Rural Mortality Rose during Year Two of Pandemic, despite Vaccines, New Study Finds | The Brink

Despite the availability of vaccines in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, excess deaths due to the virus actually increased in rural parts of the United States. As CEID faculty Dr. Andrew Stokes explains in an interview with BU’s The Brink, his recent study identified challenges specific to rural areas: where vaccines were harder to obtain, vaccine skepticism remained higher, and access to good healthcare is often more challenging. Read the full article here.