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The Hawai‘i Department of Health believes the state will still be able to reach herd immunity against the coronavirus, and it’s taking a grassroots approach to getting more residents vaccinated.
National health experts are not sure if the U.S. will reach herd immunity due to the spread of more contagious variants and vaccine hesitancy among the unvaccinated.
But locally, nearly 720,000 residents have received at least one dose as of May 5, a little over half of the state’s population according to the state s tracker.
Local health officials say there are challenges in convincing enough people to get vaccinated and eventually reach herd immunity.
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HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaiiâs pace of vaccine distribution has been criticized, but kupuna are now in line to register.
According to the Department of Health, the state has administered 70,095 vaccine doses. Thatâs 45% of all the doses the state received.
âThere are lots of options out there, youâre just going to have to be patient because as much as we would like to get more vaccine, weâre dependent on what the federal government gives us,â said Brooks Baehr, Health Department spokesperson.