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Santa Clara County will not provide Good Samaritan any more doses of COVID-19 vaccine unless it follows the rules, a sanction issued by health officials after this news organization reported hospital leaders allowed an affluent school district to skip the line and get vaccinated ahead of seniors and other vulnerable populations. “Good Samaritan’s actions are...
South Bay hospital allowed teachers to skip the line for COVID-19 vaccines
Teachers and staff at an affluent South Bay school district can skip the line and get a COVID-19 vaccine — by pretending to be health care workers — at the behest of Good Samaritan Hospital, according to an email obtained by San José Spotlight. Teachers can’t get vaccines in Santa Clara County yet. The county...
Valley Water directors move ahead with Pacheco Pass dam as price skyrockets
Valley Water leaders are moving forward with developing a new dam at Pacheco Pass in south Santa Clara County, despite recently learning that the price tag had doubled since 2019. “It seems to me that the directors of the water district need to take every extreme measure we can find to continue this project, moving...
Santa Clara County gives green light for previously paused Moderna vaccine
County health officials are now instructing local hospitals to begin administering a lot of Moderna vaccines paused earlier this week due to a potential increased risk of allergic reactions. Santa Clara County received about 21,800 doses of the Moderna Lot 41L20A distributed at the beginning of January, and more than 330,000 of these doses were...
Santa Clara County has yet to post data on the demographics of people vaccinated
Despite a pledge to ensure equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution, Santa Clara County has not posted data on the race or ethnicity of the people it inoculates. Advocates say after COVID-19 took a disproportionate toll on communities of color — including those in Santa Clara County — local health officials should be recording the race of...
Kaiser moves vaccine eligibility back up to patients 75 and older
The only private health care provider in Santa Clara County to vaccinate people under 74 has changed course. After vaccinating people 65 and up for several days, Kaiser Permanente has changed its COVID-19 vaccine age eligibility back to patients 75 years and over — despite California allowing people 65 and up to get vaccinated. The...
Santa Clara County releases new online dashboard to track vaccinations
More than a week after Santa Clara County revealed it has administered less than half its allocated COVID-19 vaccines, the county launched a new online dashboard to track the number shots given in the South Bay. The dashboard lists all 16 vaccine providers in the county, the source of the vaccine allocation (federal, state or...
Amid rising COVID-19 deaths, why isn’t Santa Clara County shutting down like it did in March?
Morgues are on the brink of overflowing. Hospitals have fewer beds for patients by the day. More than 1,100 people have died. Yet, in Santa Clara County, people can still shop for perfumes, phones and clothes at the mall. It’s a stark difference from nearly a year ago when officials closed everything down — all nonessential...
Santa Clara County to stop administering Moderna vaccine lot
After struggling for weeks to expand the South Bay’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Santa Clara County officials are now warning that a specific batch of doses shouldn’t be administered because of an increased risk of allergic reactions. Santa Clara County received about 21,800 doses of the Moderna Lot 41L20A distributed Jan. 5 and Jan. 12. More...
Your COVID-19 vaccine questions, answered
Vaccines for COVID-19 have been slowly rolling out for more than a month now, but questions linger about its availability, who is eligible to receive the vaccine and how much it protects you. Many residents faced confusion, long wait times and inaccurate information about how to get an appointment a day after vaccine eligibility opened...
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