'We're in trouble': Rural America can't escape Delta

Senior Biden health officials have for weeks worried internally about the low vaccine uptake in rural, conservative counties across the country.

Steven was finally getting his Covid-19 shot because Mama told him to. And nobody crosses Mama.

Standing between the fried bread and slushie stands at the Uinta County fairgrounds in southwestern Wyoming, the 42-year-old in the Trump 2020 hat said “Mama” — his wife — forced him to get vaccinated because of the Delta variant.

“The missus is worried about me going out on a trucking trip,” said Steven,...