Some fire department paramedics in Orange County, California, are being trained to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, in a move officials hope will help alleviate the workload of hospital nurses and doctors. “Because hospital staffing is overworked, they don’t have the [manpower] to inoculate people,” Supervisor Doug Chaffee told The Epoch Times. “We are getting paramedics trained, and they will serve around the county to help with the vaccination efforts.” Chaffee, who is on the Orange County Board of Supervisor’s ad hoc testing and vaccination subcommittee, said Dec. 29 he expected paramedics’ vaccine training to be completed within the next few weeks. “They’re adding that to their tool kit,” he said. “The vaccine is not like just doing a bunch of flu shots. It’s one of the more difficult ones to do, because you’ve got to be certain there are no side effects.” Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) personnel are among those …