Disneyland changes name as COVID-19 mass vaccination site

Just a day after the city of Los Angeles announced his plan To make Dodger Stadium’s transition a site for mass COVID-19 vaccination, Orange County officials have revealed similar plans for Disneyland. The happiest place on Earth will soon become the most vaccinated place on Earth (sorry, these things are inevitable), because Weekly entertainment reports that Disneyland Resort has generously offered itself as a Super POD (distribution location) site – probably the least it can do, given that Disney chose to keep Disneyland open during a pandemic that led to Los Angeles County recently surpassing 12,000 deaths in a post-vacation wave.

According to the county, the Disneyland Resort Super POD will be operational this week and will have the capacity to immunize thousands of Anaheim residents daily. The COVID-19 vaccine has been rolled out in stages across the country, with the elderly, healthcare and frontline workers receiving it first. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 9 million people received the first of two vaccines as of January 11, while only 151,000 people in the United States have been fully vaccinated (received both doses) as of January 8, according to a New York Times report. The Department of Health and Social Services is preparing to implement new vaccine guidelines in an effort to speed up the distribution process; these guidelines, which would make people over 65 eligible to start receiving the vaccine, will be announced today.