Edhat Staff
By edhat staff
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department (PHD) stated 49% of residents age 16 and over have received at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Approximately 23% of residents are fully vaccinated, “wonderful statistics to celebrate,” said PHD Director Dr. Van Do-Reynoso in a recorded video.
She went on to state that vaccination is the best tool to stop the spread of the virus in the community as herd immunity will require about 80-90% of the population to be vaccinated.
Santa Barbara County will be able to move into the orange tier on Tuesday if the COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 population remains under 6. As of Friday, the county case rate is 5.2.
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Maybe if we spent a bit more time holding accountable the people who are responsible for the initial outbreak, and less time criticizing those resistant to a life of indefinite vaccinations, and we won’t find ourselves facing a similar mess in the near future.
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RHS, getting to 80-90% is going to be a real challenge and may not be possible since many people will choose not to get the vaccine. Maintaining that level of vaccination will be even harder. Most people still believe this is going to be over once everyone is “fully vaccinated.” That is not the case. Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J have already made clear that additional booster shots are going to be needed and that Covid shots are likely to become an annual like flu shots. They are already developing new vaccines to address some of the emerging Covid variants. People will be extremely frustrated once they realize this is where we are headed. Fewer and fewer people will continue getting additional Covid shots in the years ahead, and the “immunity” provided by this first round of vaccines will diminish over time.
Reluctant populations: GEt their priest, pastor, reverand, elders, guru–whatever to OK it and publically get vaccinated.
Obviously, 12:46 is attempting satire by using doublespeak.