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UPDATED April 6, 2021 | 3:25 PM Am I eligible for the vaccine?
Anyone 50 and is eligible and by April 15, everyone 16 and up will be, too.
Other eligible groups include health care workers and those who work or live in long-term care facilities are eligible. You can also get vaccinated if you care for an elderly or disabled person, provided that you have a doctor’s note confirming that you are what the state calls an informal caretaker.
Teachers, police officers and grocery store workers became eligible to get their shots beginning Feb. 27. People with serious underlying medical conditions or disabilities that make them vulnerable to COVID-19 became eligible on March 15, along with homeless people; those living in jails, detention centers and other congregate settings; and public transit workers.
Now, they’re addressing vaccine hesitancy in San Diego’s Black communities.
“The hesitancy, as it relates to particularly African Americans, is a very earned one, as it relates to the history of vaccines in the country,” explained Samantha Gambles Farr, President of the San Diego Black Nurses Association, “however, we know that it’s very important for us to get this vaccine as it relates to the overall outcomes in that people who have been receiving these vaccines have not been dying as a result of COVID-19.”
San Diego Black Nurses Association President Samantha Gambles Farr joined KUSI for a discussion on the Association and how they’re addressing vaccine hesitancy in the Black community here in San Diego.
Less than 2 percent of people who have been vaccinated in San Diego County are Black, data show
Black residents make up nearly 5 percent of the county’s population and account for 4,875 cases per 100,000 residents. That’s higher than rates among White and Asian residents but lower than rates among Latinos and Pacific Islanders.
The county has said it is placing vaccination sites in areas with large minority populations that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
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The county operates vaccination superstations in La Jolla, Chula Vista, La Mesa, San Marcos and Del Mar as well as some smaller operations. Its first mass immunization site near Petco Park will close permanently Saturday.
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