Breaking down which Idaho zip codes have the highest vaccine rates

HEALTH ANDWELFARE ..

A VASTMAJORITY OF IDAHOCOMMUNITES HAVE ACOVID-19VACCINATION RATEBELOW 40 PERCENT.THESE NUMBERSHAVE PROBABLYGONE UP SINCE THISDATA WASRECORDED IN MID-APRIL.STILL... LOCALHEALTH EXPERTSARE CONCERNEDABOUT VACCINEHESITANCY.OUR JAKE GARCIAHAS AN IN-DEPTHREPORT ON THENUMBERS AND THEREACTION FROMHEALTH LEADERS.AS OF THIS WEEK 34PERCENT OF THESTATE'S POPULATIONHAS BEEN FULLY ORPARTIALLYVACCINATED.

INBOISE 5 ZIP CODESWERE OVER THE 40PERCENT MARK AND4 OF THOSE HAD AVACCINATION RATEOF 50 PERCENT ORMORE.

MORE THAN57 PERCENT OFRESIDENTS IN ZIPCODE 83702 AREVACCINATED WHICHIS IN BOISE'S NORTHEND REPRESENTEDTHE HIGHEST RATE.IN MERIDIAN ONLYONE ZIP CODE HADPASSED THE 40PERCENT MARK.

INNAMPA ALL ZIPCODES WHEREBELOW THE 40PERCENT MARK.DATA SHOWED THATONLY A LITTLE OVER18 PERCENT OF THE83605 ZIP CODE INCALDWELL HAD BEENVACCINATED.ACCORDING TORECENT CENSUSDATA 88 PERCENT OFTHIS AREA IDENTIFYAS LATIN-X.

THIS ISSOMETHING HEALTHCARE LEADERS AREMONITORING."WITH ANY NEWMEDICATION ORVACCINE, IT'S NOTUNCOMMON FORPEOPLE TO BEHESITANT,PARTICULARLYTHOSE WHO MIGHTBE PERSONS OFCOLOR, WHERETHEREHISTORICALLY HASBEEN ISSUES, IF YOUWILL, WITH OTHERKINDS OF MEDICALTHERAPIES.

BUTWHAT'S IMPORTANTIS ROUGHLY TWOOUT OF FIVE PEOPLEARE, YOU KNOW,HESITANT TO GETTHE VACCINE,BECAUSE THEY'REWORRIED THATMAYBE IT'S NOTSAFE.

THERE'SABOUT 13% OFIDAHOANS WHO AREHISPANIC, HOWEVER,THEY REPRESENTABOUT 19% OF OURCOVID CASES.

ANDAS OF NOW, REALLYONLY ABOUT 7% OFTHE LATINOPOPULATION HASBEEN IMMUNIZED.

SOIT'S AN IMPORTANTMESSAGE TO GETOUT TO THE LATINOCOMMUNITY MAKINGSURE THAT WE HAVEA LEADER IN THECOMMUNITY,SPANISH SPEAKINGCOLLEAGUES,FRIENDS, FAMILYMEMBERS, OTHERSWHO ARE SHARINGINFORMATION ABOUTTHE AVAILABILITY OFTHE VACCINE TOASSURINGINDIVIDUALSUNDERSTAND THATIT IS SAFE, MEANINGTHAT HAS BEENTESTED THROUGHCLINICAL TRIALS.AND THERE'S BEENONGOINGMONITORING TOASSURE SAFETYTHAT'S EFFECTIVE."PRESIDENT BIDENSETTING A NEW GOALTHIS WEEK."OUR GOAL, BY JULYFOURTH, IS TO HAVE70% OF ADULTAMERICANS WITH ATLEAST ONE SHOTAND 160 MILLIONAMERICANS FULLYVACCINATED."AND DR. FAUCIPROVIDED APROMISING OUTLOOKON WHAT HITTINGTHAT THRESHHOLDCOULD MEAN."IF YOU ARE IN APARTICULARCOMMUNITY ORTOWN OR CITY ORWHAT HAVE YOU ANDYOU HAVE THE 70%VACCINATION THATTHE PRESIDENT ISAIMING FOR WITH ASINGLE DOSE INADULTS AND YOUWILL SEEGUARANTEED THELEVEL OF INFECTIONGO VERY LOW.

YOUCAN START LOOKINGAT THINGS THAT YOUWERE RESTRICTEDFROM DOING, THATGRADUALLY YOUWILL SEE THE CDCLIFTINGRESTRICTIONS."HERE IN IDAHO,THERE IS A BIT MOREHESITANCY AND DR.KHAN SAYS JUST LIKEANY OTHER HEALTHRELATED QUESTIONSHAVE AN OPEN ANHONEST DISCUSSIONWITH YOURDOCTOR..."CERTAINLY, WEKNOW THAT THEREMAY BE CERTAINHEALTH CONDITIONSTHAT YOU WANT TOCLARIFY WITH YOURDOCTOR ABOUTWHETHER OR NOTTHIS IS THE RIGHTVACCINE FOR YOUWHETHER OR NOTIT'S THE RIGHT TIMEFOR YOU.

BUT IF YOUHAVE QUESTIONS,TALK TO YOUR, YOUKNOW, TALK TOYOUR DOCTOR, TALKTO YOUR FAMILY,REALLY WANTENCOURAGE PEOPLETO BECOME AWAREAND UNDERSTANDWHAT THEIRCHOICES ARE ANDTHE IMPORTANTVALUE THAT THESEVACCINES BRING INOUR FIGHT AGAINSTCOVID-19."JAKE GARCIA IDAHONEWS 6.THE BIDENADMINISTRATIONROLLED OUT AVACCINE SERVICETHAT ALLOWS YOUTO FIND THENEAREST PLACEWITH DOSESAVAILABLE ANDINFORMATION TO SETUP AN APPOINTMENT.YOU CAN TEXT YOURZIP CODE TO 4-3-8-8-2-9, AND FORINFORMATION INSPANISH TEXT YOURZIP CODE TO 8-2-2-8-6-2.WE DOVE DEEPERINTO THOSESTATISTICS.IDAHO CURRENTLYHAS A STATEWIDEVACCINATION RATEOF 34 PERCENT,ACCORDING TO THEC-D-C.BUT, THAT NUMBERIS BASED ON THETOTAL POPULATIONOF THE STATE.ACCORDING TO THEU-S CENSUS, NEARLY25 PERCENT OFIDAHOANS AREUNDER 18-YEARS OFAGE.THE VACCINATIONRATE IS ACTUALLYAROUND 46 PERCENTOF THOSE ELIGIBLE.THAT'S ANIMPORTANTDISTINCTION ASVACCINEALLOCATIONS AREBASED ONPOPULATION AND IN AFAST GROWINGSTATE LIKE IDAHO