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Forty percent of inmates in the California state prison system have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, even though the state as a whole is releasing vaccines much more slowly to the general population.
According to the latest statistics, published by the New York Times, 14% of California residents have received “at least one injection” of the COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine created by Pfizer as part of Operation Warp Speed requires a two-dose regimen to be fully effective.
In contrast, 40% of inmates in state prisons have been vaccinated, according to the Los Angeles Times:
About 40% of those held in the California corrections system have received the COVID-19 vaccine, a figure hailed by prison advocates who say only a fraction of the state’s vaccine is needed to protect a population that is the one of the most vulnerable to the virus.
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Statewide, 211 prisoners and 26 prison staff have died from complications from COVID-19. Social distancing is difficult in crowded environments like prisons, and the virus has many chances to penetrate when staff come and go.
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As of February 8, 76% of all those incarcerated within the CDCR had received at least one dose of the vaccine or had been infected with the virus, according to a case submitted as part of the execution proceedings for Plata against Newsom, a long-standing lawsuit against the State of California over issues of access to medical care in prisons.
The Los Angeles Times adds that 70% of inmates who were offered the vaccine took it.
Last year, San Quentin State Prison suffered from an outbreak of coronavirus, apparently following a decision to move infected prisoners from one facility to another. Prisoners are considered a high priority population for vaccination due to the difficulty of social distancing in prison.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor of Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, Neither free nor fair: the 2020 US presidential election. His recent book, RED NOVEMBER, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship laureate. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
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