In Public Announcements Of The Percentage Of Vaxxed People Of A State.....

[global1]

I've seen many times where a percentage will be given with a comment that this percentage represents those people that have at least received 1 vaccination shot.

My question is: Are these one timers those that have received only one shot and don't intend to get their second shot?

OR

Are these people that are just in that two week window and are readying to receive their second shot when they made it to two weeks?

This to me seems critical to know.

If a person only got one shot and never comes back for their second shot - do we know what their reasoning is? Did they have a bad experience with the first shot? Do they think they can get by with only one of the two shots? Why? I want to know why they didn't come back for their second of two shots.

Does anyone follow-up with these one shot people to get them to return for the second.

The reason I'm asking because I've seen some reported numbers over time - under the 70% threshold of a State - and the percentage never seems to make it to 70%.

Example: Lets say it's reported that "X" State is at 66% vaccinated people that have at least one shot. A month later the State vaccinated number is reported and it is still in the high 60's and never reaching the 70% threshold number. Again reported that this percentage is of people that have had at least one shot.

Now I know these States are continuing to vaccinate people and that there will always be people waiting on their second shot - But - why don't we ever achieve that 70% threshold number?

It would be great if the reported number was those people that are completely vaccinated in a State vs those vaccinated with at least one shot.

What am I missing here?

[HariSeldon]

1. I think the window is longer

The window from first shot to second shot is three (Pfizer/BioNTech) or four (Moderna) weeks, plus an additional two weeks after that for full vaccination. For J&J, it is just two weeks after the one-and-only shot (though recent results show a second J&J at six months might be helpful).

[hlthe2b]

2. If you want info by state on vaccination, the NYT has the best summary data, including

those overall in the population receiving BOTH doses (which obviously includes the ineligible children in the denominator), Those over aged 12 receiving Both doses, those over aged 18 receiving both doses AND similarly, the percentages for each category receiving only one to date.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-19-vaccine-doses.html


Yes, at least in Colorado (and I'd bet most of the states achieving highest vaccine %, a reminder to get the second dose comes typically by email, text, both or in some cases perhaps a phone call from the state health department if only one dose has been reported to their immunization database and often these same reminders are sent by the provider (at least with chain pharmacies). I can't speak to every state, but I'd bet those 25 or so with the highest overall vaccination rates are doing similarly.

But again, you need to look closely at the denominator for vaccination %. Is it ALL residents? All over aged 18? All over aged 12? (i.e., all currently eligible). The MSM has done a poor job differentiating what the percentage they are reporting actually represents.