Texas, 'OPEN 100%,' has nation's 3rd-worst vaccination rate

[speak easy]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott mentioned the state's vaccination pace as a reason to lift his mask mandate and COVID restrictions effective last week, saying in a March 2 tweet that, "Texas is OPEN 100%.'' He didn't mention that Texas trails most states in vaccination rate.

A USA Today analysis of the most recent CDC data shows only Georgia and Alabama rank below Texas in the percentage of residents receiving at least one vaccine dose. Texas' rate of 19%, which is tied with Tennessee, gets dwarfed by neighboring New Mexico, which leads all states at 30%.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/03/16/covid-vaccine-lockdown-spring-break/4709716001/

[Sur Zobra]

1. Yet, TX just widened eligibility to everyone over 50

while NM still hasn’t vaccinated its 70 year-olds. There just aren’t enough vaccines available here(I live in NM), whereas TX must have plenty of vaccines, but not enough people willing to be vaccinated

[Elessar Zappa]

3. NM is actually doing well.

We have the biggest percentage of vaccinated people in the country (30%).

[Sur Zobra]

4. Sure, I'm not 70, but I personally know three

70 year-olds who haven’t even gotten their appointments. They should have gotten their vaccinations by now.

[Hugin]

6. All I ask is to know where I am on the list.

But, we'll never be told. Because, then we'd see the special interest groups getting let through the velvet rope.

Percentages of vaccinated people are a useless statistic.

[Sur Zobra]

9. Nope.

Many New Mexicans are getting vaccinated in Amarillo. I don’t know what is going on here, but when people from our state are having to go to TX to get vaccines, then you know something in our vaccination program is messed up.

[winstars]

11. In two weeks all states will start receiving many many more doses of vaccine. Almost double.

And many will be the J&J which as we know is one and done...

Then the real test will be each states system of doling out what they get. Texas naturally has been doing a poor job of giving out what they have been getting. But getting a lot more doses per week will help even the poorly run way some states are performing this task...

OMHO.

[Tree Lady]

10. My daughter who is 39 is waiting in Texas

Hubby 42. They live in San Antonio area and say most are still wearing masks there and most stores still require. So its not all of Texas.

[ananda]

2. I'm not surprised. I just spoke to Walgreens ..

and my appt is for tomorrow.

I won't tell you how difficult it was to find a vaccine
here. It's a long and ugly story.

[Hugin]

5. He is still rolling the die on the debunked mythology of 'herd immunity'.

Gambling that the current lull in case numbers is not a shift in the dominant strain.

[dalton99a]

8. Incompetent, corrupt, fucked-up government in Austin

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/austin-public-health-covid-vaccine-appointment-portal/269-6552e04b-9f02-459c-a462-acd1728d943b