COVID-19

Herd Immunity in the US? San Francisco Offers Reasons for Optimism

The city kept COVID case numbers low, and it has one of the highest vaccination rates of any major U.S. city. Now comes the real test

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NBCUniversal Media, LLC President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Americans who hadn’t yet received the COVID-19 to do so as soon as possible. “You do need to get vaccinated,” Biden said. “This is not a Democrat or Republican issue… Two of our vaccines were authorized under a prior administration, a Republican administration.”

Adam Bergeron is looking forward to reopening the Balboa Theater, the independent movie theater in San Francisco he owns and operates. 

He's watched as other movie theaters around the U.S. welcomed audiences back ahead of his, but San Francisco has been slower to reopen than other cities. Now, the time feels right.

"San Francisco’s been a model for doing COVID the right way, if there is such a thing," Bergeron said.

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"At this point, everyone I know is completely vaccinated. The cases are going down. And we just chose a time that seemed like it was going to be the right time," he added. He’s planning to reopen May 14 with a "Godzilla" marathon.

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