Press Release posted: 3/8/2021
LONG BEACH, Calif., March. 8, 2021— A SCAN Health Plan survey of family caregivers is revealing some shocking new information about the divide between rural and urban communities when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. According to the study, nearly one in three (31%) family caregivers who live in rural communities say they won’t take the older adult under their care to get the COVID-19 vaccine—that’s nearly double the refusal rate of urban and suburban caregivers (16%). Likewise, about the same number (36%) of rural caregivers say they won’t get vaccinated themselves.