Glossary of Terms
- Cases per 100,000
- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases adjusted for population size.
- Deaths per 100,000
- The number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 residents.
- Vaccination Rate
- The percentage of a state's population fully vaccinated.
- Vaccine Effectiveness
- A measure of how well a vaccine reduces infection, hospitalization, or death.
- mRNA Vaccine
- A vaccine that uses messenger RNA to trigger an immune response.
- Viral Vector Vaccine
- A vaccine that uses a harmless virus to deliver genetic material that stimulates immunity.