I've been waiting for months for the vaccination rate in
Newton County, Arkansas, my home county, to rise. It finally did yesterday, on Saturday March 12, when it inched up a notch from 33% to 34%. It had been at 33% since December 29, 2021, the day it ticked up from 32%. The current vaccination rate for all of Arkansas is 54%.
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| Screenshot of New York Times email Saturday March 12, 2022 |
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| Screenshot of New York Times email of March 11, 2022 |
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| Screenshot of New York Times email of December 28, 2021 |
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| Screenshot of New York Times email of December 28, 2021 |
I can't help wonder what forces are keeping the vaccination rate ticking up, however slowly. You can see that between late December and last week, the death rate has also crept up, from 1 in 180 to 1 in 172.
Meanwhile the death rate in Sacramento California, where I live, is now 1 in 574. In the United States as a whole, it is one in 344. The vaccination rate here for all ages is double what it is in my home county, at 67%.
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| Screenshot of New York Times email, Saturday, March 12, 2022 |
These next two screenshots show vaccination rates in the United States and in Sacramento metro area as of Dec. 29, 2021: 62% (U.S.); 63% (Sacramento metro); and 66% (all California). The death rate in greater Sacramento at that time was 1 in 684 with 1 in 9 infected. The death rate for the United States then was 1 in 405 with 1 in 6 infected.
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| Screenshot of New York Times email, December 29, 2021 |
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| Screenshot of New York Times email, December 29, 2021 |
Newton County, population about 7,000 (down nearly 1K from 2010 Census), is a high poverty county with a
low rate of formal education. Just over 20% of the population have a bachelor's degree or better, and the average individual income is just under $20,000.
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