Topline
More than 100 million views of coronavirus vaccine were armed in the United States as of Friday, covering nearly 20% of Americans, while vaccination efforts are accelerating nationwide and officials health looking to halt another Covid-19 boost.
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Key facts
Clinics have reported a total of 101.1 million vaccines since the first coronavirus vaccines were authorized for U.S. use in mid-December, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday afternoon.
In the last few weeks, the U.S. has received an average of more than 2 million vaccines per day.
That’s twice the rate for the end of January and more than quadruple the rate for the beginning of the year, when the United States averaged just 400,000 views per day.
A large number
19.9%. That’s the percentage of Americans who received at least one vaccination vision. The proportion of Americans who are fully vaccinated is 10.5%, meaning that they have taken two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or one dose of the one – shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. As soon as 70% to 90% of Americans get a degree of immunity to the coronavirus as a result of a past infection or vaccine, most experts believe that the country will reach “herd immunity, ”Means that the virus will have a much harder time spreading.
Key background
When Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were approved at the end of last year, vaccination efforts began slowly as officials targeted high-risk groups such as nursing home residents and health workers, and the Trump administration collapsed. far shorter than the target to deliver a vaccine to 20 million people by the end. of the year. Since then, the pace has increased dramatically. Drug dealers are churning out more doses, the federal government has increased the number of doses it gives to states each week, the ability to take pictures in arms has increased as more vaccine clinics have opened, and demand has risen as states expand eligibility for vaccines.
What do you look
President Joe Biden promised that the United States will have dispensed enough doses to cover the 260 million U.S. adults by May. Achieving the goal could be daunting: Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to ramp up manufacturing and deliver enough doses to 130 million Americans by the end of this month, but the lines are not -their time after that is so detailed. In addition, administering these doses after their delivery is an additional challenge that may require more staff and more vaccination clinics.
Tangent
Vaccine rates vary widely by state. Alaska and New Mexico are leading the way in the vaccination race, giving at least one dose to more than 25% of their residents, while Georgia lags behind with just 14.6% of the population. their population the vaccine. Vaccine rates vary for a few reasons: Each state has a different circulation strategy and a set of eligibility rules, some like Texas were hampered by bad winter weather last month, and states like Alaska have benefit from federal assistance to vaccinate their indigenous populations and weapons.
Further reading
U.S. sets sign up for covid vaccines as circulation goes up (Forbes)
Nearly 20% of U.S. adults are vaccinated. Here are the best performing states – and the worst performing ones. (Forbes)