West Virginia Crushed It -Vax heroes

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BUNKER HILL, W.Va. — Since December, Ken Reed and his wife Tally, the owners of a small chain of pharmacies in the eastern part of this state, have been waking at dawn to travel to rural counties to vaccinate as many long-term care residents as possible.
The Reeds say their familiarity with the people in counties like Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, and Pendleton makes all the difference in gaining their trust.

“These are your neighbors, your friends, your friend's parents, and you just treat them like you'd want to be treated,” Ken Reed said.
West Virginia, a small and mostly rural state with a large elderly population, was tagged early on as a place likely to struggle with Covid-19 and any vaccine rollout.
But the state is now being hailed as a vaccination success story, with 85 percent of its delivered doses already used, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, putting it second in the country behind North Dakota as of last week.
A key part of the strategy, health officials say, was the decision not to activate a federal partnership with the CVS and Walgreens pharmacy chains and instead rely on independent drugstores like those owned by the Reeds.
'We crushed it': How did West Virginia become a national leader in Covid vaccination? (nbcnews.com)
 
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BUNKER HILL, W.Va. — Since December, Ken Reed and his wife Tally, the owners of a small chain of pharmacies in the eastern part of this state, have been waking at dawn to travel to rural counties to vaccinate as many long-term care residents as possible.
The Reeds say their familiarity with the people in counties like Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, and Pendleton makes all the difference in gaining their trust.

“These are your neighbors, your friends, your friend's parents, and you just treat them like you'd want to be treated,” Ken Reed said.
West Virginia, a small and mostly rural state with a large elderly population, was tagged early on as a place likely to struggle with Covid-19 and any vaccine rollout.
But the state is now being hailed as a vaccination success story, with 85 percent of its delivered doses already used, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, putting it second in the country behind North Dakota as of last week.
A key part of the strategy, health officials say, was the decision not to activate a federal partnership with the CVS and Walgreens pharmacy chains and instead rely on independent drugstores like those owned by the Reeds.
'We crushed it': How did West Virginia become a national leader in Covid vaccination? (nbcnews.com)

What makes WV's success interesting is that the State was a strong Trump State, meaning the majority of its citizens were Trump supporters, yet when a vaccine was available for the "hoax," they rushed to get it, there seems to be a disconnect there
 
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wow.....they must really hate good news.....
 
What makes WV's success interesting is that the State was a strong Trump State, meaning the majority of its citizens were Trump supporters, yet when a vaccine was available for the "hoax," they rushed to get it, there seems to be a disconnect there

wait......did you somehow perceive this to be bad news for conservatives?........that's even funnier than Twitter blocking it.....
 
wait......did you somehow perceive this to be bad news for conservatives?........that's even funnier than Twitter blocking it.....

"bad news," hardly, good news, glad to see the citizens of WV following science's recommendation, especially since surely for the last year they bought Trump's fabrication that it all was a hoax, lot of people getting vaccinated against a hoax
 
What makes WV's success interesting is that the State was a strong Trump State, meaning the majority of its citizens were Trump supporters, yet when a vaccine was available for the "hoax," they rushed to get it, there seems to be a disconnect there

Yes, and I'm about truth and like to give credit when it is due. With this, it was due. I paid up.
 
"bad news," hardly, good news, glad to see the citizens of WV following science's recommendation, especially since surely for the last year they bought Trump's fabrication that it all was a hoax, lot of people getting vaccinated against a hoax

Pimp is so deep in a permarage he can't decide what to make of this thread. :laugh:

Uh yes, we believe in the science, West VA done good. Nothing up my sleeve ya moron.
 
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That’s ridiculous
 
What makes WV's success interesting is that the State was a strong Trump State, meaning the majority of its citizens were Trump supporters, yet when a vaccine was available for the "hoax," they rushed to get it, there seems to be a disconnect there

If you’re looking for a disconnect, start with your narrative lol.

Jim Justice [Gov] takes the China Virus very seriously. He gets on the radio once a week with updates and reads the names of the past weeks victims one by one. Seemed to take each one personally.

I’ll credit him for that. And I’ll also credit him for not going all totalitarian with the guidelines. We saw none of the craziness some other states saw with their governors. He deserves most if not all the credit for the vaccine ‘record’.

And I think Justice proved the choke point in distribution is occurring on the state/local and not the federal level.

Though I think his shining moment was when he got on TV and told everyone to “follow the F’ing guidelines”. The totalitarian stuff wasn’t necessary after that.
 
What makes WV's success interesting is that the State was a strong Trump State, meaning the majority of its citizens were Trump supporters, yet when a vaccine was available for the "hoax," they rushed to get it, there seems to be a disconnect there

Apparently only if the local mom and pops store is the provisioner. Floyds Penny Sundries and Tincture Emporium.
 
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