'Essentially a death sentence': California's vaccine plan outrages disabled residents

The state's plan has been criticised as too little too late, leaving those with high-risk conditions uncertain about when their turn will come

California leaders are under fire over the state's mixed messaging on how people with disabilities will be prioritized for the Covid-19 vaccine, a situation that advocates say has left millions of disabled and chronically ill residents in the lurch.

Last month the state's governor, Gavin Newsom, abruptly announced California would diverge from national guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by prioritizing age, rather than underlying risk, in deciding who would get the inoculation next, arguing it would allow us to scale up much more quickly".