Much has been made about how far America has fallen behind other similar economies in our vaccination rates. The reality is 77.4% of eligible Americans are vaccinated. Unlike a lot of European countries, America has a larger percentage of young people in its population. Birth rates are higher here. If we quickly move to vaccinate the youngsters, we could get to 3/4s of the population being vaccinated by Christmas. Pair that with those with acquired immunity and we should be in a pretty good place.
All the noisy anti-vaxxers represent a pretty small percentage of the population, but a large absolute number. That's a dynamic that falls under American Innumeracy.
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