(NPR) People With High-Risk Disabilities Feel Left Out By California's Vaccine System

People With High-Risk Disabilities Feel Left Out By California's Vaccine System

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Mimi Newman, pictured with her dog Miller, has lived in isolation for a year to avoid COVID-19. She says California's vaccine distribution strategy should have prioritized people with disabilities.



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The Coronavirus Crisis

People With High-Risk Disabilities Feel Left Out By California's Vaccine System

California moved from a risk-based to an age-based system for the COVID-19 vaccine in January. People with disabilities say that pivot cast them aside and they should have been prioritized.