A press release today from Matt Murell, chair of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors, contained the following information:
Today, Columbia County hit the "magical number" of 70 percent of those aged 12 and above who are now fully vaccinated. "I feel pretty good about that," said Director [Jack] Mabb.
According to Johns Hopkins, Greene County has consistently had a better vaccination rate than our neighbor on the other side, Berkshire County.
ReplyDeleteConsidering Berkshire County's unequaled affluence, and the widespread conceit that MAGA enthusiasts and militia members have a monopoly on vaccine hesitancy, Berkshire County offers valuable counter-evidence.
Perhaps related, a recent study out of Carnegie Mellon University showed that education rates reflect vaccine hesitancy. Moreover, between January and May of this year, while hesitancy decreased among other groups, "There was not a decrease in hesitancy among those with a professional degree or PhD."
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.20.21260795v1.full.pdf