Low reimbursements, high numbers of uninsured patients and staffing shortages are impacting rural hospitals nationwide. But in Randolph County, Ga., access to critical lifesaving care has all but disappeared.
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In rural Georgia, a door-to-door push to get neighbors vaccinated against Covid-19
Posted: Jul 14, 2021 2:41 AM
Updated: Jul 14, 2021 2:41 AM
Posted By: By Jen Christensen, CNN
If it were the fall, this group of volunteers folders in hand, walking shoes on their feet would be knocking on doors to get out the vote in rural Cuthbert, Georgia.
As they walked in the hot spring sun this April and May, these four have another mission. They are using their powers of persuasion to get more neighbors to take the Covid-19 vaccine. Excuse me, Joyce Barlow says to Sherod Shingles, a young man who comes out his front door in shorts and a Utah Jazz shirt, a white medical mask on his face. Have you had your Covid-19 vaccine?
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âNeighbor 2 Neighborâ vaccine clinic set for Saturday in Cuthbert Cuthbert vaccine clinic set for Saturday (Source: Randolph County Democratic Committee) By Kim McCullough | April 8, 2021 at 1:20 PM EDT - Updated April 8 at 1:29 PM
CUTHBERT, Ga. (WALB) - The Clay County Medical Center and the Randolph County Democratic Committee are sponsoring a free COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
It will be at the J. B. Smith Complex lunchroom.
The shot is free, and you must be 18-years-old or older.
To register, you can call Carolyn Baker at (229) 308-7064 or Booby Jenkins at (229) 732-1044.
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