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Rural Communities Struggle to Reach Vaccination Goals

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Early on state healthcare facilities, including Baptist Health and UAMS, deployed mobile vaccine clinics to reach rural Arkansans.
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Arkasnas ranks 48th in the nation for COVID-19 vaccinations - around 35 percent -  and rural populations continue to have disproportionately lower rates. Health officials are now trying to combat misinformation and other barriers to access, as the threat from the delta variant looms. 

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Daniel Caruth is KUAF's Morning Edition host and reporter for Ozarks at Large.