Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, right, and Gov. Larry Hogan talk to patrons of a Giant Pharmacy vaccination site in District Heights. Governor's Office photo by Patrick Seibert
VACCINATION EFFORTS STILL SLOW, SHOW RACIAL DISPARITY: The rate of COVID-19 vaccinations continues at a tedious pace, so slow that one Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health expert said Thursday it’s not yet possible to see a difference in the course of the pandemic, Jayne Miller reports for WBALTV. The vaccination efforts so far show a racial disparity,with just 14.6 of the state’s Black population vaccinated.
The Carroll County Commissioners are questioning the decision to move forward with plans to vaccinate those over 65 and essential workers before they’ve vaccinated all the people over 75, Yasmine Askari reports for the Carroll County Times. About 11,000 Carroll residents are over 75, but only 520 have been vaccinated and another 500 were scheduled to be vaccinated Thursday.