Mobile vaccine clinics are helping, but Riley County is still nowhere close to its goal of a 70% vaccination. That’s according to county health department director Julie Gibbs, who spoke to county commissioners Monday via Zoom. She said 45% of all eligible people are fully vaccinated, according to Web IZ, the state’s reporting system. Commissioner Kathryn Focke asked if Gibbs had a target date for hitting 70%, which is the approximate threshold at which a community may begin to achieve herd immunity, experts say. “No target date,” said Gibbs, underscoring a problem health departments around the country are currently battling: the number of people seeking vaccines has plateaued.
Source: themercury.com
