"Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases, with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters on Monday.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Slows Race to Defang the Virus
A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic held by the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Community Advisory Council. Nationwide, supplies of the vaccines are increasing, but many people say they’re not sure they want a shot.
Ringo Chiu
The Associated Press
All eyes are on the nation’s chaotic COVID-19 immunization rollout, as public health officials struggle to outpace the coronavirus and its variants by quickly inoculating those most likely to be hospitalized or die if infected.
But in the months ahead, as the vaccine supply chain unkinks, the demand for shots is expected to ebb, leaving public health agencies with a different and perhaps greater challenge coaxing people who aren’t sure they want a shot to roll up their sleeves.
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States Fail to Prioritize Homeless People for Vaccines
A nurse gives a homeless person a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Los Angeles. Few states have prioritized people experiencing homelessness for the vaccines.
Ringo Chiu
The Associated Press
Frank Galloway falls into the most vulnerable categories for COVID-19: He is 87, he is Black, and he is experiencing homelessness.
“It ain’t no joke,” Galloway said of the coronavirus, which has killed some of his friends in Greensboro, North Carolina. “I don t mind taking something that will help my life to keep going.”
He’s waiting for a vaccine while staying in an emergency shelter. Although the state began vaccinating people age 65 and up in mid-January, Galloway, like many others without housing, doesn’t have access to the technology and transportation that people in many places need to get a shot.