WaPo : Immunization of Children slow in Alabama & Other Southern States

"Many Southern states, especially Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, have fallen behind the rest of the nation in vaccinating children as the threat of a winter surge casts a pall over the holiday season.

Those states also rank near the bottom for vaccinating adolescents and adults, and have among the nation’s highest overall covid-19 death rates, according to a review of state vaccination and death data by The Washington Post. Their slow uptake of children’s — as well as adults’ — vaccines have heightened fears that another pandemic wave could hit hard as families gather for the holidays and spend more time indoors."

FULL Washington Post story is HERE.