She said there have been seniors coming to South Lake Tahoe to get their vaccines when the city doesn’t have the same allotment of vaccine as the West Slope. Novasel introduced another issue during the meeting. “We are looking at more mass vaccination opportunities in South Lake Tahoe specifically and expanding the Red Hawk Casino availability to more than once a week.” “Coming next month is another group of 16, 65 year-olds with underlying conditions that will now be prioritized,” Hass said. Hass said one of the complications is that the state will open other priority populations before supply of vaccine is more readily available. “We are not unique in this frustration, but it doesn’t make it any easier,” said District 5 Supervisor Sue Novasel on Tuesday.
Gavin Newsom during a press conference on Tuesday, but added that California will be receiving more in the coming days. Statewide, the biggest constraint continues to be a lack in manufactured supply of the vaccine according to Gov. “We just don’t have the supply to meet the demand.” “There continues to be a lot of frustration over the fact that people cannot get registered because again, we are not getting the supply of vaccine that we need,” said Hass. The county still has not heard back from the governor’s office regarding its request for increased vaccine allotment.
