Prognosis
Apathetic U.S. Youth Shrug Off Vaccines as Delta Variant Spreads
- Hospitalizations in 18-to-29 age group increased 25% last week
- Young people express indifference to potential health threat
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As the delta variant slams a younger set of the population, that demographic has emerged as one of the most crucial and stubborn vaccine holdouts.
Sabrina Garcia, 19, was ambivalent about pulling 13-hour shifts at Afton Pub & Pizza in Concord, North Carolina, when the popular restaurant reopened its dining room to customers last May. At the time, Covid-19 cases in the state still numbered into the thousands each day and experts across the nation warned against resuming “normal” life too hastily.