Veronica Escobar: “Ciudad Juarez, which is right next to my district, had to go…”

“… possible at a global scale is important, but we've still not heard anything on whether these vaccines will be used to vaccinate Mexican border cities. Just a few weeks ago, Ciudad Juarez, which is right next to my district, had to go into lockdown for a weekend because of an increase in COVID 19 cases. The reality is that border communities like mine will not truly reach herd immunity until our Mexican sister cities also begin seeing increased vaccination rates.” (03:50–03:59)

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