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Health Care Center hosts vaccine event Community members receive first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine
FDA, CDC recommend third vaccine shot for some Extra dose authorized for immunocompromised individuals By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are now recommending that immunocompromised individuals across the nation receive a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Late Thursday evening, the Food and Drug Administration authorized a third dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to be given to immunocompromised patients. The move by the FDA expands the emergency use authorizations for both vaccines, allowing immunocompromised individuals to receive a third shot of the vaccine to increase immunity to the virus. The order applies specifically to individuals who are organ transplant recipients or diagnosed with “conditions that are considered to have an equivalent level of immunocompromise,” according to a news release from the FDA. “The country has entered yet another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the FDA is especially cognizant that immunocompromised people are particularly at risk for severe disease. After a thorough review of the available data, the FDA determined that this small, vulnerable group may benefit from a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Vaccines,” Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in a statement. “Today’s action allows doctors to boost immunity in certain immunocompromised individuals who need extra protection from COVID-19. As we’ve previously stated, other individuals who are fully vaccinated are adequately protected and do not need an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine at this time.” Please see DOSES on A3
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Lizbeth Coronado, left, and her mother Idolina Bernabe show off the spots where they got their Covid-19 vaccine doses during a vaccine clinic at the Santa Barbara Health Care Center on Friday.
By MADISON HIRNEISEN
Members of the public chose which vaccine they’d like to receive — the Johnson & Johnson, Moderna or Pfizer — during a vaccination event held at the Santa Barbara Health Care Center on Friday.
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The Santa Barbara Health Care Center expanded its vaccine efforts on Friday, offering shots to members of the public in addition to health center patients. Since the end of January, the Santa Barbara Health Care Center has doled out shots exclusively to its patients and a few members of the public through weekly vaccination clinics. During the peak of the vaccine effort, 100 to 120 patients received the vaccine at each event, but that has since tapered to about 16 to 20 per event, Paola Hurtado, the health care center administrator, told the News-Press. Friday’s event was the first time the staff widely advertised the clinic to members of the public in advance, offering walk-in appointments for all community members. The clinic was meant to break down barriers for vaccine access as well as celebrate National Health Care Centers Please see VACCINES on A2
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Results will impact redistricting efforts By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
While California is set to lose a congressional seat in the House of Representatives due to sluggish population growth, the slow and steady growth Santa Barbara County saw in recent decades largely remained intact, according to the results of the 2020 census released Thursday. According to the census results, Santa Barbara County had a population of 448,229 as of April 1, 2020. This is a population shift of about 24,300 people when compared to 2010 census data, which recorded a population of 423,895. While additional data, such as population breakdown by age, sex and race, is still forthcoming, the small population increase largely mirrors what the census has tracked in the county in years past, said Douglas Johnson, the president of the National Demographics Corporation, a consulting firm that assists local jurisdictions with redistricting. “Historically, much of Santa Barbara County has (seen) very slow growth,” Mr. Johnson told Please see CENSUS on A3
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