3 reasons West Virginia's COVID-19 vaccination effort is working so well
West Virginia is doing better than probably any other state in vaccinating its population against COVID-19. About 9 percent of West Virginians have already gotten their first dose, better than any state but Alaska, and West Virginia is No. 1 in giving out second doses,
The New York Times reports. West Virginia has used 83 percent of the doses allocated to the state, by far the highest percentage.
Part of West Virginia's success is its size: With 1.8 million residents, its population is smaller than several U.S. cities. But the state's population is also older and less healthy than average. "People are dying every day," Albert Wright Jr., CEO of WVU Medicine, the state's largest health-care provider, told the