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7. On their death beds, COVID patients in Idaho reject vaccination

In Idaho, a record 600 patients are now hospitalized with COVID-19.

ByArielle Mitropoulos,Kaylee Hartung, andSamira Said
September 11, 2021, 10:01 AM

Just a few months ago, there were only five COVID-19 patients, at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. As of Thursday, there were more than 45.

Nearly all of these patients are not vaccinated, a reflection of "the amount of misinformation that's being absorbed, and taken as truth in our community because people are convinced that they don't want to be vaccinated, and then they end up here," Dr. Meghan McInerney, the intensive care unit's medical director, told ABC News ...

Idaho currently has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S., with less than 40% of the state's total population fully vaccinated; the national rate stands at 53.6%.

"It's really hard to be a physician at the front lines, doing this every single day and living in a state where the vaccination rate is so low" ...

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/death-beds-covid-19-patients-idaho-reject-vaccination/story?id=79941785