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Roanoke volunteers collect nearly 10 full bags of trash during trail, park cleanup
The next cleanup day will be at Wasena Park next week
Work to clean up parks and trails in Roanoke
ROANOKE, Va. – During the pandemic, parks and outdoor venues gained more attraction, but the increase in people also means more trash is being left behind.
That’s why a dozen Roanoke residents signed up to get a little dirty to help the environment on Saturday morning. Slipping on gloves and grabbing trash bags, people spread out at Washington Park and searched Lick Run Greenway to pick up trash.
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The region also lags behind the nation in the percentage of adults with at least one shot and in adults who are fully vaccinated, an Enquirer analysis of U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention data shows. Roughly 3 of 5 adults in the region have had one COVID-19 vaccine shot. That s 967,000 of the 1.7 million adults in the 16 counties.
In addition, the region s path to reaching the herd protection that will block wide transmission of the novel coronavirus looks to be difficult, leaving the area with pockets of vulnerability. The reason: vaccine hesitancy, while continuing to drop in 2021 as people have become more familiar with the COVID-19 shots, remains above 20% in many areas.