Half of U.S. states have fully vaccinated at least 50% of adults, CDC says
Nelson Oliveira
May 24, 2021, 8:07 AM
Five months after a New York City nurse became the first person in America to get a coronavirus shot, at least 25 states are now reporting that more than half of their adult population has been fully vaccinated a major milestone in the fight against COVID-19.
Data published Sunday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Washington, D.C. has also fully vaccinated at least 50% of people 18 or older and that Maine’s 62.9% rate of fully vaccinated adults is the highest in the country. Connecticut and Vermont are right behind Maine in the vaccination race, with 62.8% and 62.7%, respectively.
Crismely Tinidad, left, the Housing Service Coordinator at the Bronx River Community Center, translates for a resident who only speaks Spanish as he registers with a Somos Community Care screener at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at the Bronx River Addition NYCHA complex, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
“Hola, ¿ha sido vacunado?”
This simple question Hello, have you been vaccinated?” repeated by volunteers from Lawyers for Civil Rights, stationed outside the Veronica Robles Cultural Center, proved to be the key to vaccinating approximately 50 individuals in East Boston on April 26, 2021. Through a partnership between the Greater Boston Latino Network, the Veronica Robles Cultural Center, the City of Boston, and the Consulates of Mexico, Colombia, and Honduras, this clinic provided a total of 150 vaccinations a third of which were administered to walk-ins within a predominantly Spanish-speaking community.
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In late December, 52% of Black people and 43% of Hispanics said they would wait and see on the vaccine. On Feb. 21, both groups numbers dropped by around 20 percentage points, a study showed.
New York State Team
BRONX – From the hallway, Nelson Washington leans in close to the front door of an apartment, listens to the voice on the other side, and makes his pitch. We re here offering our seniors and essential workers the registration for the vaccination of COVID-19, he said.
“I already have an appointment, thank you,” a voice responds.
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