Los Angeles County could reach herd immunity from the coronavirus among adults and the oldest teenagers by mid- to late July, another looming milestone that underscore the region’s rapid recovery from the pandemic.
“We do need to work harder to ensure that there’s good information and easy access to vaccinations for our younger people,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said.To get more people immunized, L.A. County will still need to confront disparities among certain demographics who have been less likely to get vaccinated: Latino and Black residents, young people and men.
Teenagers and the youngest adults are also less likely to have received a shot. The majority of adults in their 30s and older have received one shot, but among the youngest adults — up to age 29 — only 45% have received at least one dose of vaccine, and among 16- and 17-year-olds, only 34% have gotten at least one shot.
“They were bringing their friends, and they were frankly happy to be there and felt like it was important for them to come in and get vaccinated,” Ferrer said. “But we made it a lot easier at that site: You don’t need an appointment, and that site is in the middle of a community that many people can walk to or take a bus to.
Overall, 90% of first doses administered by the city’s mobile vaccine clinics have gone to people of color, with about two-thirds of them going to Latino residents.
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