Difference between urban and rural pandemic, vaccination rate

[question everything]

This is from Chuck Todd - bear with me - showing images of vaccinations and ICU beds available

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Starting at the 38:30 mark. (Yes, you can drag the little red marker)

While rural's rate of vaccination is low, they have no ICU beds.

[applegrove]

1. What a nightmare.

[stopdiggin]

2. Not disagreeing with this at all

But it's probably fair to keep in mind that 'rural areas' have been loosing medical facilities (and beds) for years. Not profitable you know. So, they never had an overabundance of beds to start out with. An hours drive (and often more than that) is commonplace for many for serious medical care (specialist, procedures, etc.) - and has been for ages.

(one also ought to keep in mind that anything with less that 200 thousand - and three hospitals - which describes almost everything west of the Alleghenies - is 'rural' in much of the media lexicon.)

All of which takes nothing away from this discussion. --- ---

[Midnight Writer]

3. All ICU beds in my local hospital are full with Covid patients. Not one of them had the booster shot

Only one is vaccinated.

Hospital serves 6 counties. 40% vaccination rate.

Masks? We don't wear no stinking masks. 75% Trump voters in 2020.