{"id":38823,"date":"2021-08-16T16:59:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T23:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38823"},"modified":"2021-08-16T16:59:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T23:59:27","slug":"cdph-issues-statement-on-western-states-approval-of-additional-dose-for-people-who-are-immunocompromised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38823","title":{"rendered":"CDPH Issues Statement on Western States\u2019 Approval of Additional Dose for People who are Immunocompromised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SACRAMENTO \u2013 Today the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a statement from\u00a0Dr. Tom\u00e1s J. Arag\u00f3n, CDPH Director and State Public Health Officer, regarding the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup\u2019s recommendation to support an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose for individuals whose immune systems are compromised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs California continues to see an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, it is critical we take action to protect immunocompromised people who are most vulnerable to severe disease,\u201d\u00a0said Dr. Arag\u00f3n. \u201cFollowing the FDA\u2019s determination that a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine is beneficial for people who are immunocompromised, the California Department of Public Health and our partners in the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup have conducted an additional review and recommend providers boost immunity for this population to ensure extra protection from COVID-19. Those who are not in this population and are fully vaccinated continue to be protected against the virus and do not need additional immunization against COVID-19 at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO \u2013 Today the California Department&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38824,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38823\/revisions\/38824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}