Apr 27, 2021
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, was right vaccine supplies have caught up with vaccine demand even earlier than Schumer said it would.
If only that were a good thing.
About 43% of eligible county residents have recieved a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Christine Schuyler, county health and human service director. That means about 32% of the population needs to be vaccinated for Chautauqua County to reach herd immunity and that 32% is going to take a while to reach.
County officials plan to do education for those who haven’t been vaccinated yet, do smaller clinics and try to make the vaccine more accessible for those who haven’t had an opportunity to be vaccinated.