Typical of the Guardian, this article focuses on Republicans who are refusing to vaccinate rather than people who want the vaccine, but can’t due to America being oppressive to the disadvantaged. Regardless, any uptick in cases is bad news. Here’s hoping Blue Man can fix it again.:DaBiden:
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Turns out when you have a predatory healthcare system, people don’t trust it
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Our problem in my state is that parts of Eastern Oregon have less than one person per square mile and maybe a single healthcare clinic serves 2500 people for a distance of 200 square miles. Parts of the interior west are mind bendingly desolate of civilization, it is like the Australian outback out there. You'll see more feral rabbits than people.
The people that want the vaccine have it afaik. The issue is that vaccination is a culture war issue. As much as "working from a common set of facts" can be used to brow beat people against questioning narratives around policing and foreign policy, it would be really nice if the population did for stuff like vaccination, lol.
As of a month ago, the number of people who wanted it but for a number of reasons couldn’t get it matched the anti-vaxxers. Progress will have been made, but I’m cautious to wave away systemic healthcare issues with placing blame on individuals not wanting a shot, when barriers still stand in the way for many people.
Look at the population density maps of some states and then realize that since there is no state-run hospitals in the US that most of the rural folk are depending upon pharmacies that might be 100+ miles away.
Here is an Oregon density map . Some of those towns of 500 people depend on a Walmart for everything, and it can be hours away.
At least around where I'm at it seems like a bit of confusion on where to go, which places are "by appointment only" and which places are walk up. There's a messy mix of online, app based, or old school telephone means of finding which places has what vaccines and when.
Like, the local Veterans Administration send out an email that I got saying, "sign up and we'll let you know when you can come in to get a shot." I never got any response back and its been a few months. Though it looks like there is something set up in the parking lot for a walk/drive up vaccinations. A pharmacy that is local has a website but has been showing a "waiting for vaccines" up until a few weeks ago and it is by appointment only.
So I wound up getting the first vaccine at a Walmart and then the last one at the local pharmacy.