These gaps in vaccine coverage, though not new, are sparking concerns that some swaths of the state remain at risk of potential outbreaks, complicating California’s emergence from the pandemic that has upended life for more than a year.
The World Health Organization has unveiled a new naming system for coronavirus variants that uses Greek letters instead of geographical locations.
Indeed, dissemination of accurate information is key, UC San Francisco epidemiologist Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo said, noting that some people have been suspicious they’ll be charged for shots, which are free.by the Kaiser Family Foundation have shown that Republicans and rural residents are among the least enthusiastic groups in the U.S. when it comes to getting vaccinated. About 26% of rural U.S.
Without increasing vaccination rates, “the concerns are that you’ll have this smoldering endemic disease in the population,” said Brad Pollock, an epidemiologist at UC Davis. “The longer it lingers around, the more likely you are to have these odd mutant strains show up.”Compared to earlier waves of the pandemic, unvaccinated people now have to deal with a more contagious variant, B.1.1.7 —by the World Health Organization — which has become the dominant strain in California.
“That means the bug is more infectious, it’s more efficient at getting people infected,” Pollock said. “The people that ... aren’t vaccinated are more likely to get infected and are more likely to spread it.”
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