Coronavirus
West Virginia is the Nation’s Leader in COVID-19 Vaccinations
BUNKER HILL, W.Va. — Since December, Ken Reed and his wife Tally, the owners of a small chain of pharmacies in the eastern part of this state, have been waking at dawn to travel to rural counties to vaccinate as many long-term care residents as possible.
The Reeds say their familiarity with the people in counties like Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, and Pendleton makes all the difference in gaining their trust.
“These are your neighbors, your friends, your friend’s parents, and you just treat them like you’d want to be treated,” Ken Reed said.
West Virginia, a small and mostly rural state with a large elderly population, was tagged early on as a place likely to struggle with Covid-19 and any vaccine rollout.
