Most states around the country are experiencing a vaccination lag, even as vaccines become more widely available.
The culprit behind this lag? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most vaccine hesitancy has come from young, rural, and lower-income people. More data shows that at least 10% of people who received one dose of an mRNA vaccine have yet to get their second shot.
But some experts have come up with a solution: Researchers found in a study published in May that people who were texted encouraging them to get the flu vaccine were more likely to get inoculated, and some states have begun using the same strategy to increase vaccination