FILE – In this Thursday, April 8, 2021, file photo, a Northwell Health nurse fills a syringe with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site in the Staten Island borough of New York. Children ages 12 to 15 in New York could get vaccinated as early as Thursday, May 13, 2021, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Registered nurse Anna Yadgaro, left, hands Geidy Chirinos her vaccination card after inoculating her with the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York.
Geidy Chirinos sits in an observation area after being inoculated with the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York.
Registered nurse Anna Yadgaro, left, talks to Elva Rosario about the possible side effects before inoculating her with the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York.
Angelita Ramos, right, goes over her vaccination card while waiting for licensed practical nurse Karja Austin to inoculate her with the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York.
Registered nurse Anna Yadgaro, right, talks to Juana Mejia about the process before inoculating her with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York.
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center clinical director Diana Catalan, right, goes over Elva Rosario’s paperwork with her before she is inoculated with the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York.
Registered nurse Anna Yadgaro inoculates Juana Mejia with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York.
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center clinical director Diana Catalan, right, goes over Elva Rosario’s paperwork with her before she is inoculated with the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York.
The Far Rockaway zip code of 11691 in New York City has the lowest vaccine rate in the city, according to the health department. It also has the fourth-highest death rate from COVID-19.
NEW YORK (AP) — If there’s one place where people could fear the coronavirus more than a vaccination needle, it’s the Far Rockaway section of Queens: Nearly 460 residents of the seaside neighborhood have died of COVID-19.
That’s one out of every 146 people who live there, making for one of New York City’s highest death rates. And yet, no other place in the city has a lower percentage of vaccinated people.
As of Monday, only 29% of people living Far Rockaway’s ZIP code, 11691, had received even one vaccine dose, according to data from the New York City Health Department. That compares to a rate of 49% citywide and nationally.
The situation in the community of around 67,000 people illustrates the challenges facing health officials in many places as they try to overcome hesitancy fueled by mistrust, misinformation and fear.
“We have a good amount of people that still don’t want to get vaccinated, for whatever reason,” said Diana Catalan, a health clinic manager involved in the Far Rockaway inoculation effort whose father, a neighborhood resident, died of the virus in February.
Some people want to wait a few months to see how vaccinated friends and family respond to the shots, she said. Some have heard unfounded conspiracy theories that the vaccine is dangerous. Others just feel no urgency, having escaped serious harm so far.
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