SANMARCOS BUDA KYLE EDITION
2021 H E A L T H C A R E E D I T I O N
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VOLUME 11, ISSUE 2 JUNE 14JULY 11, 2021
Central Texas community comes together to drive up vaccination rates
herd immunity
Reaching for
Many health ocials, including those at Austin Public Health, are using 67% of the total population fully vaccinated as the minimum benchmark to reach herd immunity. Here’s how many people in each county would need to receive vaccines to provide the community at large with collective protection against COVID-19. Numbers are updated as of June 8.
Additional fully vaccinated individuals needed:
Hays County
213,366
51,207
43%
BY OLIVIA ALDRIDGE, AMY RAE DADAMO & WARREN BROWN
67%
Kendra Wright received early access to the coro- navirus vaccine in January as an essential caretaker to her elderly father. Walking out of the appoint- ment, Wright said she…