Thread by @bridget123goooo

🧵1/ Missouri is spinning out of control w/ covid. This time the majority infected are under 60yrs old & unvaccinated, most w/ #deltavariant

6/2 504 cases
7/2 1385 cases

Hospitals are turning covid patients away. Med staff are getting overwhelmed.
#ONEV1 #OVArrow

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1410802643505721346

🧵2/ Gov Mike Parsons NEVER implemented a mask mandate. And now, Missouri state is ranked 39th for lowest vaccinated.

missouriindependent.com/2021/07/02/del…

🧵3/ A Missouri patient in his 40s who was not vaccinated, pled with his nurse to urge ppl to be vaccinated. A week later he died and his nurse posted this post on FB. ⬇️
amp.kansascity.com/news/state/mis…

🧵4/ These states may be next:
Miss, AL, Ark, Wyoming & LA. They rank the lowest for #COVID vax rates & highest of new cases, @cdc says.

🧵5/ By contrast, in VT & MA, >80% of the adult population have at least 1 dose. They also have the lowest case rates, w/ only 4-5 new cases per 100k people in last 7 days.

wsj.com/amp/articles/d…

🧵6/It’s simple, the vaccines are working, but if your state has not taken covid seriously enough like Missouri, playing into the fact that these states are much less vaccinated, your state may be next.

beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/…

🧵7/7 The good news is you still have time to get vaccinated. Do it now, for you, your kids, your community. And remember, ages 0-11 are not able to be vaxxed yet. We can’t keep allowing these variants to swoop in & ⬆️ infection rates.#getvaccinated #SaveEachother #ONEV1