Louisiana Considered: Young adult vaccination rate lags behind older age groups

By Patrick Madden,

Aubry Procell

Published November 3, 2021 at 3:45 PM CDT

Tulane University COVID-19 vaccination event at JBJ building on the downtown campus. January 2021

Patrick Madden hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter, health researcher Abdullah Shihipar and COVID Campus Coalition founder Jordan Tralins join us in a roundtable discussion about low vaccination rates among adults 18 to 29 years old in the U.S.

Louisiana Considered

Patrick Madden

Patrick Madden joined WWNO in 2019 as its first-ever Regional News Director, overseeing news reporting at WWNO, as well as our partner station WRKF Baton Rouge. Madden also serves as one of the hosts of Louisiana Considered, and co-hosts Friday's Politics Roundtable on Louisiana Considered with Stephanie Grace, columnist for The Times-Picayune | The Advocate.

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Aubry Procell

Aubry is a reporter, producer and operations assistant in Baton Rouge.

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