Down 50 - 43?

Keegan?

Too bad they didn't have over 7 months to prepare and a Harvard degree leading the system... oh, they did.

Congrats to UCDMC. I read a doc there saying "It's about getting vaccines in arms." As close to urgency as I've read.

I've heard his A League IM teams won multiple championships. The players loved him, and he was part of our championship team.

Triton's first Big West win.

Women's basketball has the HC / AC dynamic.

SRC is a former 22-year Federal prosecutor.

shipwreckedcrew@shipwreckedcrew

"So, its okay now to dine indoors in NY.
Who could have guessed that in the middle of the cold and flu season in NY, but right at the end of the Trump Administration, that Cuomo and DeBlasio would find health conditions improved so much? Amazing the curative effects of Georgia"

Blame slow rollout on the software. (2 systems)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/ktla.com/news/local-news/software-snag-partially-blamed-for-californias-slow-covid-19-vaccine-rollout/amp/

ABC 10 News - Jan 6th

"The state began receiving the Pfizer vaccine in mid December. So far, more than 454,000 doses have made it to arms, but counties are sitting on roughly 1.29 million doses, with another 911,000 doses on the way."

"A lead member of the state’s coronavirus vaccine advisory committee has growing concerns that a majority of the vaccines could be wasted.

"...There are literally hundreds of thousands of doses out there sitting in warehouses while you have nursing home residents and staff…who are waiting to be vaccinated,” Mike Wasserman told ABC 7 in the Bay Area."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.abc10.com/amp/article/news/health/coronavirus/vaccine/why-california-has-been-slow-on-the-vaccine-rollout/103-5a49c6f3-af0f-4fb4-970f-f2ca3363a00f

San Jose Mercury News

Lagging behind most of the US, California in mad dash to distribute COVID-19 vaccines

California ranks 43rd nationwide for its vaccine rollout.

Young DC (34) & OC (32).

Others:

Kenny Dillingham, Florida State OC (31)
Matt Guerrieri, Duke, Co-DC (30)
Glenn Schumann, Georgia, co-DC (30)
Zach Kittley, Houston Baptist, OC (29)
Tommy Rees, Notre Dame, OC (28)
Charlie Weis Jr. ., South Florida, OC (27)

Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo

"We simply cannot stay closed until the vaccine hits critical mass. The cost is too high. We will have nothing left to open. We must reopen the economy, but we must do it smartly and safely."

https://twitter.com/VictorJoecks/status/1348694929476734976?s=20

MUST READ - New York Post

"In a single day, Israel immunizes more people against COVID-19 than New York City has in total since receiving its first vaccine shipment on Dec. 14. The two have similar populations, but 1.6 million Israelis have gotten jabbed and just 168,000 Gothamites have."

https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/heres-how-new-york-can-get-its-shot-together-and-beat-covid-19/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Nice clips.

No one said it was "easy", but it ain't an Apollo mission. Simple steps as stated above - advance "outreach", education, PRIORITIZE black and Latino communities. Priority for bilingual staffers.

I'm not going to ignore blatant, repeated blunders like our New York Gov who seeks media attention while tens of thousands of senior citizens die, alone.

Cuomo:
1. Didn't order Ventilators (POTUS bailed him out)
2. Didn't have adequate hospital beds (" ")
3. Didn't use USS Comfort while sending infected seniors back into nursing homes
4. Didn't use Javits Center
5. Not prepared for vaccine rollout for critical Fall season

Good points. But for a 'pandemic' / 'emergency', they had 6+ months to prepare, and many aren't impressed. Common sense rare.

What happens if we someday have a virus w a 5% mortality?

My understanding is that the African American & Latino communities are getting hammered (probably partly due to higher obesity rates), so that should have been a HIGH & EARLY PRIORITY to provide multiple pathways.

Last summer I would have brought in black and Catholic churches (Latinos), and Costco (sharp organization), and strategized this for mass roll out. "Outreach" with bilingual members of the community, in advance, to prime the pump.

(Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida did fast track about 50 highway projects during the early shutdown, taking advantage of limited traffic. Just like we did 30 years ago on the collapsed Bay Bridge.)

Josh Caplan@joshdcaplan

NYT: 66% of New York City’s vaccine doses sit unused

Star Tribune: OPINION EXCHANGE

What ails vaccine rollout is too much management, not too little

- Gov'ts requiring new certification to administer Covid vaccine?!
- Confusion over eligibility
- lack of capacity (normal channels cut out)

Related:
- Cuomo vs deBlasio turf war: ironically, deBlasio coming off rational
- Politico: "30 doses were flushed down the toilet in Albany when they went unused at a nursing home, the Times Union reports"
- Newsday: Cuomo's order: $1 million fines, licenses in peril for COVID-19 vaccine fraud in NY

Author's suggestions (partial):
- simple 65 years of age cut off
- allow broader channels
- community groups (Catholic church's might be perfect)

Reader comments claims the Dakotas & Iowa doing better than Minnesota.

https://m.startribune.com/what-ails-vaccine-rollout-is-too-much-management-not-too-little/600007536/

Los Angeles Times - Dec 29, 2020

Seven days, 29 killings: L.A. County’s deadliest week reveals pain, inequity and injustice

Crime up, homicides up over 20%

"...Law enforcement authorities, victims’ relatives, gang intervention workers and others attuned to the escalating violence say they believe the pandemic has contributed to the rise in killings, but the extent of its effect is unclear. Nerves are on edge. People are out of work. Institutions that might have stemmed the violence — schools, workplaces, community centers — are closed."

"...“I know there are a lot of factors, but there is a correlation with a lack of social engagement, job loss, isolation,” she said. “There’s a lot more to be understood about the impact of COVID on violence.” "

Gang intervention stopped.

"...“There’s anxiety gangbanging where folks just don’t care,” said Ben “Taco” Owens. “And they do things in broad daylight or randomly.” "

+1.

Regardless of party:

1. Ramp up vaccinations, at least 2 shifts, 7 days a week.
2. Especially given many (dozens?) of ERs going out of business because of unpaid bills from illegal immigrants, they should have expanded current facilities, and added new ones.

(It was previously reported by the LA Times that former Governor (businessman) Arnold Schwarzenegger created 3 massive, portable hospitals for such emergencies. With tight budgets, Governor Brown decided storage fees were too much, so he depleted the beds, tools & supplies.)

California & New York dropping the ball.

StephanieABC7@StephanieABC7

'Doses delayed': Nearly 900,000 COVID-19 vaccines stuck in transit across #California

"Only 35% of the 1.7 million doses sent to CA have been used"

Governor Newsom also had six months to prepare for the winter Covid surge, and should have known Latino-heavy SoCal would be hit hard.

Mark D. Levine@MarkLevineNYC

"Vaccination in New York City is basically only occurring during regular business hours. Very little on weekends. Almost none on holidays.

"We are in a war-like situation. We need to be vaccinating TWENTY FOUR-SEVEN. We are losing precious time."

Tony Crivello@NorCalBaseball

"So it has taken California 10 days to get less then 1% of our population the covid vaccine. At this rate the 70% we need to stop the spread will take 700 days. Not sure what Sacramento was doing last few months preparing for this but great job Clapping hands sign Thumbs up Ok hand 2023 looking good"