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A SCAN Health Plan survey of family caregivers is revealing some shocking new information about the divide between rural and urban communities when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. According to the study, n
early one in three (31%) family caregivers who live in rural communities say they won’t take the older adult under their care to get the COVID-19 vaccine that’s nearly double the refusal rate of urban and suburban caregivers (16%). Likewise, about the same number (36%) of rural caregivers say they won’t get vaccinated themselves.
The survey showed that safety concerns largely drive caregivers’ unwillingness to get the vaccine for their loved ones and themselves. Among the rural family caregivers surveyed, an overwhelming 81% have doubts that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe and more than a quarter (28%) are not at all confident in the vaccine’s safety. Just 9% of their urban and suburban peers are