Rachael Lee, an epidemiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Medicine, said people who remain unvaccinated tend to have low-income jobs and say they don’t have the time or money to get their shot, or they are younger and say they won’t become symptomatic if they are infected. There’s also a correlation between counties with low vaccination rates and leaning Republican, she said.

Source: Washington Post August 08, 2021 02:00 UTC