The other day I had a chance to visit a COVID-19 vaccination site in Greenbelt, MD. It was great to see so many folks getting their shot. If you need one, sign up today at vaccines.gov. No matter where you live there is a vaccination site near you. And then help us spread the word so we can keep our families and communities safe and get back to all the things we love.
As people are traveling and gathering indoors for the holidays, recent data has confirmed the fears of public health experts: California and the Bay Area are seeing a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, positivity rates and hospitalizations.
Thank you for joining us during the Juneteenth Soul Festival. Check out the recap. Thanks again to all who helped make the event possible.
COVID-19 has become deadlier for Black Californians since the widespread availability of vaccinations, and vaccine hesitancy could be among the reasons why. People of other races, who have higher vaccination rates, have seen death rates rise, but not as dramatically.
