The Governor also went on to add that West Virginia vaccine distribution officials have asked the federal government to begin sending one-to-two-dose vials of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, as opposed to the standard six-dose vials that have been delivered to date. But we’ve got to all be pulling the rope together.”
“Today, we have the doses where we can get everybody taken care of. We can’t let a bunch more West Virginians die that we could’ve prevented,” Gov. “We don’t want body bags to be the motivation to make us go do this. Because, If we don’t achieve it, you can write it down I’ll be back in front of you, day after day, reading name after name. “That’s what we are going to achieve, whatever it takes. With a target of reducing the number of unvaccinated citizens below 588,000, the Governor is naming the initiative “Beat 588.Bad.” Justice explained that the goal of his plan is to decrease the number of unvaccinated West Virginians significantly below 40% of the total eligible population of 1,472,000. “We’ve got to get the people vaccinated that are willing and wanting to be vaccinated but don’t want the inconvenience people that are saying, ‘I would love to get vaccinated, but I just don’t have time to do it.’ You’ve also got an incredible amount of our younger people, from 16 to 35 years of age, that just don’t understand the dangers that they are exposing themselves to if they don’t take the vaccine.” “This is absolutely going to try to move the needle to where West Virginia again is leading the way,” Gov. The Governor went on announce that he and state pandemic response leaders are rolling out a first-of-its-kind initiative to encourage more West Virginians to get vaccinated. “But along the way, we’ve known that this wall was coming,” Gov. “Things are tougher now in West Virginia because there’s some level of reluctancy. “We have hit a wall, and it’s going to be the exact same wall that’s hit all across our land,” Gov. Justice announced Friday that the state’s vaccine supply has now met vaccine demand. GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES NEW INITIATIVE TO GET MORE WEST VIRGINIANS VACCINATED: “BEAT 588.BAD”ĭespite the data, and despite the fact that 48.6% of all West Virginians who are eligible to be vaccinated have not yet received one, Gov. “How can you have better odds in the world?” Gov. “There have been 2,813 people that I have read that have passed away in West Virginia from COVID, and just three – three of them – have been people that have had both shots. “That’s the reason why we are so committed to trying to help each West Virginian choose to be vaccinated so that they can protect themselves and so they can protect each other.” “These vaccines are incredibly effective, even with the variant viruses, to prevent severe illness hospitalization and death,” Dr.
Marsh went on to explain that fewer than 150 fully vaccinated West Virginians have experienced a breakthrough case of COVID-19 and only three have died. Of that total, over 99.9% of fully vaccinated West Virginians have not gotten sick from COVID-19. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – shows that 573,547 West Virginians have been fully vaccinated to date. Clay Marsh explained that according to the most complete, up-to-date data on West Virginia’s vaccine distribution – gathered by the Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) and WVU using new methodology in collaboration with the White House and the U.S.
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