On March 13, 2021, people demonstrate against vaccines and masks outside the headquarters for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). This protest was held in Atlanta, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images
Due to COVID-19 complications, two unvaccinated female workers were found dead at home.
Two of their coworkers are also infected.
Statesboro county, from which the women came, has a low vaccine rate.
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Two Georgia day care workers were found dead at their Georgia homes on August 22nd. They had died of COVID-19.
Both women were not vaccinated.
According to Jake Futch, the Bulloch County Coroner, a third employee at Sugar and Spice Child Care Center in Statesboro has COVID-19. A fourth is being treated but not yet hospitalized.
Futch reported that Manequeia and Leslia Freeman, whose ages are not known, were both found by their next of kin.
Statesboro, Bulloch County, where the women lived and worked, has low vaccination rates. Only 20% to 29% are fully vaccinated.
Half of Georgians have had one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 43% of Georgians have had a complete dose.
These unfortunate deaths occur as the USA struggles with an increase in COVID-19-related cases.
CDC and PAHO have now declared COVID-19 the "pandemic" of the unvaccinated. CDC data shows that COVID-19 is up to 29x more common in unvaccinated individuals than it is for vaccinated.
Unvaccinated individuals are five times more likely to contract the virus, according to the study.
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