If you thin that being young and healthy is enough to protect you from the spread of COVID-19, think again. A new statement from San Bernardino County reports that young, healthy people still need to get vaccinated against COVID-19. While the number of residents getting vaccinated has climbed to nearly 60 percent with at least one shot, young people ages 18 to 49 are the largest group of people who aren’t lining up for their shots in enough numbers. Reporter Gary Daigneault has the latest figures…
The latest figures from San Bernardino County show 55 percent of residents ages 18-34 are not vaccinated and 45 percent of county residents ages 35-49 are not vaccinated. Dr. Rodney Borger of Arrowhead Regional Medical Center says young and healthy people should feel a responsibility to protect others, particularly with the highly contagious Delta variant where a person with COVID-19 can infect up to six people. Borger said, “The reason you are taking the vaccine has to do with more than just you. You have a responsibility to older folks, people with diabetes, and people who are more susceptible. The vast majority of the unvaccinated we are seeing in the hospital are not anti-vaxxers, they are people who just haven’t got around to it.”
