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.
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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021, file photo, Robert Owens, 90, stands in line with other residents to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is walking back his claims that his state has now vaccinated 1 million seniors. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
ORLANDO, Fla. – Weekly cases of coronavirus in Florida have declined during the past two weeks but not because of the vaccine, at least not yet.
Central Florida’s largest county, Orange, has recently seen some improvements in case totals, hospitalizations and the recovery rate, but Florida Department of Health’s Dr. Raul Pino said it’s not due to the vaccine.