The United States has just achieved President Biden’s goal that by July 4, 70% of Americans will be vaccinated against COVID-19 at least once, and continued hesitation to vaccinate against the virus is still a major factor leading to this goal . The goal is not reached-especially among young people.
according to CNN, Which analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Young people are least likely to be vaccinated against this deadly virus, and the number of vaccinated people continues to decline, even though the people who die are now younger than the previous victims, and the vast majority are from blacks. Community, and mostly unvaccinated. The survey results show that if this speed continues to be maintained, by the end of August, only 57.5% of people under the age of 30 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, the weekly vaccination rate for newly vaccinated adults aged 18-29 has slowed to 2%.
However, there are potentially rare side effects in young people, such as MyocarditisThe cause of heart inflammation makes many people not believe that the vaccine will actually guarantee their safety, which means that the number of people vaccinated may continue to decrease.
This is even more worrying for the black community, because this group is still the racial or ethnic group with the lowest vaccination rate in the United States, with only 22% of people fully vaccinated.
“These lower rates may be partly due to vaccine hesitation, but they may also be due to unfair access to vaccines,” Dr. Lisa Cooper, founder of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, told CNN. “Many African Americans in the South live in rural areas and have limited access to health care facilities. In addition, many people may have other stressors related to unsafe housing, food or work, which may prevent them from being vaccinated. “
Vaccine hesitation is a Raised a question This was also the case before, especially after the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was suspended due to rare blood clots in some women after vaccination. It was later approved for use again, but the people most likely to inject it still doubt it.
So far Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The report stated that 54.9% of the population had at least one dose of the vaccine, while 67% of adults had already received it. 47.3% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated. Several states, especially the southern states, are working hard to achieve vaccination goals.Currently 7-day case rate There are 27.9 out of every 100,000 people in the United States, and the risk of community transmission is moderate.
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