. >>> nearly 10,000 stanford healthcare workers were vaccinated. they have been vaccinated by the covid-19 vaccine. thousands more will be vaccinated next week. those vaccinations only came after a protest over who should get the shot first. ktvu reporter jesse gary has more on the apology from stanford and the new order in which death will be vaccinated moving forward. >> there is no question it was a bad mistake. it was a bad series of mistakes that it was oversight. there were hard feelings. >> those emotions bubbled to the surface on the stanford campus december 18th. university's initial rollout of covid-19 vaccinations left dr. off the list. these front-line workers, students have completed medical school and in postgraduate training, were slated to get seven of the first 5000 doses. >> people putting themselves at risk by taking care of covid-19 patients, being in the hospital, they are prioritized. >> the people at highest risk due to the coronavirus should receive the vaccine first so they do not expose others. >> stanford medicine launche

nearly 10,000 stanford healthcare workers have gone the coronavirus vaccine. thousands more will be vaccinated over the next few weeks, but those vaccinations came only after a protest about who should get the shot first. our southbay reporter, jesse garrett, tells us about the apology from stanford today. >> there is no question it was a bad mistake, bad series of mistakes. they were rightly hard feelings. >> reporter: those emotions bubble to the surface on the stanford campus december 18th. the rollout of covid vaccinations left more dr. residents off the list. the front line workers, students entering postgraduate training were only slated to get seven of the first 5000 doses. >> people who are putting themselves at risk by taking care of covid patients, by being in the house, that they are your ties. >> the people who are at highest risk of being exposed to coronavirus should receive the vaccine first so they don't expose others. >> they launch a new distribution plan. they promise better governments, more transparency and decision-making and better commu

but officials at stanford say using both vaccines will allow them to safely vaccinate 1500 workers per day. >> a long dark tunnel. i think those of us working in healthcare i think there is light at the end of the tunnel. >> stanford university officials say they will vaccinate the larger community next year, frontline workers by february and everyone else, march or in april of next year. with that said come up please continue to mask up, wash your hands, sanitizer hands and social distance even though it's a holiday, we are almost through this. live in san jose, jesse gary, ktvu, fox 2 news. everyone have a great holiday. >> great advice, thank you. you have a great holiday yourself. >>> public health officials around the world scrambling with covid-19. new strains believed to be more contagious than the original strain. the most recent mutation was found in nigeria. more studies are required to see how transmission will change with the new strain. the new strain in southern england was similar to one that appeared in south africa and i traveled to the uk. >> it is more transmissible and appears to have mutated further than the new variants discovered i

. >> a stanford healthcare nurses get at least six months to a year of training before working with critical care patients. >> i would be concerned about any nurse that didn't have the background to independently function after two days of orientation. >> we reached out to public health. they didn't return calls to confirm if the hospitals are training nurses. this afternoon the officials announced the county only has 50 empty beds left. under no circumstances should icus be staffed with nurses who aren't fully trained. >> it's not safe for the nurses. the general public. it's not safe. >> i think most organizations would not. >> all right. take a look at the lock down. it's already having a dramatic impact on businesses. on the left a bustling saturday night. when out door dining was allowed. tonight on the right streets are nearly deserted. the lock down is expected to last until early january. today san francisco mayor announced new aid for struggling businesses. but as we found, many say it is nowhere near enough. >> empty everywhere you look. the stay at home order is in effect. news th

she's a pediatric infectious disease specialist at stanford healthcare. we asked her why she voted to give the vaccine emergency approval. >> all of our data was incredibly compelling in terms of the efficacy, as well as the safety, and allowing this vaccine to be used at this time. we just really want to sell to get through this, and the best way that we can do that is to hold on and get vaccinated. >> california will get about 327,000 does is of the pfizer vaccine to start. about one in five are earmarked for the bay area. here's the breakdown so far and adds up to just under 60,000 does is. we are still waiting for numbers from solano and santa cruz counties. kenny choi is live in san francisco, with more of the bay area rollout could look like once the fda gives the green light. >> reporter: so we know that the fda does not have to follow the advice of the panel that gave the green light earlier today, for these hospital workers, they are at the very top of that list to get the vaccinations first. this print to get a covid vaccine from the production

. >> a stanford healthcare nurses get at least six months to a year of training before working with critical care patients. >> i would be concerned about any nurse that didn't have the background to independently function after two days of orientation. >> we reached out to public health. they didn't return calls to confirm if the hospitals are training nurses. this afternoon the officials announced the county only has 50 empty beds left. under no circumstances should icus be staffed with nurses who aren't fully trained. >> it's not safe for the nurses. the general public. it's not safe. >> i think most organizations would not. >> all right. take a look at the lock down. it's already having a dramatic impact on businesses. on the left a bustling saturday night. when out door dining was allowed. tonight on the right streets are nearly deserted. the lock down is expected to last until early january. today san francisco mayor announced new aid for struggling businesses. but as we found, many say it is nowhere near enough. >> empty everywhere you look. the stay at home order is in effect. news th

maldonado is an infectious disease expert at stanford healthcare. she took time away from her covid clinic today to talk about the impending delivery of vaccines. >> we should be getting doses as early as tomorrow around the country. i know our county is expecting doses tomorrow. our hospitals are expecting doses this week. we have our freezers ready and our administration protocols in place now to start getting people vaccinated. >> reporter: today's delivery is just the beginning. expected to approve another vaccine by moderna some time later this week. joe vazquez kpix 5. >> the state has a tiered priority list of who will get the vaccine and when. first in line acute care facilities and psychiatric and prison hospitals, dialysis center and skilled nursing facilities and paramedics and emts. intermediate and support of care facilities will be next along with home healthcare workers, public health field staff, and primary and urgent care clinics, specialty clinics, lab workers, dental health clinics, and lower risk pharmacy staff round out tier th

dean winslow with stanford healthcare spoke to us today. >> a lot of people in the united states report food allergies, and minor allergies including hayfever, but none of those would be contraindications to this vaccine, since none of those components really are a part of either of the vaccines that are available now. it is of some concern that this virus variant that has about a dozen mutations in both the binding site despite protein and the virus as well as elsewhere in the genome does appear to be more transmissible between people. but it does not appear to be more variant or cause more severe disease and so far there is no evidence that the vaccines that we have will not be protective against this particular strain, so again, we are not particularly concerned about that. there are about a dozen mutations that appear to exist in this virus that was recently described in the united kingdom. again i think a majority of these mutations are actually in the binding site or the spike protein, the capsule, of the virus and then there are a few other mutations elsewhere in the virus genome

. >> reporter: in a statement, stanford healthcare said we take responsibility for the errors in the execution of our vaccine distribution plan. our intent was to develop an ethical and equitable process for distribution of the vaccine-let vaccine. we apologize to our entire community, including residents, fellows, and other frontline care providers, who have performed heroically during our pandemic response. we are immediately revising our plan to better the vaccine. they are proud to be doing training at stanford, but felt they had no other chance but to speak up. at stanford, chris wynn, abc 7 news. >>> california reported more than 41,000 newly diagnosed coronavirus cases, today. the number of people hospitalized due to covid-19 topped 16,000. the state has set a record every single day, dating back to december 9th. and every day, since december 3rd, we have had a daily record for people in the icu. today, it's at more than 3,400. the bay area saw its icu capacity dip slightly. at 12.8%. >> san francisco schools won't be opening in late january, as planned. negotiations between t

a three wave approach will see all 30,000 stanford healthcare workers vaccinated over the next three weeks. wave one is the 9,000 front line workers who've already been vaccinated. wave two is support staff and wave three is anyone else needing vaccination. >> we should be able to offer everyone who wants vaccination at stanford medical. >> reporter: dr. robert herringten says stanford will receive the moderna drug this week. officials at stanford say using both the moderna and pfizer drugs will allow them to safely vaccinate 1500 workers a day. it's been a long dark tunnel and those of us work in healthcare really think there's light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: first responders by february everyone else by march or april. with that said, they want you to continue to mask up, wash and sanitize our hands and practice social distancing. in san jose jesse gary ktvu fox 2 news. >> if you waited until today to do their holiday shopping you're not alone. >> we have got family festivities tomorrow and we have white elephant and stuff like that that we're planning for and we just

we get answers from stanford healthcare. how to keep you and your family safe from common holiday hazards. you can watch on www.kpix.com or on the kpix 5 app . >>> as we look at the roadways, we are tracking a few brake lights on northbound 880 on the nimitz freeway. we have had a vehicle that lost some insulation on the freeway. the left lane and left shoulder is blocked. you have speed stepping down to about 25 mph. heads up if you are headed into west oakland. you will have brake lights through there. if your commute takes you to the bay bridge, you are all commute. a pretty quiet right out of the east bay heading into san francisco. the golden gate bridge is at the limit. >>> here is hi-def doppler tracking scattered showers this morning especially up across the north bay. here is a live look at the northbay. we are in the mid to upper 40s this morning. we will catch that clearing with drier conditions this afternoon with highs mainly in the mid to upper 50s. looking at san francisco, 56 later on today. 58 in oakland. 56

stanford healthcare sent a statement saying in part it is care apply managing capacity and collaborate with other santa clara hospitals daily to ensure that all patients have access to healthcare. if capacity requirements should surge due to covid-19, we have a plan prepared to modify scheduling to acome date higher in patient volumes. >> we want you and your loved ones to get the care that you need at our hospitals, if you become seriously ill. we each must do our part to slow the spread of transition into protect our hospital capacity. >> hospitals in the south and east part of santa clara county are operating at 94% capacity, so patients are being redistributed to other areas so that no one hospital becomes overwhelmed. in san jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> in san mateo county, health officials are also concerned about hospital capacity. hospitalizations in that county have tripled in recent weeks. right now, san mateo county has only 12 icu beds that are available. 72 coronavirus patients are hospitalized in the county. that number is expected to go even higher in a couple

jake scott, an infectious disease physician at stanford healthcare saying covid numbers have been rising. the nurse declined to give her name or where she worked but said she could not test at her workplace because those tests are for patients only. alameda is testing more people than ever. before thanksgiving the seven dade rolling average was 9500 people tested per day. >>> 6:36. you are taking a look at the california state capitol. staff members in governor newsom's office under quarantine after one tested positive for coronavirus. a governor's office spokesperson says they are carrying out contact tracing with state public health officials. governor newsom was not exposed to the worker because he and his family have been in quarantine since last week. >> months in federal message couldn't be simpler. it is time to hunker down. it is time to cancel everything. >>> we got new numbers on hospitalizations across l.a. county. they've reached a record number, more than 2400 people are in the hospital. that is the most for a single day since the pandemic began. 24% of patients are in the i

we talked with a doctor from stanford healthcare who clears up some misconceptions. you can watch that on www.kpix.com or our kpix 5 app . >>> grabbed the jacket if you are heading out the door. a couple of things to look out for. a 33 minute travel time from antioch over toward the east shore freeway. we have brake lights due to this crash right around willow pass. four cars involved. emergency crews are on scene. a fog advisory in effect for parts of highway 4. still slow into the altamont pass this morning. checking traffic through oakland, we still have a traffic alert with lanes blocked. >>> foggy out there this morning. the dense fog advisory covers the north bay and that includes all the communities in those valleys and it includes the inland valleys of the east bay as well. you have until 10:00 this morning before the fog starts to burn off. we are looking at visibility down to a quarter of a mile in most of those locations. the headline is friday. christmas day, we have a rainmaker coming. widespread rain bay area wide. at this point we could get a decent am

enroll now at coveredca.com >>> stanford healthcare said it is giving covid-19 vaccine tuesday nearlyd the head of the department of medicine said it now has a plan in place to get all 30,000 vaccinated in the next three weeks now that the moderna vaccine is scheduled to start arriving on campus. front-line workers will finish up this week, support staff at the medical facility will be next, followed by anyone else who need a vaccination. >> we should be able to offer everybody who wants vaccination at stanislaus medicine late january, early february. we have the capacity to do that. we just need the vaccine supply chain to hold up. >> dr. harrington said by february stanford will be able to vaccinate student members started with first responders. health officials continue to stress the importance of physical distancing, wearing a mask, and washing your hands frequently for the foresee be future. >> los angeles has been hit hard by the virus, accounting for nearly a third of all coronavirus cases, and nearly 40% of deaths in our state. many people are heeding warnings to avoid gatheri

stanford healthcare sent a statement saying in part it is carefully managing capacity and lab collaboratingsanta clara hospitals daily to ensure that all patients have access to healthcare. capacity requirements should surge due to covid-19, we have a plan prepared to modify scheduling to accommodate higher in patient volumes. >> we want you and your loved ones to get the care that you need at our hospitals if you been seriously ill. we each must do our part to slow the spread of transmission and protection our hospital capacity. >> hospitals in the south and east part of santa clara county are operating at 94% capacity, so patients are being redistributed to other areas, so that no one hospital becomes overwhelmed. in san jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the centers for disease control and prevention issued no guide lains today for holiday travel. the cdc said the best way to stay safe is to stay home, but those who plan to travel should get tested for the coronavirus one to three days before their trip, and again three to five days after they return home. the cdc director says the d

stanford medicine is stepping up the efforts to vaccinate their healthcare workers, despite getting off to a bumpy start. last week, medical workers protested when they learned that only seven doses out of 5000 went to stanford 1300 residents and fellows. today, the medical workers reports they have vaccinated 3900 healthcare workers so far. danford medicine received 4800 doses of the pfizer vaccine yesterday. they are on track to get 13,000 doses of the moderna vaccine sometime this week. the vaccinations will continue until all healthcare workers get their shots. >>> a discovery of a new mutation of the coronavirus in the uk is causing tensions across europe. more than two dozen countries put travel restrictions in place after the new, more contagious strain emerged in england. france allowed trucks from england to go through leaving drivers stranded. they did address concerns about whether the pfizer vaccine would be effective against this variant. >> we have scientific confidence that the vaccine might protect. we don't know it, only if an experiment is done, and we will need two we

stanford. >>back in the december frontline healthcare staffers held a protest after learning that most residents and fellows were not being offered the shot in the first wave stanford apologized blaming of flawed algorithm used to select the first workers to get the vaccine now in response to this latest snafu stanford medicine released a statement saying they're working hard to wrap up vaccinated their health care workforce under unprecedented conditions unfortunately this past weekend inaccurate information regarding vaccine availability circulated within our community leading some in eligible employees to receive a vaccination at this time stanford medicine is administering vaccines only to patients facing health care workers. we have addressed this issue and are confident we will continue quickly vaccinating the entire stanford medicine community through an ethical and equitable process. now stanford medicine did not elaborate on how many people mistakenly got their vaccine out of order. >>associate professor montgomery. doesn't know exactly what here he is in but he believes he got his vacc

. >>> stanford hospital stepping up efforts to vaccinate healthcare workers after criticism the administrators were vaccinated first. medical workers protest with and only 7 doses out of 5000 went to the 1300 residents and fellows. sanford reports it has vaccinated 3900 healthcare workers so far. >>> they're going to start setting the priorities for who gets the next round of covid-19 vaccines. the next wave of vaccines could go to teachers and farmworkers. but 12:00 a.m. people are considered essential workers, which is two thirds the number of workers in california. it includes people who are over the age of 75. state officials expected to make a decision before the end of next week. >>> doctors and front-line workers from several large hospitals up and down the state are offering a warning. they are pleading to the public to stay at home. we have more on their message. >> reporter: in a virtual press conference, heads of three large healthcare systems in california issued a warning that they are at or near capacity everywhere. >> we are breaking records that we do not want to break. >> repo

stanford and ucsf told kpix 5 that they administer every dose they get.>> we have distributed thousands of doses to our healthcareworkers, and they are being used as soon as they are coming to us. >> as for how many vaccines have been administered, public health officials told kpix 5 that they will soon publicly report this data. most will get vaccinated by their own healthcare providers. >>> some bay area organizations are stepping up there covid testing efforts to meet demand. the full gospel churches providing free testing twice a week for the underserved of east oakland. church leaders say it is their obligation to step up.>> covid- 19 has been such an impactful virus in the black community, especially this zip code, 94621. >> the next free testing day will be january 5.>>> let's take a look at this evening's stunning sunset. this was the view from the sutro tower. clear conditions tonight making for a chilling evening. but we've got some changes on the horizon.>> we do indeed. we also notice those high clouds, and there will be more tomorrow. visibility's tonight, great as we look toward the oakland estuary

the news comes just days after healthcare workers started getting there first doses of the pfizer vaccine. >> new at five front-line workers protesting out died stanford medical center today. face they they are at the back of the line to get the covid vaccine. residents gathered outside with signs in hand, they say at the thousands of doses at the hospital, only seven residents who faced covid positive patients were offered the shot. the medical center started rolling out vaccines today. >> we were pretty alarmed and i think the lack of transparency is what is most upsetting to us. >> the fact is they still have these vaccines and they're supposed to be rolling them out over the next couple of days but instead of making excuses we want them to reallocate the vaccines for me now. >> in a statement they do not receive -- reveal specifics but acknowledges the intent was to rollout and ethical and equitable plan and there were flaws that they are working to replace. >> meantime, was rollout in santa clara county, number of healthcare workers at the pfizer vaccine and in san jose. they still give out. physicians, nurses, respiratory therapist lined up for

back in the december frontline healthcare staffers held a protest after learning that most residents and fellows were not being offered the shot in the first wave stanford apologized blaming a flawed algorithm used to select the first workers to get the vaccine. now response. this latest snafu stanford medicine says they've made changes to their procedures that allowed this to happen so now of the vaccine years have checked you've actually been invited to be vaccinated so we were going on the honor system and i don't think anybody meant to violate the honor system i think. >>they just saw open spots and they want to be vaccinated so we fix it, i'm sure other teams may happen admits that you know we vaccinated over 11,000 people so far of our 30,000. stanford medicine. health care providers and staff and so i think we're over 3rd of the way there now. and we're continuing the vaccinated january and beyond so i think we're doing a pretty good job associate professor montgomery. >>isn't quite sure where his place in line was but he encourages everybody to get their vaccination when it's their turn maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>united kingdom became the firs

morning in san francisco for healthcare workers. 975 doses are heading to ucsf, as well as the city of berkeley. and john in walnut creek is expecting 5000 doses. stanford has this ultracold storage freezer waiting for the vaccine. coast guard island in alameda will be another point of distribution. and the initial allocation will not be the last for 2020. >> tomorrow 24 additional sites will receive the vaccine, and an additional five sites on wednesday. they will get a sense of the cadence as these vaccine numbers grow as more and more vaccines are delivered. 33,150 doses were received today here in the state of california. part of the commitment from pfizer to provide the state of california 320 part of the commitment from pfizer to provide the state of california 320,000 part of the commitment from pfizer to provide the state of california 320,600 doses. we are hopeful and enthusiastic about the prospect of maternal following up after pfizer with an additional 672,000 672,600 doses. potentially within a week or so. >> reporter: it is not just this one allocation of course for the state of california and the bay area. on december 21 california will g

back in the december frontline healthcare staffers held a protest after learning that most residents and fellows. >>we're not being offered the shot in the first wave stanfordpologized blaming a flawed algorithm used to select the first workers to get the vaccine. now in response to this latest snafu stanford medicine released a statement saying they're working hard to rapidly vaccinate their health care workforce under unprecedented conditions at this time stanford medicine is administering vaccines only to patients facing health care workers. we have addressed this issue and are confident we will continue quickly vaccinating the entire stanford medicine community. >>through an ethical and equitable process associate professor montgomery isn't quite sure where his place in line was but he encourages everybody to get their vaccination when it's their turn maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>the united kingdom became the first nation to authorize emergency use of the oxford astrazeneca covid vaccine. research shows vaccine is safe and about 70% effective. to those regiment just like the pfizer and moderna vaccines. it only requires normal refrigeration temperature

>>so they can be so they don't expose other frontline healthcare staffers held a protest in palo alto friday after learning only 7 stanfords more than 1300 residents and fellows were offered shots in the first wave of covid-19 vaccinations they say the university. >>ordered 5,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine older attending school have been working from their house since covid started undoing office visits. sounds like some optometry clinic. just random people are are in the first wave, but not the residents the fellas by working on the frontlines stanford says a florida the use to select the first workers to receive the vaccine. >>a letter stanford medicine has apologized which reads in part. quote we take complete responsibility and profusely apologized to all of you. we fully recognize we should have acted more swiftly to address the errors that resulted in an outcome. we did not anticipate we are truly sorry anyone who is interacting with active covid patient on a day-to-day basis. >>should be prioritized. stanford officials say they are immediately revising their plan. >>the better sequence the distribution of the vac

first so they can be so they don't expose other frontline healthcare staffers held a protest in palo alto friday after learning only 7 stanford medicine's more than 1300 residents and fellows were offered shots in the first wave of covid-19 vaccinations. >>they say the university. >>ordered 5,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine older attending school have been working from their house. >>since covid started undoing all office visits. >>sounds like some optometry clinic. just random people are are in the first wave, but not the residents of the fellas by working on the frontlines stanford says a florida used to select the first workers to receive the vaccine. >>and a letter stanford medicine has apologized which reads in part. quote we take complete responsibility and profusely apologized to all of you. we fully recognize we should have acted more swiftly to address the errors that resulted in an outcome. we did not anticipate we are truly sorry anyone who is interacting with active covid patient on a day to day basis. >>should be prioritized. stanford officials say they are immediately revising their plan. >>the better sequence t

first so they can be so they don't expose other frontline healthcare staffers held a protest in palo alto friday after learning only 7 stanford medicine's more than 1300 residents and fellows were offered shots in the first wave of covid-19 vaccinations they say the university. >>ordered 5,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine older attending school have been working from their house. >>since covid started undoing all office visits. sounds like some optometry clinic. just random people are are in the first wave, but not the residents the fellas by working on the frontlines stanford says a florida used to select the first workers to receive the vaccine. >>and a letter stanford medicine has apologized which reads in part. quote we take complete responsibility and profusely apologized to all of you. we fully recognize we should have acted more swiftly to address the errors that resulted in an outcome. we did not anticipate we are truly sorry anyone who is interacting with active covid patient on a day to day basis. >>should be prioritized. stanford officials say they are immediately revising their plan. >>the better sequence the distr

first so they can be so they don't expose other frontline healthcare staffers held a protest in palo alto friday after learning only 7 stanford medicine's more than 1300 residents and fellows were offered shots in the first wave of covid-19 vaccinations they say the university. >>ordered 5,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine older attending school have been working from their house. >>since covid started undoing all office visits. sounds like some optometry clinic. just random people are are in the first wave, but not the residents of the fellas by working on the frontlines stanford says a florida used to select the first workers to receive the vaccine in a letter stanford medicine has apologized which reads in part. quote. >>we take complete responsibility and profusely apologized to all of you. we fully recognize we should have acted more swiftly to address the errors that resulted in an outcome. we did not anticipate we are truly sorry anyone who is interacting with active covid patient on a day to day basis. >>should be prioritized. stanford officials say they are immediately revising their plan. >>the better sequence the dis

reporter: they've got this at the mayo clinic and at stanford medical center, seven out of 50 installation healthcare light can kill with high intensity light. >> correct. reporter: there you go. they named this one, by the wake. if you see it, dorian and maybe you can name another one stuart perhaps. [laughter] doing gods work. stuart: nice try there, flock. nice try indeed. if that thing works $125,000, pay it. worth it. use it all the time all over the place for jeff, thank you. see you soon britt look at this headline, op-ed headline from "the wall street journal" that says the new covid resistance, population of deplorable's is rising among people who are not in maga hats. i like the sound of that. author of that dan henninger joins us on a thursday. you mean to tell me that democrats are jointing the covid resistance? tell me more. >> looks like it. the headline is the new covid resistance and the old covid resistance way back when was basically people on the right to objected to wearing masks or to social distancing and we fast-forward here to current situation, coronavirus is rising, hospital

stanford health expert on why the long awaited coronavirus vaccine is not a magic potion. >>> i look at 2021 as a year of hope, but it won't be completely over yet. >> and while healthcare area's small business owners and their employees don't have much left. >> i'm going to be into debt paying this off for years. the hangover will be severe. >> we beg you to open the business, we have a family. >>> we are just about to start to see the rain turn off from this much needed weekend rainmaker. so now we're going to look ahead to the next one. it gets here by the middle of the week. that's coming up in the forecast. >>> and good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. >> i'm brian hackney. california is expected to receive 327,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine in the coming days. about one in five air marked for the bay area. they'll be arriving here at oakland international airport. in addition california is expecting nearly 700,000 doses of the new moderna vaccine by the end of the month. >> i personally will be happy they are vaccinated. i'll be satisfied with the data and the information i have heard from this company. >> a pediatric infectious disease expert at sanford health. n

back in the december frontline healthcare staffers held a protest after learning that most residents and fellows we're not being offered the shot in the first wave stanford apologized blaming a flawed algorithm used to select the first workers to get the vaccine. >>now response. this latest snafu stanford medicine says they've made changes to their procedures that allowed this to happen so actually tried to be vaccinated so we were going on the honor system and i don't think anybody meant to violate the honor system i think. >>they just saw open spots and they wanted to be vaccinated so we fix it, i'm sure other teams may happen, i mean it's a you know we vaccinated over 11,000 people so far of our 30,000. stanford medicine. health care providers and staff and so i think we're over 3rd of the way there now. and we're continuing to track snakes general area beyond so i think we're doing a pretty good job associate professor montgomery. >>isn't quite sure where his place in line was. >>but he encourages everybody to get their vaccination when it's their turn maureen kelly. >>kron 4 news despite federal government's goal of vaccinating 20 million people by

stanford did provide a mole professor who also oversees diversity who said a third of frontline employees are already vaccinated. >> and we will be vaccinating the other almost 20,000, so that we have all of our healthcare staff vaccinated hopefully by the end of january or february. >> reporter: with the unrolled spread, optizations, and deaths from covid, as well as the slowness of vaccine distribution, mistakes are costly in terms of timely treatment, and morale to front- line workers. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> 200 staff members and seniors at a walnut creek retirement facility received their covid-19 shots today. those at the continuing carrie tirement community, were among the first senior residents in northern california to receive the vaccine. the state is prioritizing certain populations for the vaccine, as initial doses are limited. >> our elders in the community are the folks at most highest risk, and we patternerred with contra costa county to determine how are we going to support this population. this is the first place we decided to focus on, and then all of the lessons learn $from this facility we're going to take to the other residential carol facilities for the elder. >> once they