As you may have heard, at the end of Tuesday’s City Council meeting, City Manager Scott Chadwick announced he would take a couple of days off to recover from COVID-19. So, the team here at the City Manager’s Office is taking over today’s edition. We have passed along all of your well wishes, which have buoyed Scott’s spirits as he rests at home.
Now, for today’s updates …
Vaccine news
At yesterday’s county news conference officials acknowledged the frustration over the slower than anticipated vaccine distribution process, but made this point: at least we are the stage of the pandemic when we’re debating details of administering the vaccine, not waiting for a vaccine to be approved.
Progress is, in fact, being made on vaccine distribution. To date, about 51,000 San Diegans have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The total only includes vaccines that have been recorded in the San Diego Immunization Registry, which typically lags several days behind. Also, some health care providers, including Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, some tribal entities and prisons do not report to the immunization registry.
Currently in San Diego County, everyone in what is called Tier 1A (see image below) is now eligible to get vaccinated. There are not enough doses to cover everyone in their tier yet, but there will be. If you are in any of these categories and have not yet made arrangements to be vaccinated, contact your health care provider right away.
