'People are so pressured not to get vaccinated by their group that it is, to them, somewhat of a treasonous act.' In a county of just 6,000 people, everyone knows everyone who has Covid-19. And the pandemic is crushing this corner of rural America.
Covid-19 is crushing this corner of rural America. Getting the vaccine can still feel like an act of treasonBy Elle Reeve, Samantha Guff and Deborah Brunswick, CNNIn Van Buren, the county's biggest town, we were sitting next to a 16-year-old when she got a text that masks would be mandated at school because about 20 kids had tested positive after just two days of class. One person we'd wanted to interview had to go to the hospital with a breakthrough infection.
Ozarks public health workers feel 'hated' in Covid-19 spike 03:39Carter County has just 6,000 people. Van Buren has about 820 residents. It's the kind of place where everyone knows everyone -- and everyone knows everyone who has Covid-19. We came back in August to see what had changed since last fall and what hadn't -- and why, if people here personally knew so many people who got sick, just 27% of the county is fully vaccinated.
What evangelicals are hearing from some pastors about Covid-19 09:00"I don't want to ever give anybody an excuse for doing something like not getting vaccinated. But the reasons do harken to someone who has been told that they're a dumb hillbilly all their life by the rest of the country," Cochran said."I don't know that we are oppressed or disenfranchised. And I don't know if we deserve to even feel that way here. But we are a flyover state. ...
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