South Dakota and West Virginia lead the nation in the % vaccinated. Why? I think it is because they have less red tape on giving it out. I once interviewed for a position at a California state college. I remember looking at my parking pass, and it had four authorized signatures on it. That is quite a bureaucracy just to let someone park on campus for a couple of hours.
I suspect too that these states that are hankering for money to give out the shots are holding it up as a form of blackmail. If you can't fund the vaccine distribution you are in bad shape. Next round should go to those who first use up their vaccine. I bet that would put a fire under the laggards.
I have to say, that a great Governor would have negotiated their own deal with Pfizer and they would be heroes at this point. Pfizer wanted to promise more to the USA, but the federal government passed on it initially. They now have a plan in place for millions more in June or July, when this could have been earlier. Instead, those earlier doses are going overseas.
Incompetence is when after almost a year, it is still extremely hard for the public to buy n-95 masks. There is a severe lack of leadership on Covid.
