Biden to set new goal of 70 percent of Americans getting at least one vaccine dose by July 4
Source: Washington Post
President Biden on Tuesday will set new benchmarks for the United States to return to pre-pandemic life, setting a goal of 70 percent of adult Americans having at least one vaccine shot by the Fourth of July amid rising pressure for the White House to find ways to expedite a return to normalcy as summer approaches. The president, after surpassing 200 million shots in his first 100 days, also aims to have 160 million Americans — or 60 percent — fully vaccinated by the summer holiday, a date he marked in a March primetime address for America to start to look “more normal.”
Health officials are confident that communities that can achieve a 70 percent vaccination rate will see sharp declines in individual cases, hospitalizations and deaths, a senior administration official said on a call with reporters on Tuesday. Administration officials also expect the Food and Drug Administration to soon issue an “emergency use authorization” enabling adolescents 12 to 15 years old to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, opening up vaccinations to millions more people. But in the past week, some health experts have criticized Biden and the White House for not better demonstrating the perks of getting vaccinated, a key step they say is necessary in overcoming vaccine hesitancy.
After a surge of vaccinations over the past few months, supply of the vaccine has started to outstrip demand as hesitancy becomes the Biden administration’s most significant hurdle in immunizing more Americans. So far, about 40 percent of adult Americans are fully vaccinated, but polls suggest that a significant portion of the population does not plan to get inoculated. Some have criticized Biden for continuing to wear a mask outside, even though he is fully vaccinated, despite guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that immunized people do not need to wear masks outdoors if they are not in crowds.
The president, they say, should model how restrictions can be relaxed once someone is vaccinated, to encourage more people to do so. The Biden administration finds itself in a difficult position, however, as the science remains unsettled on what is and is not safe as more Americans get vaccinated. The president must model appropriate public health behavior for the entire country, public health officials say, including areas where infections remain high. Cases remain stubbornly high at about 50,000 new confirmed infections each day — a number several experts said is likely an undercount given lower rates of testing — and about 700 deaths per day. “You’ve got this balancing act.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/04/biden-set-new-goal-70-percent-americans-getting-least-one-vaccine-dose-by-july-4/
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Anything good for America or good for democrats is a NO. A full stop NO. This is their civil war, sitting out free vaccines that can save their lives and help America move forward. They say NO.
It's true. They just never grew up.
