COVID death rate in rural Ga. now double that in urban areas

[Jilly_in_VA]

The health department crew set up shop in a building near the Georgia National Fair’s north gate, not far from the stage where a juggler and a hypnotist would later perform, a short walk to the midway where throngs of people lined up for the Grand Carousel, the Dizzy Dragon and other carnival rides.

All around the clinicians, a steady stream of people flowed by. But few expressed interest in what they were hawking: COVID-19 shots, free for the taking.

It was a fine idea. The North Central Health District employees wanted to make the vaccinations accessible to more of the state’s residents, especially those who live in the rural areas that surround the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry. But — despite the workers approaching fair attendees, answering their questions about the vaccines, sharing data on the shots’ effectiveness — the results were disappointing.

Close to 500,000 people attended the fair earlier this month. And, over seven days, the health department vaccinated a total of 29 of them.

https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/covid-death-rate-in-rural-georgia-now-double-that-in-urban-areas/PFXLBNJBTZAMVMC3UR2S376CLA/

[essaynnc]

1. Really!!! 29 out of 500,000?

I guess we forgot who we're dealing with.

Statistics mean nothing. 95-99% of the hospitalizations are non-vacinated.

Science means nothing. Safe, effective, and it doesn't hurt!

Anecdotes are everything. "My friend saw on fox news that it kills you! It's an overreach by the guberment. FREEDUM!!"

Darwin and fear rule.

[East-A-Squared]

2. May these anti-vaxxers get covid and die!

[Hortensis]

4. Lethal factional/tribal loyalty and hostility is driving THEIR behavior.

Probably over half of the happy visitors to this state fair are unvaxinated, say 300,000-350,000, so there will be tragedy, even if only for a tiny percentage. The death rate in GA is currently .99 per 100,000, but that's for all residents, including vaccinated, for us even better.

In spite of that shocking, appalling 29 vaccinations, we're pretty darned safe and effectively beating this thing. They will never thank us, of course.

[Lucky Luciano]

5. I'm with you. I genuinely support their deaths at this point.

If only they could cull themselves faster, so the rest of us can get on with our lives without having to deal with the necessary restrictions caused by their toddler tantrums.

[napi21]

3. Rural pars of most States, including Ga. are mostly Repubs & tend to be anti vaxers. n/t