How Puerto Rico became the most vaccinated place in the US
ABC News
Puerto Rico is the most vaccinated place in America. Their strategy consisted of mass messaging, vaccination site accessibility and combatting misinformation.
Puerto Rico is the most vaccinated place in America, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 73% of its 3.3 million citizens are fully vaccinated, beating several states like Vermont and Connecticut with high vaccination rates.
The island also has the highest rate of total vaccine doses administered: 154,563 doses per 100,000 people.
Puerto Rico has outpaced several states in the race to the top vaccinated spot in the U.S. despite the odds stacked against it. Not only is it home to a larger population than 21 U.S. states, but it's also been battered by COVID-19, poverty, climate change and an ongoing financial crisis.
"It's impossible to talk about the pandemic without the context in which Puerto Rico encountered and faced the pandemic," Daniel Colón-Ramos, a Yale medical school professor and the president of Puerto Rico's Scientific Coalition, told ABC News.
