Thread by @annezinkmd

Hey #Alaska - we moved into #1 for most people vaccinated/capita:

nytimes.com/interactive/20…

and we have more people are vaccinated in Alaska than diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

I think our high vaccination has to do with 4 major things:

1. Alaskans. Alaskans have come together to vaccinate: providers and volunteers, families and friends, municipal and tribal leaders, Alaskans have risen to the challenge in the most amazing ways.

2. Focus. Because Alaskans have driven down our case counts, our public health teams and health care providers can focus on vaccination. Thank you Alaska!

3. Partners. We are blessed in Alaska to have more veterans per capita, a large military presence, and 229 sovereign tribes. Each of these partners has a separate federal allocation resulting in more vaccines in Alaska.

4. Creativity. Given our large geographic size, we get our vaccine allocation monthly (like the territories) instead of weekly, allowing us to overcome some huge geographic challenges.

We have seen vaccine go out on helicopters, plans, cars dog sleds, and ferry. We have seen drive up, boat up, walk up or snow machine up vaccine sites. We have seen vaccine hand delivered to homes, nursing homes, work sites and hospital workers on shift.

Thank you to all the amazing partners and to every #Alaskan as we hit this milestone and keep moving as fast and fair as we can to put #COVIDー19 in the rear-view mirror!