Meanwhile, CDC data shows that senior citizens - who are more likely to be Republican than Democrat - are the group with the highest vaccination rate. Many young people either do not fear the virus or do fear the vaccineMeanwhile, CDC data has found white Americans are more likely to have had a COVID vaccine than their black or Hispanic counterparts. Many rural areas also have lower vaccination rates than their urban peers, though the reason may not only be based in vaccine hesitancy. Official data shows that 45 percent of people in urban areas have received at least one shot of a vaccine, compared to only 39 percent of people who live in rural areas, according to CDC data. Rural Americans often have to travel further than their urban counterparts to receive the vaccine, and access to vaccine information is harder in areas that may not have full internet access.

Source: The Nation July 31, 2021 14:37 UTC