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By 06/30/2021
West Marin vaccination rates are high, but the county admits its numbers are somewhat unreliable. The county as a whole boasts one of the highest vaccination rates in the nation, surpassing 90 percent of the eligible population last week. But understanding rates in rural Marin is complicated by two factors: the county’s listing of rates by census tract rather than by town, and the presence of populations that are difficult to capture in census estimates.
Data on vaccination rates is available on the Marin County Health and Human Services website, where it is grouped by census tract; West Marin, with its low population density, has only four tracts. None of the communities meet the minimum population requirement of 1,000 residents for releasing local data on Covid-19 vaccinations or case rates. Dr. Lisa Santora, the county’s deputy public health officer, said the requirement protects individuals “where it might be easier to discern