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Vaccine Hesitancy Emerges as a Key Hurdle to Overcome

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  • New Surveys show some states that led the way early in the vaccine rollout are finding it difficult to sustain that success.
  • Health Officials have warned that vaccine hesitancy represents a systemic risk to achieving herd immunity
  • In mid-Feb, Alaska, New Mexico and West Virginia saw at least 1/7 residents get a shot, ahead of the 1/10 rate nationally.
  • However, as vaccine eligibility has expanded, many of those early advances have slowed.
  • Today, only New Mexico remains in the top 20 states for vaccination rates.
  • Early leaders in the vaccine rollout have been overtaken by states on the East and West Coasts, as vaccinations there have increased.
  • Even as states expanded eligibility beyond the initial priority groups, the upward trend in getting shots in arms is stalling, especially in the South and the Mountain West.
  • Last week, Biden introduced a tax credit for small businesses to offset paid leave for employees to get a Covid-19 vaccine dose, part of an effort to spur hesitant Americans to get vaccinated.

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