Thread by @kazweida

Now that the 4th of July holiday has come and gone, let's check in on vaccination rates state by state.

As you're probably aware, Biden just missed his goal of having 70% of American adults vaccinated with one shot. Here's what comes next.
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(2) Vaccination rates slowed dramatically in June, so we just edged over the finish line in some spots. About 20 states reached the goal, putting the country at 67.5% of adults partially vaccinated.

58.6% of US adults are fully vaccinated
78.7% of 65+

npr.org/sections/healt…

(3) Colorado and Oregon were some of the last states to reach the goal. And surprisingly Utah joined their ranks after counting some missing doses from the Indian Health Department and VA.

Utah becomes one of the first red states to reach Biden's goal.

ksl.com/article/501996…

(4) Vaccination rates are regional and closely aligned with urban versus rural. Most of New England and the nothern Atlantic seaboard as well as the West Coast are well past 70% and reaching for 80-85%.

1,000 rural counties have less than 30% vaccinated

fortune.com/2021/07/02/ame…

(5) Many states will likely make the goal later this month or next, including big red states like Texas and Florida as well as swing states like Wisconsin, Nevada, and Arizona.

As expected, the South & parts of the Midwest are lagging behind.

washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06…

(6) But there is a new variant in town and as fast as we are vaccinating, Delta is spreading.

While lower rates of vaccination are spelling disaster for red rural states as ICUs fill again, even states like Utah & Nevada that are over 60% are struggling.

cnn.com/2021/07/03/hea…

(7) And several red states are seeing serious surges of Delta that are incredibly dangerous for the large portions of the population that remain unvaccinated, including children.

More alarmingly, as cases rise, so do breakthrough cases.

wptv.com/coronavirus/de…

(8) Experts have begun to disagree about the CDC's mask guidance and warned that those with health concerns and immunocompomrised folks should proably just keep their masks on in some states.

The worst?
Arkansas, Missouri, Colorado, Nevada & Wyoming

nytimes.com/live/2021/07/0…

(9) What's next for the US fight to combat coronavirus?

A push to get younger populations vaccinated ahead of returning to school in the fall. And a concentrated effort in states experiencing surges, mostly across the sunbelt and the South.

cnbc.com/2021/07/06/bid…

(10) While reaching 70% of adults partially vaccinated seemed like it would ensure success months ago, this virus mutates much faster than our efforts to combat it.

We need to do start thinking differently about what an end to this pandemic looks like.

npr.org/sections/healt…

(END) Thanks for dropping by for our Tuesday thread. Come back Thursday and we'll do another.

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