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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMany rural counties have only about 25% to 30% of their population vaccinated
Was just clicking around on different counties in NM and those super rural counties along the Texas border have very low vaccination rates. For example Roosevelt county is at 26% even though more populated counties like Bernalillo, Sante Fe, Taos etc. have from 60 to 70% vaccinated.
https://cvprovider.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html
Sadly, these rural areas are going to get decimated this fall. I imagine it's similar in many other states.
hlthe2b
(101,728 posts)sigh...
Kaleva
(36,146 posts)Percentages can be misleading. while Trump got 62% of the vote in my home county, the actual number of votes he got here was 1/100th of the vote he got in Wayne County (Detroit).
hlthe2b
(101,728 posts)Kaleva
(36,146 posts)200,000 unvaccinated people in a urban county which has a vaccination rate of 70% is more of a threat then 2000 unvaccinated people in a county where the vaccinated rate is 30%.
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)Hopefully fewer stupid people alive will be the end result.
hlthe2b
(101,728 posts)might well eventually include those resistant to current vaccines and therapeutic drugs-- and thus put ALL of us at risk, vaccinated or not-- is astounding. Good gawd!
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)What am I supposed to do about it? Ive pretty much given up on the American people. There is no way to get through to the ignorant SOBs. Have to hope for the best. I did my part by getting vaccinated. And I plan on wearing a mask for months to come.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,746 posts)that they incorrectly think that being rural protects them, that the virus can't get to them.
They are so wrong.
hlthe2b
(101,728 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,746 posts)about how the rural counties have barely gotten Covid. He is not a Fox watcher, but he's not at all good about double checking things, and all too often passes on unverified crap.
What I've learned over the years is to question EVERYTHING. Lots of times I see something posted as fact, and I check it out on line. Much of the time the posting is pure bullshit. Sometimes it is accurate. Questioning and checking out are the two most important things to do.
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bottomofthehill
(8,261 posts)Worried about the tractor getting stuck to their forehead. Fucking morons. The vaccine is available. Take it!
Kaleva
(36,146 posts)JCMach1
(27,544 posts)anti-vax, Trumpers, religious fundamentalists (all kinds and creeds)...