Baltimore Mayor Says Vaccine ‘Difference Between Life and Death’ As Some City Neighborhoods Only 30% Vaccinated; Mayor, Governor Say No New Restrictions For Now

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City’s wellness commissioner pleaded with radical to get the COVID-19 vaccine and noted: “in immoderate areas of the metropolis much than 70 percent of residents person not yet been vaccinated.“

Dr. Dzirasa: In immoderate parts of Baltimore City, 70% of radical are unvaccinated. “Please don’t hold until you’re successful a infirmary bed.” @wjz pic.twitter.com/2cFgc3lrJ6

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) July 26, 2021

Dr. Letitia Dzirasa is peculiarly acrophobic astir debased vaccination rates successful zip codes 21223, 21216, 21207 and 21213 arsenic the much contagious Delta variant spreads.

Latest Baltimore City #COVID19 numbers; Mayor Scott and Health Commissioner Dzirasa volition talk astatine 2pm. @wjz pic.twitter.com/7vTMjeZAxu

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) July 26, 2021

“Please don’t hold until you’re sick successful a infirmary furniture speech to your doc astir getting the vaccine,” Dr. Dzirasa said.

In the past month, Baltimore has seen cases emergence 115 percent and positivity summation by 95 percent but nary caller deaths.

Mayor Scott: We cannot accent the urgency and value of getting the vaccine… getting vaccinated is the quality betwixt beingness and death. @wjz pic.twitter.com/90dVvZlPFa

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) July 26, 2021

Sixty-two percent of adults successful the metropolis person present received 1 dose of vaccine.

“It is becoming progressively evident that getting the vaccine is the quality betwixt beingness and death,” Mayor Scott said.

WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren asked the politician whether accrued restrictions oregon a disguise mandate are coming if the numbers support going up.

“When and if the clip comes from a nationalist wellness and nationalist information standpoint that we person to enactment things successful place, we volition not hesitate to bash that,” the politician told Hellgren. “We are hopeful that we don’t get to that constituent but I volition not blink to bash that and prevention the lives of Baltimoreans.“

I asked Mayor Brandon Scott contiguous whether determination would beryllium much restrictions if numbers support going up. “We’re hopeful we don’t get to that, but I volition not blink to bash that to prevention the lives of Baltimoreans.” I besides asked astir vaccine mandates for metropolis workers. @wjz #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/OAmcmKdxpv

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) July 26, 2021

The metropolis has nary plans yet to mandate vaccinations oregon investigating among its workers, arsenic announced contiguous successful California and New York City. Scott said they are inactive moving connected policies and would supply an update successful the future.

"My connection to the backstage assemblage is: Go arsenic acold arsenic you tin spell close now. Do what you tin bash … I would impulse a vaccination mandate whenever possible," NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio says. pic.twitter.com/cg3MxqkG0x

— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 26, 2021

Dr. Dzirasa is encouraging adjacent afloat vaccinated radical to deterioration masks successful crowded indoor spaces.

“I inactive deterioration my disguise market buying oregon successful different areas wherever I consciousness it indispensable to support myself and my family,“ she said.

Statewide, the positivity complaint has much than quadrupled since June. It stood astatine 2.15 percent Monday. The authorities reported 256 caller infections.

“The Delta variants are scary and unsafe and much virulent and much contagious, and they are spreading each implicit our authorities and each crossed the state and the world,” Governor Larry Hogan said Monday.

The politician noted 76 percent of Maryland adults person received 1 changeable and the authorities is 1 of the “most vaccinated successful America.”

“There’s been nary deficiency of entree to the vaccine. The existent 24 percent conscionable decided not to get it. We’re hoping to support trying to person them 1 astatine a clip that they’re going to beryllium safer, their families are going to beryllium protected and their communities are [protected] if they would each get the vaccine,“ Hogan said.

Gov Hogan told @MaxMcGeeTV contiguous the Delta variant is “scary and dangerous” and helium is focused connected getting the 24% of the state’s unvaccinated adults to instrumentality the shots. “There’s been nary deficiency of entree to the vaccine.” @wjz #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/V84TpStK2a

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) July 26, 2021

He told WJZ determination are nary plans close present to spell backmost to disguise mandates and restrictions. “We person a large squad that’s weighing successful with tons of advice, but the lone enactment we request to instrumentality is for radical to get that vaccine.“

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