Caitlin Antonios

California authorized paying OptumServe up to $221 million. But the company has helped with only 1% of the state’s vaccinations since January.

California autorizó el pago de OptumServe hasta $221 millones. Pero la compañía ha ayudado con solo el 1% de las vacunas del estado desde enero.

As harvest season approached, growers begged county officials to vaccinate their workers. But the state and counties didn’t prioritize vaccine doses for farmworkers in February. So the growers and doctors stepped in and set up their own clinics.

A medida que se acercaba la temporada de cosecha, los productores rogaron a los funcionarios del condado que vacunaran a sus trabajadores. Pero el estado y los condados no dieron prioridad a las dosis de vacunas para los trabajadores agrícolas en febrero. Entonces, los productores y los médicos intervinieron y establecieron sus propias clínicas.

A Los Angeles network of 19 community clinics had a plan to administer thousands of vaccine doses each week. But state officials said they’d have to wait. Why? Hospitals were prioritized over clinics that serve Latino, low-income communities.