if vaccines stop covid spread, then why is all the covid spread in the highest vaxxed counties? and why are serve cases rising most in the most vaccinated?

this is a county by county map of vaccination rate published HERE by the new york times.

it’s in percentages, green is high, and dark green highest.

as can be readily seen there are several zones of very high vaccination rates:

1. the coastal west
2. the northeast
3. florida, especially south florida around miami (but less so in west and panhandle)
4. the upper midwest around northern illinois, WI, MN, iowa
5. puerto rico and alaska
6. the lower half of 4 corners in AZ, NM
7. the southern edge of texas

there is also a wide diagonal band of low vaccination stretching from georgia/alamaba northwest to montana and idaho.

(data seems to be missing for VT. it’s one of the highest vaxx states in the US)

LINK