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|Articles|May 24, 2021

Top 10 states in the quest for COVID-19 herd immunity

These states have the highest percentage of population vaccinated against COVID-19 thus far.

As the country races to vaccinate the public against COVID-19, some states have been doing better than others when it comes to getting shots in their arms.

While some experts believe that the country is unlikely to reach herd immunity, states are still vaccinating their citizens in an effort to pull the country out of the pandemic.

Here are the 10 states that have vaccinated the greatest portion of their citizens according to a report from Becker’s Hospital Review.


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