80% of eligiable Americans have had their first shot. 70% have had at least two. CNN

[applegrove]

Go USA. I would hazzard to say De Santis and Abbott got people to follow their 'science experiments' and it got more people to get the shot.

[HUAJIAO]

1. That's better than I thought it was.

[Shermann]

2. That will drop if and when the 5-11 group is approved by the CDC this week nt

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Agreed!

But, Our World In Data uses the whole population as the denominator, and has the whole time.
So, the addition of more eligible people doesn't change their results.
Yesterday, they had us at 58.4% completely vaxxed & 67.2% "at least one shot".
Having good, thinking parents getting 5-11 year olds vaxxed will help their number, because of the constant point of reference.

[James48]

3. My county is nowhere near that!

My county is sitting at about 56% for two shots. It’s barely moved at all in the last two months. We’ve got too many red hats around here.

[rurallib]

6. you got my county beat

We are stupid and proud of it.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Be Cautious With That Comparison

My county isn't either, but....
This CNN number uses ELIGIBLE people as the denominator. Most tracking processes use the total population. So, this isn't 70% of 330,000,000. It's 70% of those 12 & up.
For instance, my county is at 56% full vaxxed, but out of the entire population of around 690,000, or about 386,000.
But, here about 100,000 residents are under age 12. They're not eligible for the vax yet.
So, if we take 386,000 divided by 590k, instead of 690k, we get 65.4%. Still not 70% fully vaxxed, but way better than 56%.
Might be the case in your county, too.

[Busterscruggs]

4. I am

So happy to see this. Humanity may be saved afterall

[marybourg]

5. The NYT makes it 78% and 68%.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-19-vaccine-doses.html

[berni_mccoy]

7. Was just about to post the same in response

[George II]

8. About two weeks ago Connecticut was #1 in the country with 82% of those eligible being....

....vaccinated. That dropped slightly with children being added to the "eligible" list but by now I'm sure we're higher than 82% again, and still #1.

[rockfordfile]

9. good