Updated: 1:43 PM CDT Jul 8, 2021 By CNN Wire New data analysis identifies clusters of unvaccinated people including southwest Missouri that are vulnerable to surges in COVID-19 cases and could become breeding grounds for even more deadly COVID-19 variants.The analysis by researchers at Georgetown University identified 30 clusters of counties with low vaccination rates and significant population sizes. The five most significant of those clusters are sprawled across large swaths of the southeastern United States and a smaller portion in the Midwest.The five clusters are largely in parts of eight states, starting in the east in Georgia and stretching west to Texas and north to southern Missouri in areas like Springfield, Joplin and the Ozarks. The clusters also include parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Tennessee, and are made up of mostly smaller counties but also cities such as Montgomery, Alabama; Shreveport, Louisiana; and Amarillo, Texas.Most
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