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The Geography of Vaccines
Analysis of vaccination rates across U.S. metro areas shows how the shots have become the latest flashpoint in a divided America.
Disparities in vaccine rates reflect more than political divides.
Photographer: AlexLMX/iStockphotoOne of the strangest moments in a year of truly surreal politics occurred this summer when Donald Trump was unceremoniously booed at his own rally in Cullman, Alabama, for telling his usually adoring followers they should get vaccinated.
“I believe totally in your freedoms, I do,” he said. “But I recommend take the vaccines. I did it. It’s good.”