California Coronavirus Update: “Very Low” Number Of Kids Vaccinated So Far In 2020 As State Heads Into Scary Flu Season
deadline.comTom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia’s Health and Human Services Director Dr. Mark Ghaly began his Tuesday news conference by pointing out that he is a pediatrician.Ghaly then went on to reveal some shocking statistics for a state in the midst of a pandemic.Among children ages 0-18, he said, “California is running at only two-thirds the vaccination level we were at at the same point in 2019.”On a more granular level, Ghaly said that the state has seen two great drops in vaccinations this year and both have coincided with more stringent stay-at-home orders in April and July.“When we went to a stay-at-home order,” he noted, “we saw a significant decrease in vaccinations of young people.” “The fact that we are still very low, compared to.
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