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Collected Item: “Rate of Coronavirus Cases Among LAPD Officers Plummeting; Mass Vaccination Slated to Begin Next Week”

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Rate of Coronavirus Cases Among LAPD Officers Plummeting; Mass Vaccination Slated to Begin Next Week

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online article

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This article discusses the decline in COVID-19 infection rates among LAPD employees and personnel as their vaccination rates increase. This expected correlation demonstrates the efficacy of the early vaccines despite ongoing concerns at that time about an increasing frequently and number of viral variants across the United States. Additionally, the article addresses concerns of officers who choose not to get vaccinated. At the time of this article, 8 LAPD employees had died from COVID-19 complications and, at one point, more than 20 were testing positive with new infections each day. Those infections have dwindled to about 30 per week, and are likely also a reflection of vaccination among the general population as well as among police officers.

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police, cop, law enforcement, LEO, vaccine, vaccination, LAPD, Los Angeles, California, infection, infection rate, herd immunity

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https://www.officer.com/covid-19/news/21211632/rate-of-coronavirus-cases-among-lapd-officers-plummeting-mass-vaccination-slated-to-begin-next-week

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Josh Cain and Officer.com

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2021-02-24
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