Check this out: https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/
This reports only 61% got one dose of the shot, and barely 50% are fully vaccinated. This number got updated 2 days ago and hasn't budged in weeks.
It's also considerably less than what some MSM outlets are reporting.
I'm pretty sure everyone who wants it has gotten it already.
As a Southern woman with a BMI of 22 who lives in one of the top ten states for obesity, I would like to weigh-in on the matter.
Traditional Southern food is notoriously deep-fried and unhealthy. Being obese carries a lot of health risks. I agree with you there, but I have two points of disagreement.
You said the majority of people and the majority is a mathematical quantity greater than 50%. Even the "most obese states" are not majority obese. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/obesity-rate-by-state
I would argue that obesity, like smoking, brings "old age" to you at a younger age. The obese and smokers age faster and die younger. They get blood pressure medication and cholesterol-lowering medication at a younger age. The health-conscious, if they live long enough, will have high blood pressure in their senior years. The obese get their health problems younger. And they often die younger. I note that the obese states have a lower life expectancy than the less obese states. I believe that this could be significant. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_life_expectancy
The fat eat themselves to death. The thin can grow old enough to rack up health care expenditures on Medicare in the nursing home.
Oh my Bilgewater, so.... country ham, black-eyed peas, grits and gravy...and a moment of silence for the vegetables?... amirite? Sounds really good right now.
I dislike traditional Southern cooking so none of that sounds good to me, but nothing screams more Southern than a fried Snickers bar at the local country fairs. Or that all the vegetables will have bacon or pork in it for seasoning.
Very good points. And you're right, I was being hyperbolic. But in my defense, I live in one of the fittest cities in America (I think we won first place last year for that, actually) and am not accustomed to seeing so many overweight people as I do when I travel down south.