CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto October 6, 2021 14:42:00
Much. that message to get people vaccinated is important, but perhaps nowhere is it more needed than in rural america where the vaccination rate is much lower, the mortality rate is double what's seen in urban areas. new data from hhs shows eight states are still at 85% icu capacity. this despite the downward trend we've been talking about in overall cases, but most importantly in hospitalizations. alan morgan is the ceo of national rural health association. good to have you with us. as we look at those numbers, it highlights in many ways issues that have always existed. we know there tend t...