“I don’t think Santa Cruz can afford another shutdown economically, at least not the small business sector. Van Hall said he hopes to host vaccine clinics until Santa Cruz County reaches herd immunity. Approximately 56% of the age group is vaccinated, a far cry from the next age group up of those in their 30s who are around 85% vaccinated. In Santa Cruz, people between the ages of 20 to 29 account for 3,432 of the county’s 16,779 total known cases of COVID-19 - about 20% of cases. “The young people who like breweries, probably a lot of them have felt invincible but they’re not anymore.” Regardless of how fruitful the clinic is, Crush COVID will keep going, Hughmanick promised. “Both clinics had Pfizer and J&J,” Hyland added. Finally, a clinic at Barrios Unidos in Santa Cruz resulted in 34 vaccinations. A total of 109 doses have been given out between the Vax the Valley clinics in the San Lorenzo Valley on July 17 and July 31. Hyland said Wednesday that 33 vaccines were administered at the July 23 clinic at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
Pop-up clinics are proving successful, according to data provided by County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency Spokesperson Corinne Hyland. “(It’s) for all the local people who are stuck in traffic so that they think about this event,” she said. Hughmanick said that a political affiliation called IRAD - standing for Inspired and Resourceful Advocates for Democracy - is helping and the Santa Cruz Indivisible Bridge Brigade is making a banner that will be displayed Friday on the La Fonda Bridge freeway overpass. The local partnerships don’t stop with Crush COVID and Greater Purpose. So we wanted to give easy access to those people if they decided to come to the brewery on the weekends,” Van Hall added. “I think we need to acknowledge the intersectionality of social injustices here the vaccine is not as readily available in communities where people are struggling. Van Hall said the clinic, meant to lessen that concern, is being made possible by an outside benefactor.
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Similar to Crush COVID, the crew that initially organized around voter registration in the 2020 election and transitioned to setting up and running clinics in early 2021, Greater Purpose staff was becoming increasingly concerned about growing COVID-19 activity. Manager MaKendree Van Hall said this week the policy was not established to bully but to protect unvaccinated people. Greater Purpose Brewing last week took a stance around vaccination when management implemented a policy requiring proof of vaccination to sit inside the building. “They said, ‘Yes, come as often as you want!'” “The manager … opened a door for us,” Hughmanick said. Donations benefit national causes such as the ACLU and Planned Parenthood but also include local philanthropies such as the Diversity Center. (As a result) one of our members, Chris Tucker, set her sights on the local breweries … we have been working on it since.”Īnother volunteer suggested Greater Purpose Brewing, already known for its commitment to the community through the business’s decision to donate from 30% and 60% of proceeds to charity. “Santa Cruz County was at 68% vaccinated, but that was when vaccine eligibility did not include young people,” Crush COVID organizer Dr. Cliff Drive that afternoon in an effort to target one of the county’s least vaccinated populations - people younger than 30.
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SANTA CRUZ - On Saturday, a local pop-up vaccine clinic will offer its own twist - get a shot in one arm and grab a free craft beer with the other.Ī group of approximately 15 retired and active medical professionals that has nicknamed itself “Crush COVID” will set up shop in the beer garden at Greater Purpose Brewing at 21517 E.
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