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Lesson: This rural county in Georgia showed me the importance of field reporting — even in a pandemic
Data pointed me in the right direction. But getting out in the community revealed the struggles people face trying to stay healthy.
Project: How the pandemic killed a record number of rural hospitals
Early in the pandemic, Randolph County had the state's highest rate of Covid-19 cases. Going forward, the closest hospital would be at least a half-hour drive across the state line, in Alabama.
Project: In rural Georgia, a door-to-door push to get neighbors vaccinated against Covid-19
That's not just a problem for Randolph County and other rural places where vaccines have been slow to take off. Lagging vaccination rates in rural areas could extend the pandemic for the entire country, according to CDC researchers.