Rural Oregon county struggles with vaccine hesitancy - KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2
PENDLETON, Ore. (CNN) – Several counties in Oregon are now implementing new restrictions as coronavirus cases rise. Health experts in the state are struggling to get people vaccinated. They have the supply but not the demand. In one rural corner of Eastern Oregon, the rolling hills stretch as far as the eye can see. Umatilla County is home to less than 80,000 residents. More than 60 percent voted for the Republican Party in 2020. There’s plenty of cattle, plenty of land and, these days, plenty of vaccines. So what’s the problem? Joe Fiumara is the director of public health for Umatilla ...