Additional reporting on all things COVID-19 distribution. The big question: "When can I get it?" State Health Department says plans to distribute & vaccinate healthcare workers/care facility residents ongoing, and plans are being made for general public.
1.) To actually receive stimulus funding that was recently passed to be able to plan for vaccinations for the public.
2.) For you to please be patient and keep practicing mitigation measures: Hand wash/Mask/etc.
More on 1.) above.
Levine says once things are ready for widespread vaccination, they will still want to avoid settings where people are congregating/waiting in huge lines to get vaccinated.
Will likely create a portal for people to sign up and make appointments to vaccinate.
To do that, you need to create portal, hire/contract out staff that'll be safe as they give vaccine, which all requires $$$ that's already been allocated but not given to states for vaccine distribution.
Democratic Senator Steve Santarsiero from Bucks County has requested a delay in swearing in Senators pending resolution of the judicial challenge to Brewster's win.
Critical of Ziccarelli's "specious" actions, and says she didn't go through proper procedure in courts.
Trump campaign announces hearings in PA, Michigan and Arizona legislatures.
Rudy Giuliani says important to "have a full vetting of election irregularities and fraud".
This, as the Trump legal team has NOT proven widespread, intentional, malicious fraud in a courtroom
The day Pennsylvania's certification is announced, Central Pennsylvania Senator Doug Mastriano announces this hearing which will have Rudy Giuliani as a witness.
Republican Sam DeMarco, a member of the Elections Board, said he voted 'no' to certify in Allegheny County as a protest. One of the key items he protested: The legislature and governor unable to come to a deal on precanvassing.
Want to highlight some of WTAE's reporting on this.
September 21 (6 weeks before election day)
We told you how Democrats and Republicans agreed there needed to be a change to the law. At that time 2 million Pennsylvanians had requested mail-ballots, and not counting until Election Day could be an issue.
Just finished a chat with Republican Elections Board member Sam DeMarco to ask about his "no" vote on Allegheny County Elections certification.
He is calling it a protest vote. Not because of fraud or any wrongdoing, he says ALL voters should have faith in the results.
DeMarco is critical of the Republican legislature AND Democratic Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar.
His key point: No one worked together to pass things that would have contributed to a smooth election administration.
DeMarco says the legislature should have passed something. The governor should have worked with the legislature instead of going through the courts. That the courts rulings yielded changes NOT in Act 77, and Kathy Boockvar's guidance to counties created more confusion.