Red states are vaccinating at a lower rate than blue states.

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/10/politics/vaccinations-state-analysis/index.html

(CNN) — One of the biggest obstacles in America's race to vaccinate against the coronavirus has been that substantial proportions of certain groups choose not to vaccinate.

The polling has suggested all along that Republicans would be less likely to get vaccinations than Democrats -- and this is now being seen in the real world.
Blue states are starting to outpace red states when it comes to vaccinations, and the instances where that isn't the case are often explained by other expected demographic patterns.

There are a few different ways to look at vaccination rates by state, but they are showing the same picture as of Thursday.
Let's first look at the percentage of those 18 and older with at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

The top 10 states on this metric are New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Dakota, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine, Vermont, Alaska, and Minnesota and Rhode Island tied. Nearly all of these are states won by President Joe Biden last November, with Alaska and South Dakota as the exceptions.

Now look at the bottom 10 states on this metric: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, Indiana, Wyoming, Missouri, Arkansas and Idaho. Former President Donald Trump won all of these states last year, except for Georgia.

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[EYESORE 9001]

1. Thank you, red states

for creating reservoirs where the virus can mutate and reemerge. Think they'll howl when the newest variants are named after their home states?

[Amishman]

2. Water is also wet. Ray Charles saw this coming

Guess they'll get to herd immunity the hard way, and fill some body bags while they're at it

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. And several of the other red states are buoyed up...

... by their Native American populations, who are vaccinating much faster than any other ethnicity in the country.

States like Alaska and South Dakota, for example.

[roamer65]

4. Vaccine passport time.

Just like California can stop and inspect for contriband fruits and vegetables, so to can the top 10 states for proof of vaccination.

[lame54]

5. Same as the ACA...

Red states did what could to stall it's success

[Sneederbunk]

6. Red States by their nature are slower than Blue States.

Obtuseness run amuck.