What Fresno County Can Tell Us about Why People Haven’t Gotten the Shot

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🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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While 63% of Californians are now vaccinated against COVID-19, in many parts of the state health officials are struggling with how to convince those who are reluctant. Forum looks at the varied reasons for vaccine hesitancy by training a spotlight on Fresno county, where less than half of residents are fully vaccinated. We check in with residents about how they’re making vaccine decisions and talk with health officials about what they’re doing to change minds, address concerns and improve access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.2	Coming up on forum, 63% of Californians overall are now partially vaccinated against COVID-19.
1:12.6	But in many parts of the state, health officials have struggled to convince those who are reluctant, and they're not all conservative Republicans.
1:14.6	In this hour, we look at vaccine uptake in Fresno County, which lags behind the state with just
1:20.6	over half of presidents there, receiving at least one shot.
1:23.6	We'll learn why and how that's changing.
1:26.6	Stay with us after this news.
1:47.0	This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:53.6	While political affiliation is a major factor in who gets the COVID-19 vaccine, a recent Monmouth poll found 70% of Republican respondents were unlikely to get it compared with
1:58.9	6% of Democratic ones. It is not the main driver for
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