At least 15 states won't reach the 70% vaccination goal until 2022—or even later—at the current pace
Though federal, state and local governments are continuing to ramp up efforts to combat vaccine hesitancy, aprojects at least 15 states won’t reach the 70% threshold of vaccinations until next year—if not later—at their current paces of vaccination. vaccination clinic in a rural Delta community on April 29, 2021 in Leland, Mississippi.
At least two others—Kansas and Nebraska—are projected to be right on the cusp of hitting the threshold either at the end of 2021 or at the beginning of 2022. A vast majority are expected to surpass the target in the first few months of 2022, including North Carolina, Mississippi, Wyoming and Missouri in January; Arkansas, Oklahoma and Ohio in February through April; and South Carolina, Montana and Louisiana in May through June.
However, it could take until the second half of the year for four other states—Alabama, Indiana, Michigan and North Dakota—with the latter only projected to reach a 70% partial vaccination rate in September 2022. All these projected timelines far outpace that of West Virginia, which having seen its inoculation rate plummet since April, is currently on track to reach the target months after even the latest states—in February 2023. Though this roster is composed of states with low vaccination rates, it isn’t necessarily those with the lowest numbers of residents inoculated that are expected to take the longest.
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