. >> reporter: mike wasserman sits on the vaccine committee. >> reporter: from your perspective, what do you think is driving the backlog now? >> looking at the data and looking at the numbers that a lot of outstanding vaccines that are still not being used are vaccines that were meant for those high-risk people. and they haven't gotten to them. >> reporter: according to data released by cvs and analyzed by abc7, only 5% of assisted living and other long term care facilities have received the first dose. that leaves more than 13,000 other vulnerable high-risk communities across the state that have yet to be vaccinated through cvs, including 17 skilled nursing facilities. a huge kink in the backlog. >> i don't think the state has a lot of clarity at this moment in terms of how much vaccine they're getting from the federal government. >> reporter: it raises the question, if we keep up the current pace, could some of the 1.9 million doses stuck waiting in freezers go to waste? >> i don't believe so, stephanie. both pfizer and moderna, once it's off the production line, the vaccine has a

but mike wasserman who sits on the committee, is worried the rush could force those out. >> we need to be cautious that in our haste to improve the numbers to get a total number of vaccines out that once again older adults and the poor women of color who care for them are left at the back of the bus. >> reporter: the governor also announced an additional 1,000 contract staff like emts, rns and respiratory therapists will be on the ground within the next week to help hospitals that are overwhelmed across the state. live in the newsroom, stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> thank you. >> and ao helpingo speed up the rollout, stadiums turning into vaccination super stations. the governor announced pet co park in san diego hopes to see 5,000 health care workers vaccinated every day. dodgers stadiumti well and the oakland coliseum may join the list. this friday the board will look at a request to use the plots for vaccinations. levi is also expected to become a vaccination site. >>> the california federation of teachers wants to delay in-person learning. they're calling for a halt in all k-12 in

. >> reporter: mike wasserman who sits on california's vaccine advisory committee, says he's seen other similar cases where seniors are pushed out of the line. >> i have to say, there should be consequences of some sort. >> reporter: abc 7's analysis of newly released data from walgreen's shows only 18% of assisted living and other long-term care facilities have been vaccinated across the state. it's slightly better with cvs. data shows 27% have been vaccinated within the same groups. >> there will be those that will try to get the vaccine for whomever, whatever they can get them for. and that takes away from the folks who need it the most. >> reporter: dr. parish charges $2,500 for a consultation according to her office. but she says she had no financial incentive as she is not accepting new patients. >> i'm so emotional. >> reporter: yet the vaccine was ee. seniors like lisa get the shot? contra costa public health stressed to doctors the importance of not letting any doses go to waste, even if that meant vaccinating those not in a priority tier. now, i did have a long conversation wi

. >> reporter: mike wasserman who sits on the vaccine advisory committee says he sees other cases where seniors are pushed out of line. >> i have to say, you know, there should be consequences of some sort. >> reporter: abc 7's analysis of newly released data from walgreens shows only 18% of assisted living and other long-term care facilities have been vaccinated across the state. it's slightly better cvs. data shows 27% have been vaccinated within the same groups. >> there will be those that will try to get the vaccine for whomever, whatever they can get them for and that takes away from the folks who need it the most. >> reporter: dr. parrish charges $2,500 for a consultation according to her office but she says she had no financial incentive as she's not accepting new patients. >> i'm so emotional. >> reporter: yet the vaccine drive-through was free. the question is why didn't more seniors like lisa get the shot? contra costa public health stressed to dock towards importance of not letting any doses go to waste, even if that meant vaccinating those in a priority tier. now, dr. parris

mike wasserman, former president of the california association of long-term medicine says do not settle>> my dad is 86. got a date in march, and i said dad, that doesn't make any sense to me. you're 86. you have health issues. call your doctor. call back. and he got his date moved up. >> that's right. be persistent. now as i mentioned, we have hundreds of questions. most people want to know how to get the vaccine. the answer is, again, be persistent and register everywhere you can, the county, the state, your health provider, and we have information on vaccine registration for every bay area county and the major health systems at abc7news.com. in the newsroom, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> those were some really good questions you got answers to. thank you, lyanne. >>> on to he stormwatch now, and take a look at this. a landslide took out a big chunk of highway 1 in monterey county. this is near rat creek. it 1th bige' road whaen.w that's because caltrans and the chp shut it down on tuesday before the big storm rolled through. a chp officer who was patrolling this area describes what h

mike wasserman, former president of the california association of long-term medicine says we have to advocate for those who don't have a voice. >> a lot of states and counties have been doing the best they can, and i'm hopeful that in the coming weeks, the new administration, which has been much more transparent, will improve this system. >> okay. so here is our third question. i haven't had the flu vaccine since the mid 1960s. two times i ended up with high temps, 103, 104 degrees within hours of the shot. what do you suggest i do? a lot of people asking that. who do i better -- do i do better with one rather than the other? so the answer, a reaction to a vaccine is normal, according to the doctors, because it means your body is responding to the vaccine. that vaccine is working for you. now health experts say there should be no reason for anyone not to get the vaccine, especially older people. we know this, because if you get the coronavirus, there is a fairly high risk of dying. now, again, as i mentioned, we have hundreds of questions. most people want to know how to get a vaccin

but mike wasserman, who sits on the state's vaccine advisory committee, is concerned the rush could force those rules out. >> we also need to be very cautious that in our haste to improve the numbers, to get a total number of vaccines out, that once again older adults and the poor women of color who care for them are left at the back of the bus. >> reporter: the governor also announced an additional 1,000 contract staff will be on the ground within the next week to help hospitals that are overwhelmed across the state. live in the newsroom, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> stephanie, first, great job getting the governor to take your question today. but also i wanted to know he says he hopes to have 1 million additional vaccines administered by friday. is the state really on track to meeting that goal? >> reporter: if the state keeps up its current pace of around 100,000 doses administered each day, that's according to our analysis, that goal will be met by friday. although it's important to point out there will still be 1.4 million doses waiting in warehouses. so the backlog certainly isn

. >> reporter: mike wasserman sits on the state's vaccine advisory mitt. >> 1.9 million vaccine doses have yet to be used. from your perspective what do you think is driving the backlog now? >> looking at the data, looking at the numbers, that a lot of the outstanding vaccines that are still not being used are vaccines that were meant for those high-risk people and they haven't gotten to them. >> reporter: according to data released by cvs and analyzed by abc 7, only 5% of assisted living and other long-term care facilities have received the first dose. that leaves more than 13,000 other vulnerable high-risk communities across the state that have yet to be vaccinated through cvs, including 17 skilled nursing facilities, a huge kink in the backlog. >> i don't think the state has a lot of clarity at this moment in terms of how much vaccine they're getting from the federal government. >> reporter: it raises the question if we keep at the current pace could some of the 1.9 million doses stuck waiting in freezers go to waste? >> i don't believe so, stephanie. both pfizer and moderna, once

contributing mike barnicle, msnbc affairs national affairs analyst and executive editor of "the recount" and host of the high water podcast john heilemann, yamiche alcindor, and david wassermanjohn heilemann, good morning. once again, you have to give mitch mcconnell credit for knowing that at least what the political bottom line is. he's been warning republicans the past month not to follow donald trump down this rabbit trail. he had to know all of this nonsense, this civil war, political civil war in georgia, and idiocy of josh hawley and ted cruz was going to make the fight even more difficult for the republican party. i mean, they should have easily won these two seats last night. it's hard not to place the game squarely on the laps of donald trump, josh hawley and ted cruz. >> good morning, joe. i don't know about easily but i think these races will be close one way or another. when you look at the two factor tr that drove them and john wasserman will talk more about this than i will know, but stacey abrams, the participation voter turnout superhero in georgia and driving the key turnout they needed, these two democratic candidates needed ga even more than she did for j