70% of Latinx People In SF Have Had at Least One Vaccine Dose; 81% Vaccinated Citywide
San Francisco announced what it said was an important milestone on Tuesday, saying that 70% of eligible Latinx residents, i.e. those over the age of 12, have received at least one vaccine dose as of today. That represents 93,000 people in the city who are part of one of the hardest-hit communities in the pandemic.
Also as of today, 81% of all eligible city residents have received at least one vaccine dose, and 74% have been fully vaccinated. The figures come as public health officials in Los Angeles and elsewhere around the world are urging continued caution and indoor mask-wearing due to the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. While the mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) have preliminarily been seen to be highly effective against this and other variants, the infectiousness of the Delta variant, first seen in India, means it could seed serious outbreaks among unvaccinated pockets of
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