Deep Dive: Westchester leads state with 63% teen vaccination rate
A recent poll shows 62% of parents surveyed would feel safer if schools had higher vaccination rates.
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Aug 27, 2021, 9:46 AM
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Updated 969 days ago
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689ds agoNews 12 is looking at back to school trends and this year
that includes vaccinations.
A recent
poll shows 62% of parents surveyed would feel safer if schools had
higher vaccination rates.
Caleb
Silver, editor-in-chief of Investopedia, says the teen vaccination rate
is key as students head back in the next couple of weeks.
Numbers show that in the age range of 12-18, the
vaccination rate is highest in Westchester County, with 63.1% of teens being
vaccinated. In Nassau County 50% are vaccinated and in Suffolk County 38.3%.
Meanwhile, in the NYC area, around 43% are vaccinated.
Is there
any connection to vaccination rates in the counties and the number of COVID
cases?
Silver
says yes, and it is a key piece of data to watch. In Westchester, 63.8%
of the total population is vaccinated and it has among the lowest COVID-19
rates in any county in the state.
However,
down in Richmond County, where only 53% of the total population is
vaccinated, there is a very high number of COVID-19 cases.
