COVID-19 Community Vaccine Advisory Committee
Questions and Answers
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Why
has California established a Community Vaccine Advisory Committee?
To ensure the vaccine is distributed and allocated
equitably, California has created two related work groups: a Drafting
Guidelines Workgroup charged with developing California-specific guidance for
the prioritization and allocation of vaccine when supplies are limited, and a
Community Advisory Vaccine Committee to provide input and feedback to the
planning efforts and solve barriers of equitable vaccine implementation and
decision-making.
What organizations are on the Community Vaccine Advisory Committee?
A list of the Community Advisory Vaccine Committee
members can be found on the Community Vaccine Advisory Committee page. These
organizations represent diverse communities throughout California.
What
will the Community Vaccine Advisory Committee do?
California's planning process for the eventual
distribution and administration of COVID-19 is guided by the overarching
principles of ensuring the COVID-19 vaccine meets safety requirements; ensuring
that the vaccine is distributed and allocated equitably, at first to those with
the highest risk of becoming infected and spreading COVID-19; and transparency,
by bringing in community stakeholders from the outset.
To ensure the vaccine is distributed and allocated
equitably, California has created two related work groups: a Drafting
Guidelines Workgroup charged with developing California-specific guidance for
the prioritization and allocation of vaccine when supplies are limited, and the
Community Advisory Committee to provide input and feedback to the planning
efforts.
The
Community Vaccine Advisory Committeeās work will be closely coordinated with
both the work of the Scientific Safety Review Workgroup and the Drafting
Guidelines Workgroup. The Scientific Safety Review Workgroup will provide
updates to the Community Advisory Committee on the safety of the
vaccines; and the Drafting Guidelines Workgroup will develop draft
guidelines for the Community Advisory Vaccine Committee to review and provide
feedback on based on their knowledge and expertise.
Will
there be opportunities for other stakeholders to provide feedback on the
stateās vaccine distribution plan?
The
meetings of the Community Vaccine Advisory Committee will be conducted virtually
and open to the public in a listen-only mode. All meetings will be
noticed on the CDPH website in advance and summaries of the committeeās
meetings will also be posted.
Inquiries may be sent to COVID19vaccineoutreach@cdph.ca.gov