by Chris Black
Welcome to week 87 of 2 weeks to slow the spread. It has been 609 days, or 1.667 years, since lockdown, social distancing, masking, and other mandates have gone uninterrupted, with no planned end date.
As of November 14th 2021, out of every 200 Americans:
118 people are fully vaccinated
19 people are partially vaccinated
63 people are unvaccinated
Unvaccinated people are only 31.5% of the American population, which is less than a third of the population.
99.9% of people aged 64 to 74 years old are at least partially vaccinated. Most people over 75 are at least partially vaccinated (96.3%).
The least vaccinated group listed is 12 to 17 year olds. 3 out of 5 kids in that age group are at least partially vaccinated. 5 to 12 year olds have recently been approved for vaccination.
The least vaccinated state is West Virginia. 41.2% of West Virginians are fully vaccinated, and 8.1% are partially vaccinated. 50.7% are unvaccinated.
The state with the least percentage of unvaccinated people is Massachusetts, where the unvaccinated make up only 17.3% of the state population.