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Disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates seen throughout Berkeley
Christina Owen/Staff
The city of Berkeley is experiencing wide disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates, with the discrepancies being seen through comparisons made between ZIP codes.
Alameda County opened up vaccination eligibility April 9, allowing all adults ages 16 and older to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a previous article from The Daily Californian. The city has been working with partners and a volunteer outreach team to get residents vaccinated.
Despite this, many city residents have not yet received their first shot.
More than 99% of residents in the ZIP code 94707, which includes North Berkeley, have received at least one COVID-19 shot, according to the California Open Data Portal. In contrast, only about 40% of residents in the ZIP code 94704 have received at least one COVID-19 shot. Within this last area is Southside, Berkeley, which houses many campus students.
On the edge of West Berkeley, dozens of tents and vehicles can be seen congregating on Second Street as members of the unhoused community wait to be admitted to homeless shelters at full capacity.
Amid various implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, a single mother and her child resided in the basement of another family’s house in North Berkeley, struggling to make ends meet during the decline of the local and national economy.
With the enforcement of health protocols, an individual in South Berkeley found himself spending most evenings sleeping on the sidewalk facing the impossibility of following shelter-in-place orders.
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