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<\/p>\nSacramento, CA…After one of the most challenging years of our lives, there\u2019s a light at the end of the tunnel\u2014the COVID-19 vaccines are here, and my administration is working to ensure that no community is left behind.\u00a0 The COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. They are our best hope to end the pandemic. Getting a COVID-19 vaccine is free, even if you\u2019re undocumented or don\u2019t have health insurance.<\/p>\n
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After the federal government authorized the use of the vaccines back in December, our own Western States Scientific Safety Review Group confirmed that the vaccines are safe. The Panel includes nationally acclaimed scientists, many from California, with expertise in public health.<\/p>\n
Although supplies of the vaccine are limited right now, we\u2019re working in close partnership with the federal government to get more vaccines into the state. And we\u2019re working hard to build a system for swiftly and safely vaccinating Californians with equity at the forefront.<\/p>\n
While supply of vaccine is constrained, we\u2019re prioritizing vaccines for the Californians most at risk\u2013including health care workers, individuals 65 and older, and workers in education and child care, emergency services and food and agriculture. That means grocery store workers, restaurant workers, farmworkers, those who work in food processing facilities and many others may now be prioritized. And we\u2019re working to ensure that the communities most impacted by COVID-19\u2013so often the communities of color and essential workers who have been sustaining us through this crisis\u2013can access the vaccine.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re investing in community-based organizations and partnering with trusted messengers who have been providing critical services and information to California\u2019s diverse communities during the pandemic so that they can help educate, motivate and activate people to get vaccinated when it\u2019s their turn. We\u2019re also building messaging through a public education campaign, creating in-language content with cultural humility and meeting Californians where they are\u2014literally, through the mobile vaccination sites that have deployed throughout the state to community centers, places of worship and health clinics.<\/p>\n
Vaccination sites are being set up throughout the state, and we\u2019re working closely with community partners to make sure that vaccines are distributed to those who have been hit the hardest by this virus.<\/p>\n