‘Disastrous.”
That’s Indiana University Northwest economics professor Micah Pollak’s forecast for a second COVID winter, mostly among the 50 percent of Hoosiers who are unvaccinated. Pollack added that that state and local leaders need to be “shouting from the rooftops” about the need for people to get vaccinated.
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