Icy weather and bone chilling temperatures around the country continue to hamper distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines.
The California public health department is reporting delays in air shipments of vaccines all over the state as a result of the massive storm that slammed southern and Midwestern states this week.
White House coronavirus adviser Andy Slavitt said Friday that the weather has created a three-day delay in shipments impacting about six million doses.
It’s the latest hiccup in a changing and confusing vaccine roll out.
Marin County was forced to cancel some vaccine appointments Friday as a result of delayed shipments and a large clinic at SFO may need to slow down its current pace.
Who gets a shot, when and where is as confusing as ever in Santa Clara County, conceded supervisor Joe Simitian during an online forum on Thursday.
"We really do have to stress that these are on the one hand up to the minute, on the other hand seemingly changing with every minute. And I regret that."
The state has now contracted with Blue Shield to take over vaccine distribution in the hopes that it will speed up and streamline the process.
"So we have a few more weeks of the current allocation approach, at which time Blue Shield will be operating the different allocation system," said Santa Clara County Council James Williams.
People can continue to go to pharmacies, doctors’ offices and large healthcare systems to get the shots, but Blue Shield will be in charge of deciding how many shots go to each location.
The change does not mean the state will get more doses overall, but the hope is that the current process will speed up.
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