Thread by @ddiamond

The national numbers are clear: the US vax rate has fallen two-thirds from its April peak, and the White House July 4 goal appears unlikely.

But the state-by-state situation is very different, as our team of reporters learned. Here’s what we found.

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washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06…

First, there’s a clear split, as @dtkeating has chronicled

- Thirteen mostly coastal states have already vaxxed 70% of adults w at least one dose (the July 4 goal)

- An additional 15 states, plus DC, are over 60% and will likely hit the goal

- But the rest are lagging behind

Second, even in places where most people still aren’t vaxxed, demand has cratered (and forced new tactics).

In Hamilton County, Tenn. — where more than half of the county’s 370,000 residents remain unvaccinated — officials are pivoting away from mass sites, @moody found.

That dynamic — which @Beckerreports also found in Utah and @bobbyross detailed in Oklahoma too — is prompting a growing shift toward mobile units, pop-up sites and one-off vaccination clinics

The good news is COVID is on the retreat in US, as cases, deaths plunge.

But for unvaccinated Americans, the pandemic is still raging, as @dtkeating @lmshap chronicled.

And given the sustained decline, per graphic on right, it’s not clear what will turn the vax rate around.