Health officials must sway people reluctant to get vaccine in order to reach herd immunity
Orange County nears 50% vaccinated but reaching 70% will take time, Dr. Raul Pino says
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Health leaders bring vaccines to Orange County communities
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Herd immunity to the coronavirus is within reach, health officials say, but the struggle is trying to educate people who have already decided against getting the vaccine and encourage them to change their minds.
Community or herd immunity — when a certain percentage of the population is immune to COVID-19 — is what health officials are working toward with mass vaccine distributions across the world with varying strategies aimed at making the shots accessible.