California leaders fumbled the chance to help communities with low vaccination rates. Is it too late to keep the pandemic from accelerating?
The World Health Organization calls the Delta variant of COVID-19 the"fastest and fittest," a term suggesting that this strain of the virus both spreads more rapidly and picks off vulnerable people more efficiently than do its predecessors. California is about to experience Delta's full force—and the state's lagging vaccination efforts in low income neighborhoods will once again put those populations at unequal risk.
For weeks, California has experienced low numbers of virus-related cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Cases are now on the rise, in part because of the state's much publicized reopening on June 15. And with Delta making up nearly half of all new cases analyzed in Los Angeles County for the week ending June 19, it's clear that this strain of the virus may ramp up the numbers very quickly.
Moreover, the CDPH's own reports indicate a systemic failure by government officials, from Gov.
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