Earlier: Israel Is the Secretariat of Inoculations
Israel now claims to be up to 9.2% of Israelis inoculated. American states are lagging about an order of magnitude behind Israel, although West Virginia and South Dakota are at least respectable.
From the New York Times:
There are bright spots. Some states and hospitals are finding ways to speedily administer the vaccines they have received. West Virginia said on Wednesday that it had finished giving the first round of vaccine doses to willing residents and workers at all of the state’s 214 long-term-care facilities — putting the state far ahead of most other states that began vaccinating at these facilities under a federal program with CVS and Walgreens.
From NBC News:
States Number dosed % Inoculated West Virginia 44,885 2.5% South Dakota 21,144 2.4% New Mexico 41,075 2.0% Alaska 13,772 1.9% North Dakota 13,989 1.8% Vermont 11,200 1.8% Maine 23,527 1.8% District of Columbia 11,370 1.6% Rhode Island 17,020 1.6% Montana 17,000 1.6% Connecticut 54,727 1.5% Colorado 82,342 1.4% Hawaii 20,000 1.4% Nebraska 27,000 1.4% Wyoming 7,472 1.3% Guam 2,118 1.3% Tennessee 79,282 1.2% Indiana 76,000 1.1% Missouri 66,540 1.1% New York 203,000 1.0% Ohio 119,401 1.0% Arkansas 30,469 1.0% Illinois 126,211 1.0% Iowa 31,189 1.0% Florida 211,165 1.0% Texas 282,515 1.0% Louisiana 45,289 1.0% New Hampshire 13,200 1.0% Pennsylvania 121,574 0.9% Massachusetts 65,021 0.9% Oklahoma 36,969 0.9% Puerto Rico 28,818 0.9% Idaho 15,780 0.9% Delaware 8,495 0.9% Michigan 86,626 0.9% Minnesota 48,189 0.9% Nevada 25,636 0.8% New Jersey 72,657 0.8% South Carolina 42,043 0.8% Wisconsin 47,157 0.8% Maryland 47,012 0.8% Kentucky 34,376 0.8% California 300,696 0.8% Virginia 64,882 0.8% Utah 23,970 0.7% Oregon 31,382 0.7% North Carolina 73,423 0.7% Arizona 43,768 0.6% Mississippi 17,410 0.6% Georgia 61,870 0.6% Alabama 26,409 0.5% Kansas 12,164 0.4% Washington 30,000 0.4%
The states that are doing best tend to have difficult winter weather at this time of year, whereas the states that are doing worst have fewer climate-related excuses.
