Vaccine Rollout in Santa Barbara County Moves Faster Than State
Next Group of Vaccine Recipients Anxious to Make Appointments
One of the greater challenges of vaccine distribution isn’t administering the actual doses, but sharing information about the vaccines to the public.
“The communications about the vaccinations have been really challenging because of the structure of the description of the system,” 2nd District Supervisor Gregg Hart said. “If we start off with jargon, with tiers and 1A and 1B and C, people will never catch up. They’ll never be comfortable with the system.”
Beyond the jargon Hart referenced, vaccine rollout has more challenges in Santa Barbara. Many seniors ages 75 and older, who are in the next group of people to receive vaccines, are anxious to make their appointments. Because of the state’s vaccine guidance, those wishing to make their appointments ahead of time don’t yet have the option to.
