The elderly in some parts of the country says they are deprived of the Covid-19 vaccines amid a continuous rise in cases, which increases the frustration of the new Trump administration policies that make it difficult to get shots.
Matthew de Ameko, 67, from New York City, said that one of the wings refused to manage his 75-year-old Covid-19 vaccines and his 75-year-old wife because they had no prescription. They are trying to have vaccination before the trip.
“I can’t believe that we cannot get,” the vaccine said in an interview “The vaccine.” I have received vaccination several times and never had to get a prescription. It is very frustrated that this is where we are. “
He is not alone in his discontent. Under the leadership of the Minister of Health and Humanitarian Services skeptical in vaccines, Robert F. Kennedy Junior, federal agencies have already made vaccination against Covid-19 this year. The Food and Drug Administration only has Covid-19 vaccines from 65 years old and over, as well as the youngest who suffer from basic health conditions.
This means throughout the country, people under the age of 65 must have a Covid-19 vaccine now to consult with the health care provider or “testify” to a pharmacy that they have a basic health condition. It is a potential obstacle that can make the vaccine more difficult, and some health experts worry, pushing more Americans to avoid vaccination.
D’Amico can also be seen as part of the “approved” group for it.
“For me to go to the introductory elections [healthcare provider] Now you get a prescription, it’s just a type of ridiculous. ”
At least some people under the age of 65 are facing pharmacy employees who ask the investigation questions about their medical conditions.
This happened on Friday at CVS in Orange County, according to Alex Benson, 34, who takes drugs that can suppress the immune system.
In addition to protecting himself only, he wanted to be vaccinated because he had members of the family at a great risk if they obtained a coffee-mother who was immunity, and his campaign was conducting an open-heart surgery on Thursday evening.
Penson said an employee asked why he believed that he was qualified to obtain the vaccine.
“They asked me either a prescription or wanted to know … Why did I feel I needed to vaccinate,” Penson said. At one point, one of the employees offered to contact his doctor for permission for the vaccine.
Penson said he was anxious about the questions, and began to “feel despair to take advantage of my case to the pharmacist.” Another biography came at a later time and said the additional answers were not necessary and that he simply witnessed that he was qualified was good enough. He finally got the vaccine.
However, he felt that the experience was terrible.
“I think easy access should be politics,” Penson said. “I am not inclined to be very political, but it seems to some extent to me that the ISIS Department is using the organization in this way. They are supposed to remove barriers in front of health care.”
The chaos of the vaccine comes because Covid-19 either increases or begins to reach its peak in late summer. According to the data released on Friday, there are now 14 states that have “very high” levels of the Coronavi virus discovered in wastewater – California, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Connecticut, Utah, Nevada, Idao, Hawaii, Alaska, as well as Colombia.
Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, head of the regional physician of infectious diseases of Caeser Bermeneity, southern California, said the data still shows an increase in the cases of Coronverus Virus.
“During the past week, we witnessed an increase in the number of external cases, and even a large group of internal cases,” Hudson said. “It seems that we may get closer to the top of the wave, but it may take two weeks or so until we really know if we are there.”
The rate in which the Coronavros Virus laboratory tests also confirm the rise in the state and in the Los Angeles region. For the week ending on August 30, a positive COVID test rate in California was 12.83 %, an increase of 7.05 % for the week ending August 2. In Los Angeles Province, the positive test rate was 14.83 %, an increase of 9.33 %.
However, other data indicates that some areas have reached their summer climax.
In Orange County, the Positive test rate was 13.1 %. This is less than the previous week rate of 18 %, but remains higher than the average week that ended on August 2, which was 10.8 %.
In San Francisco, the positive test rate was hovering about 9 % during the last week of reliable data available. It increases from 7 % in the previous month.
In addition, the wastewater data in Los Angeles decreased slightly from the previous week.
“It is too early to know whether this decrease in the viruses in wastewater is the first sign that Covid-19 activity is restricting or is the regular discrepancy in this data source,” said Los Angeles Public Health.
The Kofid Hospital in California – with the last rate of 3.93 acceptance per 100,000 people, is increasing, up from 2.38.
But it remains relatively low in the state and in Los Angeles Province. The Ministry of Public Health said that the population of the Los Angeles Province, who are looking for caring for diseases associated with COVID, or who were transferred to the hospital, were “little less than it was during the summer in 2023 and 2024.”
However, the relatively moderate summer wave may mean that the annual autumn and autumn wave may be stronger. In July, the state’s Ministry of Public Health said that scientists expect that California will witness either a stronger winter wave or a more important winter wave.
The current chaos on the Federal Covid vaccine policy has exacerbated by the chaos in the American centers to combat and prevent it, as Kennedy launched earlier this year everyone at the advisory committee in the immunization practices, and coordinated the director of CDC Susan Monares only after 29 days of confirming this position.
Some Kennedy alternatives that were carefully chosen on ACIP have criticized vaccines and published wrong information, according to Associated Press. The new temporary CDC director – Jim O’Neill, Kennedy’s deputy – is a critic Of health regulations and has no training in medicine or health care, AP said.
The Center for Disease Control did not issue its own recommendations regarding who should be vaccinated, and this failure to work led to the residents of a number of countries who need to obtain recipes from the health care provider at least in the next two weeks. In some cases, this is true even for the elderly, as D’Amico discovered.
As of Friday, CVS said that people need a prescription for a Covid-19 vaccine, sometimes dependent on their age, in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, UTAH, Virginia, West West, as well as the region Colombia.
CVS could not even present Covid-19 in its pharmacies in Nevada from Friday; It was only available on the company’s Minuteclinic sites, according to Amy Thibauet spokeswoman.
CVS said it expected to provide Covid-19 vaccines without recipes in its pharmacies in New Mexico, Nevada, New York and Pennsylvania “soon” due to the recent organizational changes in every state.
“Currently, all patients in all states need to testify to be eligible to obtain the vaccine in order to make an online date,” said Thepolt. If an adult says he does not have basic health conditions, but they have a prescription from the health care provider to use “out of the naming” for the vaccine, they can get the snapshot.
On Thursday, Hawaii joined California, Washington and Oregon in the launch of the West Coast Health Alliance: compressed between the states aimed at providing science -based immunization instructions as an alternative to the Center for Disease Control.
“These countries will provide together guidelines for evidence based on safety, effectiveness and transparency-with the guarantee of the population receive reliable information free from political intervention,” according to statement From the office of the governor of Gavin Newose.
The statement indicated that the Trump administration was “dismantling” the center of disease control.
The statement said: “The absence of closed federal leadership based on science constitutes a direct threat to our nation’s health security.” “To protect the health of our societies, the West Coast Health Alliance will continue to ensure that our public health strategies are based on the best available science.”
However, it was not immediately clear whether the formation of the Health Alliance in the West Coast would make it easy for people to obtain Covid-19 vaccines in the largest retail dealers in the country, where many people get their shots.
The main medical groups, such as American Academy of Pediatrics and The American College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsThey also make their own recommendations to advise individuals and families about the vaccines they must get.