| Updated: 2:55 p.m.
Adults in some parts of Utah are more hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine than in others, according to a recent survey taken by the Utah Department of Health.
Even in the local health districts with the lowest likelihood of getting the vaccine, at least half of the adults surveyed who havenât had the vaccine still want to get it. In some of Utahâs most populous counties, that rate tops 80%.
âWeâre not to the point where vaccine hesitancy is the problem,â Gov. Spencer Cox said Thursday, at his weekly COVID-19 media briefing. âThereâs still a lot of people that are willing to get the vaccine. They just havenât gotten it yet. Itâs mostly a matter of convenience for them.â
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LOGAN Vaccines for those 70 and older continue to roll out as large vaccination clinics started in northern Utah Thursday and more computer systems crashed under pressure from the large number of people trying to make appointments.
Hundreds of Utah seniors showed up in Logan for one of those clinics. It was the first of many to come in the Bear River Health District.
Officials expected to vaccinate as many as 900 people by the time the clinic ended Friday.
Serious concerns persisted over the area s limited supplies. However, residents said this is the moment they have been waiting for.
Teachers and staff at Logan and Cache Countyâs school districts were able to sign up to receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccinations this week.
âItâs a huge relief,â said Jessica Littlefield, a fourth-grade teacher at Cedar Ridge Elementary. âThis was pretty exciting.â
Pandemic roller coaster
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Sky View High Schoolâs Kaye Dawn Falslev said this is hands-down the hardest year sheâs ever experienced in her 34-year career.
âFrom the time we went back to school until about Christmas break, it was brutal,â she said. âIt was absolutely brutal. And itâs only slightly better as you move through it as you get a few more things, you know, online and that sort of thing.â