Hitting "herd immunity" is becoming an ever more elusive goal in LA County

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Hitting "herd immunity" is becoming an ever more elusive goal in LA County.

Officials were initially hoping to get 80% of eligible residents vaccinated by the end of June.

But amid falling demand for shots, the goal was pushed back to mid to late-July.

Now, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer says "I don't know with certainty how long it will take us to get to 75-80 percent of eligible people being fully vaccinated here in LA County. I do know that every person that gets vaccinated gets us closer to that goal."

More than 9 million doses have been administered in the county but fewer than half of residents have been fully vaccinated.

Featured Image Photo Credit: A man crosses the unusually quiet Hollywood Boulevard near the shuttered Pantages Theatre as the coronavirus pandemic continues on March 25, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a ‘stay at home’ order for California’s 40 million residents, with exceptions for essential activities, in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)