Collaborative efforts helping California's farmworkers access COVID-19 vaccine
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More than 1,000 farmworkers in California’s Santa Clara County will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at pop-up clinics happening through today, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. “The people who were doing the hardesCollaborative efforts helping California's farmworkers access COVID-19 vaccine
More than 1,000 farmworkers in California’s Santa Clara County will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at pop-up clinics happening through today, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. “The people who were doing the hardest work picking the fruit and processing it were the most hard hit by COVID-19, and it continues,” Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez said in the article. “The best way we can honor our frontline workers is what we’re doing today, which is getting them vaccinations.” The mobile clinic, a collaborative effort between United Farm Workers (UFW), UFW Foundation, Monterey Mushrooms, and the county, is the first to target farmworkers in the region. More than 120 farmworkers were also vaccinated at another clinic, in Southern California’s Ventura County. The UFW groups again organized it, this time with Muranaka Farm Inc. and the county. A second clinic targeting 500 farmworkers there is also set for the weekend. The union is hoping their efforts are replicated: “The collaborative approach could serve as a model for other regions of the state,” it said. Read more