Florida Is Well Behind Other States When It Comes To Getting COVID Booster Shots

Florida Phoenix

January 21, 2022

When Gov. Ron DeSantis hinted Friday that he hasn’t gotten a COVID booster shot, it wouldn’t be unusual.

Florida is below the national average and well behind other states when it comes to COVID booster shots that can help ward off COVID-19, according to federal data.

But the numbers show that many people across the nation aren’t pursuing the booster shots, even as COVID-19 infections continue during the pandemic.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that only 35.6 percent of people in Florida have gotten a booster dose. (Those people would have already been fully vaccinated.)

That puts Florida’s ranking at 38th of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and below the national average of 39.3 percent.

Vermont, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Maine have highest percentage of people — more than 50 percent — who have gotten the shots.

Georgia, District of Columbia, Alabama, North Carolina and New Hampshire have the lowest percentages of people who have received the booster doses.

Here’s state-by-state data from the CDC on booster shots:

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