UC Davis Plays Major Role In City Of Davis’ Vaccination Rate

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DAVIS (CBS13) — Davis could beryllium 1 of the safest cities successful California erstwhile it comes to coronavirus with strict mask-wearing policies and present an 84% vaccination rate.

Almost 1 twelvemonth ago, COVID-19 vaccines started rolling out.

“COVID was raging,” said UC Davis Nurse Heather Donaldson.

Donaldson worked successful a coronavirus intensive attraction unit.

“We saw a batch of radical dice successful a abbreviated play of time,” she said. “We’re utilized to seeing radical dice successful the ICU but not similar that.”

Donaldson was feeling defeated until vaccines arrived conscionable successful time. She was archetypal successful enactment to get her shots and to springiness them.

“I really vaccinated a batch of radical from Davis. It was fun,” she said.

Now, 84% of Davis residents are astatine slightest partially vaccinated — 1 of the highest rates successful California.

So however did the metropolis get there?

“Davis does person a precocious vaccination rate, but Davis is benignant of unsocial successful Yolo County due to the fact that of the assemblage itself,” said John Fout, a spokesperson for Yolo County.

Fout says UC Davis employees are 95% vaccinated and UC Davis Students are 98% vaccinated — a large publication to boosting city-wide immunity.

“Every 2 weeks, we person to get tested. It decidedly makes maine consciousness a batch safer,” said UC Davis Student Pearl Cannon.

Fout says young radical are the last portion of the puzzle and could inch the metropolis person to being afloat inoculated.

“Now that kids 5-11 tin get vaccinated, we’re going to spot numbers travel up. There’s a batch of kids successful Davis,” Fout said.

So tin Davis scope a 100% vaccination rate?

“I don’t cognize if we’d get to the 100%. I don’t adjacent deliberation we needfully request to get to 100%,” Fout said. “Where we request to get to is simply a captious wide of radical who don’t dispersed the virus.”

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Fout is encouraging anyone who has already received their vaccine to look into getting their booster shots.