Prognosis
Delta Variant Spills Out of Midwest Tourist Hub-Turned-Incubator
- Branson close to conservative areas with low vaccination rates
- Tourist town has ended all mitigation despite hospitalizations
Stores in downtown Branson, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, June 29, 2021.
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Nestled in Missouri’s Ozark Mountains, the city of Branson has long drawn throngs of U.S. tourists with live country music, a replica Titanic, Dolly Parton’s Stampede dinner show, an 1880s theme park and an oversized bust of Ronald Reagan.