![]() ![]() The Baptist and Reflector posed questions to the three Vanderbilt graduates about their involvement and thoughts on the COVID vaccine. Many of them are extraordinary people who love Jesus and are in medical research as a way of following Him,” Choate said. The medical specialists you depend on are the same ones developing today’s vaccines. “When your loved one is at risk for serious disease, you bring them to a great research hospital for the best treatment possible. They have been contributing to the health of our nation and the world for years now,” he noted. “Since they were undergraduates, God’s been at work in the lives of these fine Christian physician/researchers. He was the BSU director at Vanderbilt when the three of them were students. “It has been inspiring to be in contact with researchers working at the center of vaccine development,” said Bill Choate, BCM director for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Other Southern states include Florida (39.18 percent), North Carolina (36.16), Texas (35.61), South Carolina (33.83) and Georgia (32.1).Īmong the thousands of scientists, doctors and others who have been involved in the development of a vaccine for COVID-19 are three “alumni” of the Baptist Student Union (now Baptist Collegiate Ministry) at Vanderbilt University in the early to mid-1990s - Buddy Creech, Josh Denny and Sheri Wilcox. Tennessee is followed by Louisiana (31.3 percent), Arkansas (31.23), Alabama (29.23) and Mississippi (27.13). Tennessee is 47th among the 50 states - along with the District of Columbia - with 2,173,313 or 31.82 percent of the population having been fully vaccinated. ![]() Most Southern states rank near the bottom of the list. Only five states reported that more than 50 percent of their population was fully vaccinated - Vermont, 56.38 percent Maine, 54.45 percent Massachusetts, 53.84 percent Connecticut, 53.68 percent and Rhode Island, 51.76 percent. ![]() That represents 40.9 percent of the country’s population as of June 1, according to data from the Center for Disease Control. Editor, Baptist & - Recent statistics reveal that less than half of the United States population has been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.Īccording to Becker’s Hospital Review ( visit site for full list of statistics), a total of 135,867,425 Americans have been fully vaccinated. ![]()
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