Critical healthcare workers waiting to be tested (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)
A Point of Dispensing (POD) site is set up to begin vaccinations on January 5 at the Victory Park parking lot.
By News Desk
Vaccinations will not be available to the general public at this site. PPHD is working through the tiers set by the Federal government and the California Department of Public Health.
Accordingly, PPHD will administer COVID-19 vaccines to critical healthcare workers, including staff of skilled nursing facilities and dialysis centers.
A maskless person walking his dogs close to the testing site (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)
L.A. County Health Department has released a myth busting cheat-sheet for the COVID-19 Vaccine. The document addresses the Top 10 most circulated myths surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine.
Myth 9
Myth: Black and Latinx communities are being singled out to get the vaccine because it hasn’t really been proven to be safe.
Facts: There are certainly historical reasons for Black and Latinx communities to fear being singled out. The concern is justified because people of color and marginalized groups have, in the past, been coerced and subjugated to participating in drug trials and medical procedures without informed consent, patient protections, or ethical practices. That is not the case here, however. Black and Latinx communities have not been singled out to get the vaccine. But groups are being offered the vaccine based on the risks faced by the people in the group. So, the answer is NO to singling anyone out but YES, Black and Latinx communities could be offered the vaccines earlier than other communities where infection, hospitalization and death rates have not been as high.
My husband and I ,,, both almost 80 years and with some serious
Chronic conditions, would like to get the Covid 19 vaccine ASAP.
We would like a reservation for any time on Thursday at Victory
Park or any where else where it is being distributed,
Thank yiou.