WV: Vaccine Hesitant Are In 'Death Lottery,' Governor Says

ABC News/MSN, July 4, 2021. - Ed.

As the country marks its 245th Independence Day, the Biden administration has officially missed its target of getting 70% of all adults at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. And as state governments examine what went wrong with their vaccine rollout programs, a culprit is clear: the younger population is significantly less likely to be vaccinated.

"At the end of the day, the young people - we're having a hard time getting them across the finish line and getting them vaccinated," West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice told ABC "This Week" Co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "They're young people all across this country that are not getting vaccinated," Justice added. "It's a challenge. That's all there is to it."

Nationally, 67% of all adults have received one dose, but only 56.1% of adults in West Virginia have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine - a surprise from a state that was lauded months ago as being one of the leaders in the U.S. on vaccine distribution. When that statistic is broken down by age group, the vaccination rate plummets in younger generations.

While more than 78% of the U.S. population over the age of 65 is vaccinated, according to the CDC, only 39.5% of 18- to 24-year-olds are fully vaccinated. In WV's capital, the local Kanawha-Charleston Health Dept. is only vaccinating 8 to 10 people a day.. On their best day earlier this year, they had administered 5,344 shots...

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~ A few months ago I read that WV had centralized their vaccination program and it was working out well.