In Missouri, where the coronavirus is causing one of the worst outbreaks in the US, upwards of half of the population has not received the COVID-19 vaccine, The Hill reports.
While some regions of the United States are recovering from the epidemic, others are dealing with the virus in quite different ways. Missouri is one of the states that best exemplifies the split.
According to The New York Times’ database, the state has the second-highest number of instances per capita, after only Arkansas.
As of Friday, the Missouri Health Department has registered a total of 533,670 coronavirus cases, up 1,544 compared to previous days.
This is the third day in a row that the state has seen more than 1,000 new illnesses, as per KMBC 9 News.
Only 45.1 percent of the people have begun immunization, and only 39.6 percent has been fully vaccinated, according to state statistics.
The state’s clinics have reported being exhausted by the increase in infections and needing to adjust swiftly.
And because of the delta variety, which is becoming more widespread across the nation and has the ability to spread fast across unvaccinated populations, the state’s issues are expected to worsen.
“This is a mass casualty event, happening in slow-motion,” Dave Pennington, Springfield Fire Department Chief, said on Twitter.
As some Republican politicians around the country have questioned the Biden administration’s priority of getting people vaccinated, the state has been on the front lines of the political debates surrounding the coronavirus.
Republican Governor Mike Parson of Missouri criticized the White House this week for its door-to-door vaccination drive in underprivileged regions, which is part of the administration’s attempts to combat outbreaks in hot spots.
He also addressed Pennington’s comments directly, saying that the state’s “healthcare system is solid.”
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