Can’t get vaccinated? San Francisco will convey the shot to your house or workplace
You can’t come to a vaccination center? San Francisco will bring the COVID-19 vaccine into residents’ homes, workplaces and private events through a new program called “Vax to You,” health officials said this week.
The mobile vaccine unit has been in operation since February, delivering 6,000 doses to people in vulnerable populations who may have difficulty getting to locations, such as senior citizens in care facilities and the homeless. Now anyone in groups of five to twelve, anywhere, can get Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, or Pfizer vaccines for free and by appointment.
The program comes as the city pushes to increase vaccination rates as the number of COVID-19 cases rises, Mayor London Breed told. 84 percent of San Franciscans have at least their first dose, but there is still a void to fill in black and Latino communities – only 64 percent of the black population and 74 percent of Latinos received their first shot.
“We have to make sure these communities get the vaccine because what we’re seeing now, with nearly 100 people in the hospital, most of those people are African American and Latino,” Breed said at a press conference at the Sheba Piano Lounge.
Breed said we are in the “ninth inning” of the pandemic and the recent surge in the Delta variant means we will have to limit ourselves to vaccinations and wearing masks for a little longer.
“Just because we’re sick of COVID-19, just because we’re sick of all the rules and regulations and being told what to do, just because we’re sick of it, doesn’t mean we’re sick of it,” Breed said. “It’s not gone because we want it to be gone. So that means we have to do more. “
Although there have been cases of vaccinated populations lately, the city’s health director Dr. Grant Colfax that this is not a good time to be unvaccinated. Getting the vaccine could be life or death, he said.
“It can make all the difference whether you spend a few days at home in bed or a few weeks in the intensive care unit,” said Colfax. “So very important that people are vaccinated.”
Residents can schedule appointments Tuesday through Saturday by visiting sf.gov/vaxtoyou.
– Bay City News