Than the national average and upending surgeon plans. summer plans. it s been roughy won t vacation. by region the mountain west saw price goes up by almost 10.5% more than any other area of the country. parts of the south and midwest shaded in orange and red on this map costs jumped by more than the national inflation rate of 8.5%. in the midwest, for example, food, new vehicles and home gas service are up by 1.5%, 3%, and 5% more than the national averages respectively. andy puzder, the former ceo of tke restaurants explains why it s worse in some parts of the country, especially rural america. with the united states not producing as much oil as it used, to and our failure to put in pipelines to make the transportation of oil less expensive, you are finding that areas where it s hard to get energy to are going to see
Kentucky, the mountain west after the sturgis rally. i think if there s any glimmer of good news it s in the northeast where you ve done such a good job of vaccinating your population. i think you may weather that a lot better than other parts of the country. it s going to be very much a fly over nation epidemic where the middle part of the country, the south, midwest, upper mountain west is going to get hit very hard because it s like a hurricane going over warm water. there are too many unvaccinated individuals and too many individuals defiant of vaccines. quite a metaphor the unvaccinated fueling a surge in covid cases as warm water fueling the surge in hurricane winds. peter hotez, we have to leave the conversation there.