive a vaccine previously) will\nreceive the vaccine. Eventually surplus doses will be received and stored to\nvaccinate anyone in the general population who did not receive a dose earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Storage\nand transport of the vaccine is another concern in planning for the state-wide\nvaccination program. Pfizer’s vaccine, currently considered the most likely\nvaccine to complete trials and become available for use, can only be stored in\na regular refrigerator for about 24 hours. Long term storage of this vaccine\nwill require special refrigeration techniques not normally found in the typical\ndoctor’s office. Other vaccines in the study have less strenuous storage\nrequirements and could instead use a \u201ccold-chain\u201d storage and distribution\nsystem, similar to what was used for the H1N1 vaccination program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More information from the CDC on the requirements for state vaccination distribution programs can be found here<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A vaccine for the COVID-19 disease may not yet be available, but the State of California is preparing a vaccination plan for its nearly 40 million residents. On October 16th, 2020, California took a step closer to protecting its population by submitting a plan to federal authorities on its upcoming...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[30,35,94],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ems","tag-california","tag-covid-19","tag-vaccine-distribution-plan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emsmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/15363358_m.jpg?fit=2509%2C1672&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emsmatters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}