20 States Have Already Reached 70% Vaccination Rate
Business Insider, July 3, 2021.
20 states have given at least one dose of a vaccine to at least 70% of their adult population.
President Joe Biden had a goal of vaccinating 70% of adults across the country by July 4.
Vermont has the highest vaccination rate with 85.3%, The New York Times reported.
While the whole country won't meet President Joe Biden's July 4 goal for vaccinating 70% of their adult population, twenty states have given at least one dose of a vaccine to at least 70% of their population, The New York Times reported.
Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam have also reached the 70% mark.
The states that reached at least 70% are mostly in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. Vermont has the highest vaccination rate with 85.3%, followed by Hawaii with 83.5%. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Mexico, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, California, Washington, New Hampshire, New York, Illinois, Virginia, Delaware, and Minnesota, Colorado, and Oregon have also reached the 70% mark.
Video: Three states still below 50% Covid vaccination rate (MSNBC)
The vast majority of states with the least vaccination rate are in the South. Even as vaccination rates are high in some parts of the country, those with the least amount of their population vaccinated are at risk of a surge in cases as the more transmissible Delta variant - which originated in India - becomes a growing concern. Experts told Insider's Aria Bendix and Joanna Lin Su that they ideally want communities to have at least a 75% vaccination rate so the virus is less able to spread from person to person.
More than 66.8% of American adults over the age of 18 are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, data from the Centers for Disease Control shows...
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SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)Biden's goal was 70% getting the 1st shot.
Probably because it's going to be a LONG time before America hits the true fully vaccinated point of 70%.
Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)No red in sight. Speaks many volumes
DemocraticPatriot
(4,348 posts)KPN
(15,643 posts)vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)I'll be one of those red states that ended up being a blue State because of the stuff