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Essential Workers, Others at High-Risk Push Back on State’s Age-Based Vaccine Rollout - Voice and Viewpoint

Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media COVID-19 vaccine distribution has been a complex puzzle for California’s state and local governments so far, with efforts to vaccinate as many people as possible coming up against a limited statewide supply, technology issues with appointments and protests from anti-vaxxers. On Jan. 25, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced multiple actions […]

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