The national project to stem the spread of COVID-19 has stalled as it meets resistance to vaccinations in large parts of the conservative South and Midwest. “You hear the conspiracy theories; they don’t trust the government, a lot of political factors,” one Alabama pharmacist said. “It’s just a complete distrust of everybody in authority.”
Richard Read
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Caught between a border and a hard place: A U.S. town marooned at the tip of a Canadian peninsula
Point Roberts, Wash., long prospered as an appendage of Canada. But pandemic restrictions cut it off from civilization.
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COVID-19 surges in Oregon, sickening younger adults and forcing a return to restrictions
The coronavirus is making a comeback in Oregon, leading Gov. Kate Brown to reimpose restrictions on restaurants and bars.