“It’s free, and easy, and accessible and safe. And a good majority of the public here is just saying, ‘No, thank you, that’s not for me.’”

Erik Frederick, chief administrative officer of Missouri’s Mercy Hospital Springfield, regarding the surge of COVID-19 patients due to the low rates of vaccination across the state. Greene County, Mo., just barely reached 37 percent of residents with at least one vaccine dose. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch — June 28, 2021)