Pandemic Life 2022

Using data from Johns Hopkins University's interactive dashboard

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed 5.9 million lives globally as of February 28, 2022. More than 940,00 of those deaths have been in the United States.

Currently, approximately 1.4% of known COVID-19 infections in the US have resulted in death. This percentage varies from state to state, however, and in some parts of the country, infections are far more likely to be fatal than in others.

These are the top 10 excuses for not getting vaccinated;

10. Hard for me to get a vaccine  1.9%

9.   Dr hasn't recommended it 9.6%

8.   Don't think covid is a beg threat  25.1%

7.   Other reason  25.0%

6.   Don't know if a vaccine will protect me  26.1%

5.   Plan to wait and see if it's safe  31.0%

4.   Don't believe I need a vaccine  35.3%

3.   Don't trust the government  39.8%

2.   Don't trust covid 19 vaccines  47.5%

1.   Concerned about possible side effects  55.6%

I was really surprised at #9.

I heard someone say the other day, it's hard to trust "the science" when it's been wrong so frequently. Good point. I stand by what I said over a year ago...if they had come out in the beginning and said, we don't know how this is going to play out, we don't know how this is going to affect people, we don't know...but lets try this fill in the blank. I think people would've responded a lot differently. If the effing media hadn't politized the issue, I think people would've responded a lot differently. Oh well. Live and learn I guess.