Doctors can also offer the vaccine to high-risk people who do not fall into categories set by health officials. But the month-long wait for clarity, combined with the vagueness about which disabled residents do and do not qualify under the new policy, have only deepened frustrations. Neither California, nor the US, has comprehensively tracked how many disabled residents have died of Covid-19. “The decision to not prioritize disabled and high-risk people is essentially a death sentence,” said Hill. The governor’s office did not directly respond to a request from the Guardian for a comment, nor did the state’s Covid-19 vaccine taskforce.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2021 11:01 UTC