As they have for the past 34 years, AIDS activists along with LGBTQ and health organizations will be gathering at events around the Bay Area Thursday, December 1, to mark World AIDS Day.
South Bay resident Marisol Valencia-Hernandez is getting her COVID-19 vaccination after her aunt got sick from coronavirus. I said ‘if she could have had this opportunity, I know she would have done it for her children .
She is one of the many people who got their shot at the new VTA site. It’s easy access. The cones are guiding you, so there’s no way to get lost.”
The county health department still wants more people age 16 to 29 to get vaccinated. Only 57% of that group has gotten at least one shot, which lags behind other age groups.
Dr. Victor Salazar said misinformation about side effects is one the reasons.