has to begin at the local level.”
County classification data for where vaccinated people received their first does, between December 14, 2020, and April 10, 2021. (Source: CDC via Courthouse News)
(CN) Researchers announced an astonishing gap Tuesday between the number of adults vaccinated against Covid-19 in rural counties as compared with their urban counterparts.
Collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the data on vaccinated people aged 18 and older in 49 states and Washington, D.C., shows that 39% of adults in rural counties were vaccinated as of April 10, compared with about 46% of adults in urban counties. CDC officials said those trends held true around the country, including throughout various age groups and across genders.
Three counties in northwest Georgia are running a regional vaccine facility as the area sees worsening Covid-19 numbers and the state struggles to get doses in arms.
Catoosa County Coroner James Spurling delivers a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a drive-thru facility in Ringgold, Ga., last week. (Courthouse News photo/Daniel Jackson)
RINGGOLD, Ga. (CN) The people giving out Covid-19 vaccines under the tents at a Georgia civic center turned regional vaccine facility are a mix: EMS students, retired nurses and firefighters, to name a few.
They say they have vaccinated thousands of their neighbors drive-thru style in the cold and rain and they plan to continue to do so in the coming Georgia heat, reaching in cars with either the Pfizer or Moderna shots. Even as they expand hours to make it easier for people to get vaccinated, they’ve had to pause for an afternoon when thunderstorms threatening tornadoes rolled through a few days back.