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Bay Area COVID deaths plunge to near zero, thanks to high vaccination rates
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Emergency medical technician Thomas Hoang pushes a gurney into an emergency room to drop off a COVID-19 patient in Placentia (Orange County) on Jan. 8.Jae C. Hong/Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Medical examiner Elizabeth Napoles (right) works alongside National Guard troops helping to process COVID-19 deaths in Los Angeles on Jan. 12.Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-CoronerShow MoreShow Less
COVID-19 deaths have nearly bottomed out in the Bay Area, with an average of one new death reported a day for the nine-county region the lowest number since the start of the pandemic and a dramatic drop from the winter surge, when nearly 70 people were dying every day.
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Bay Area is close to herd immunity. But we may never get there
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The Bay Area has among the best COVID-19 vaccination rates in the United States and several counties are approaching the threshold of herd immunity, where the virus eventually dies out because it can no longer find people to infect.
If the region was in a bubble, that could eliminate nearly all coronavirus infections. But with vaccine uptake already waning across California and the U.S. and vaccines still unavailable to large swaths of the world the level of global immunity required to squash the pandemic is almost certainly unattainable, at least for a long time to come, infectious disease experts say.
Young Californians lag in vaccinations. Here s why changing that is critical
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Santa Clara County youth ambassador Erica Huynh, 20, is helping get the word out to her peers about vaccinations.Scott Strazzante/The Chronicle
Teenagers and young adults statewide and in many parts of the Bay Area are getting coronavirus shots at significantly lower rates than older residents, prompting health officials to step up efforts to persuade young people to be vaccinated as soon as possible.
Statewide, just 32% of those aged 16 and 17 have gotten at least one shot, compared with 60% in the overall eligible population and 70% or more among people over 50, state data shows.