Vaccine Hesitancy 'Pitiful,' Dobbs Says As Hospitalizations Up for Under-40 Residents

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COVID-19 hospitalizations among younger Mississippians have increased in recent weeks, due to low vaccination rates compared with the state’s older population. In a June 11 press briefing, officials from the Mississippi State Department of Health explained how hospitalizations are increasing even as general cases trend downward.

“Although we've done a pretty remarkable job at getting vaccination out to our folks 65 and older that have been our most vulnerable, we still have a lot of opportunities to get folks vaccinated,” State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said. “We need to get those younger folks vaccinated, especially the individuals who are under 50.”

Hospitalizations for patients under 40 are increasing due to vaccine hesitancy, while Byers said those over 65 have experienced “drastic drops” in hospitalizations.

“We've seen the impact of vaccination in those older folks, but what that means now is that the proportion of the younger folks that are hospitalized is going up because we just don't have the same level of vaccination among them,” Byers said.

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