[conspire] (forw) Fwd: San Mateo County COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Leo (yaconsult at gmail.com):

> The booster shots are now available at not only clinics and vaccination
> sites but at all pharmacies.

Also Kaiser Permanente installations.  Their Redwood City venue was
reasonably orderly, yesterday -- in contrast to the aforementioned event
at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds ("Event Center"), that by all
accounts had severe opening-day problems.

https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/large-interest-in-covid-booster-clinic-at-san-mateo-county-event-center/article_b3e6beea-36c9-11ec-a692-6bdca40c9a47.html

  People lining up for COVID booster shots spurred a traffic snarl
  around the San Mateo County Event Center Tuesday, prompting police to
  issue an advisory for others to avoid the area or use alternative
  routes.

  The advisory came out about 3 p.m. on the day that booster shots for
  Johnson & Johnson and Moderna vaccines became available. Previously,
  only Pfizer booster shots were available.

https://climaterwc.com/2021/10/26/booster-shots-in-demand-long-line-of-cars-at-san-mateo-event-center-clinic/

  Booster shots in demand: Long line of cars at San Mateo Event Center clinic

  On social media, NBC Bay Area reporter Janelle Wang shared video from
  the station’s news helicopter showing a long line of cars waiting for
  COVID-19 booster shots at the San Mateo County Event Center today.

  Last Thursday, the CDC expanded eligibility for booster shots to
  millions of more Americans. Booster doses for all three vaccines
  available in the U.S., including those by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson &
  Johnson, are offered at the Event Center, located at 1346 Saratoga Drive
  in San Mateo. The Event Center is open on Tuesdays from noon to 7 p.m.
  and Wednesdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  To ease crowding at the booster clinic, San Mateo County Health
  recommends that community members make an appointment in advance by
  going here (https://myturn.ca.gov/).  For additional clinics and
  schedules in San Mateo County, go here
  (https://www.smchealth.org/vaccine-clinic-calendar).

In other news, FDA and CDC seem on-track to roll out Pfizer vax for age
5-11, starting early November (if FDA and CDC approval occur as expected).
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/10/26/1049372524/fda-panel-recommends-pfizer-vaccine-for-kids-ages-5-to-11

  FDA advisory panel recommends Pfizer vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11

  A panel of independent advisers to the Food and Drug Administration is
  recommending that the agency issue an emergency use authorization for
  the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 years old. The vote
  was 17 in favor and one abstention.
  [...]

  The agency typically goes along with the advice of its expert panels,
  though it isn't bound to do so. It will issue a decision within the next
  several days. If the FDA authorizes the vaccine for these younger
  children, as seems likely, another panel of experts advising the Centers
  for Disease Control and Prevention would make its own recommendations
  and offer guidelines next week on its use among this age group.
  [...]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/27/covid-delta-variant-live-updates/

  With FDA authorization expected as soon as Friday, states already
  placing orders for pediatric vaccine

  The Food and Drug Administration is aiming to grant emergency use
  authorization to the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children
  ages 5 to 11 on Friday, according to federal officials familiar with the
  plans.

  While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has the final say
  in the vaccine’s authorization for that age group, states already are
  gearing up to acquire the necessary doses.
  [...]