Southern California Vaccine Distribution Declining Despite Lottery Initiative

Southern California Vaccine Distribution Declining Despite Lottery Initiative
California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds up a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles on Dec. 14, 2020. Jae C. Hong/Pool/Getty Images
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Despite California’s $116.5 million lottery initiative to encourage more residents to get vaccinated, the demand for vaccines in Orange County, California, is slowly declining, officials say.

Kaiser Permanente spokesperson Terry Kanakri said that Southern California—and Orange County specifically—have not experienced any significant change in vaccination rates since Gov. Gavin Newson’s May 27 lottery announcement.