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COVID-19: This Is the First State to Vaccinate 25% of Its Population

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COVID-19: This Is the First State to Vaccinate 25% of Its Population

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COVID-19 continues to spread across America, but the pace has slowed. Two months ago, confirmed cases rose at as many as 225,000 a day. Fatal cases rose by as much as 4,000 a day. However, the total number of people who have died in the U.S. has reached 529,527, about 20% of the world’s total. Confirmed cases have hit 29,258,941, about 25% of the world’s total. Many experts think the confirmed case number is much too low because of poor testing rates. The No.1 hope for getting America back to “normal” are the three vaccines in the market. The pace at which they have been given to people varies widely from state to state. However, one state has hit the 25% milestone.

The CDC reports that 17% of Americans have been been given at least one shot. A total of 9% have been given two doses. As of yesterday, 116,355,405 doses had been delivered and 87,912,323 shots had been given. Three vaccines account for all of these. They are from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and Moderna.

The state with the highest vaccination rate is New Mexico which just passed the 25% marker of people who have gotten at least one dose. In addition, 14% of the residents have been given two doses. The state has received 901,345 doses and given 801,111 shots. For comparison, at the far end of the spectrum, only 13% of the residents in Georgia have been given at least one dose and only 8.2% have been given two shots.

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As of yesterday, New Mexico has 186,742 confirmed cases and 3,798 fatal ones. Bernalillo County, home to Albuquerque has been hit the hardest. It has reported 53,036 cases and 874 deaths.

Problems with distribution are present even in states where vaccination rates are high. New Mexico is no exception. According to TV station KOB4: “Some New Mexicans are frustrated they have been notified that it’s their turn to get vaccinated, but can’t.”

Even with modest problems, New Mexico has been able to cross a milestone that officials in other states can only dream of.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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