In California, a Mix of Support and Resistance to New Vaccine Rules
Some of California’s staunchest vaccine resisters are state employees and health care workers, all of whom will be required to get vaccinated or undergo testing starting next month.
Waiting to receive the Moderna vaccine in Santa Ana, Calif., last month. About 52 percent of the state’s population is fully vaccinated.Credit...Jae C. Hong/Associated Press
July 27, 2021
SACRAMENTO — Gabriel Montoya, an emergency medical technician, watched in horror as gasping patients overwhelmed the intensive care unit at Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center in southeastern Los Angeles County late last year. Eight out of 10 admissions were infected with Covid-19 at one point.