Last year, the U.S. government had high hopes to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of December. Unfortunately, due to a number of circumstances, the U.S. vaccinated fewer than 3 million people—far short of their target.
As cases remain high throughout much of the U.S., pressure mounts for vaccination efforts to ramp up dramatically.
Peter Hotez, professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development estimates that in large metro areas 10,000 people per day for the next 8 months need to be vaccinated in order to stay on target.
Currently, we are nowhere near that number or near the 1 million people per day needed to be vaccinated across the U.S. during that time frame.
Although the situation at present is worse than any of us had hoped, there is reason to be hopeful that we can start heading in a better direction. Here’s some promising developments and recommendations from experts to improve the vaccination distribution.
Hopefully we will see improvement with the vaccine rollout in the coming weeks. As we work toward getting COVID-19 under control, experts stress the importance of continuing to take precautions such as wearing a mask and social distancing to slow the spread.
Until next time, stay vigilant, and let's do everything we can to stop the spread.
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