Yale epidemiologist: CT has its COVID vaccine priorities backwards
Kasturi Pananjady, CTMirror.org
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Lori Trippjacinto of Community Health Centers delivers vaccination shots at mass vaccination center on the former Pratt & Whitney Runway at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. March 1, 2021.Patrick Sikes / For Hearst Connecticut Media
At press conference after press conference, Gov. Ned Lamont has set the stage how he wants Connecticut to be evaluated on its COVID-19 vaccine rollout by touting the percentage of people vaccinated as a key measure of its success. By that metric, Connecticut has been a national leader, consistently in the top five states, according to federal data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The White House now says there will be enough supply for all American adults to get a Covid-19 vaccination by the end of May. Convincing a sizable portion of the U.S. public to be immunized is another matter.
Only about 54% of American adults who haven’t been vaccinated say they definitely will, according to a Census Bureau survey conducted in February. Meanwhile, about 23% say they will probably be vaccinated, and another 23% will either probably or definitely not get vaccinated.
Reaching that highly coveted “herd immunity” level is central to the U.S. government’s plans to fight Covid and reopen businesses. Vaccine supply is one thing, but overcoming hesitancy to get the shot is another. To do that, officials must make the process of getting shots easier, and fight misinformation about the vaccines, concerns about the speed of development and distrust of government