Since hitting a higher vaccination number cases in McKinley Co have declined as have deaths:
"One thing that worked to the county's advantage in administering the
vaccine is having a significant percentage of the county served by the
Indian Health Service, he said. Nearly 80% of the county's residents are
Native American, according to the U.S. Census.
"A lot of other
counties in New Mexico are dependent on local health care systems and
private physicians to vaccinate the bulk of their populations," he said.
"We were fortunate in that aspect that we have a large presence of
Indian Health Service facilities to help take care of that population,
which allowed for vaccines to come in directly from the federal
government to that site."
The Indian Health Service held
drive-thru events at the Fire Rock Casino in Church Rock and did
outreach to the Navajo Nation "to make it more convenient" to get the
vaccine, Berry said.
The county has lately been focused on
bringing people back for their second dose if needed, as well as
vaccination efforts in those ages 12 to 16.
Since May 24, the
county has reported only three COVID-19 deaths, and the seven-day
average of new cases is three, down from a peak of 109 in mid-November, state data shows.
There's
still a lot of mask-wearing, though life has started to "look a little
more normal," Berry said. "We've come a long way in the last year."
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/counties-reached-highest-covid-19-vaccination-rates-states/story?id=78...There goes your narrative that vaccines don't work also your narrative that they cause deaths.