Vaccine Deadline Looms For Marin First Responders: Report

MARIN COUNTY, CA — Marin first responders have until later this week to get their booster shots, or else they’ll be subjected to weekly testing, The Marin Independent Journal reports.

Law enforcement officers and firefighters will have to show they’re fully vaccinated and have received their booster if they’re eligible, according to the report.

It shouldn’t be a problem for most. Marin’s law enforcement officers and firefighters have a high vaccination rates, The Marin Independent Journal reports.

Around 95 percent of all Marin firefighters are vaccinated, the report said.

Marin’s vaccination rate among law enforcement officers has been uneven, according to the report.

The San Rafael Police Department has a 96 percent vaccination rate and 100 percent of Belvedere and Ross police department staff have been vaccinated, but Sausalito reports just 84 percent of its officers have confirmed they’ve been vaccinated (the other 16 percent declined to state their status), according to the report.

Vaccination rates among law enforcement officers in the Golden State over the summer were significantly lower than the public’s, The Guardian reports.

California’s prisons have among the state’s lowest rates, with one facility reporting a 16 percent vaccination rate, the report said.

Read more in The Marin Independent Journal