You are right on GA trailing in immunization rate (#4 from the bottom as measured by fully vaccinated % of population, ahead of AL, UT, and MS), but mistaken on the GA infection rate.
GA is in the lower half of the pack in the infection rate per 1M of population - it is #21 among the 50 states (definitely above the National average). #17 in deaths per 1M of population.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
I can't comment on the mask wearing take rates, since I haven't visited GA post pandemic. However, I can personally validate that mask wearing drops as you drive either South, or into more rural areas. In NC, SC and TX masks are increasingly optional.
Not great, but not surprising either.
16+ months of this pandemic have been more than enough to exhaust compliance patience of most folks, even if our politicians weren't bickering about the subject matter.
So now we are in the race to max out vaccination rate vs. prevention compliance slacking rates.
I suspect the outcomes will be vary dramatically across regions, states, and population centers.
What's more unfortunate, is that everyone's willingness to be sympathetic to Covid patients and Doctors will take a nose dive: those who got vaccinated will look down on those who didn't and got sick; those who didn't vaccinate will continue to pretend that Covid is not that big of a deal/not-real ,anyway and ignore/ridicule the afflicted.
It is what it is.
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