50 million vaccinations in 36 days after Biden took office… US collective immunity’green light’

Input 2021.02.26 08:20

U.S. President Joe Biden held a ceremony to commemorate 50 million doses (one dose) of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine in the United States after his inauguration at the White House on the 25th (local time). It is interpreted as an expression of confidence in the acceleration of vaccination after taking office. There is also a prospect that if the current trend is the same, collective immunization in the US this summer will be possible.

Biden pledged to inoculate 100 million doses within 100 days of taking office, and in just 36 days, half of the 50 million doses were inoculated, raising expectations for achieving the target.

In a speech at the event that day, President Biden said, “At first, some people said that the goal was too huge to do, but now they say that number is too small.” “The United States will probably be the first and only country to reach the goal,” he said. “We’re half way.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 68.27 million doses have been inoculated in the United States to date. This is 74% of the 9167 million doses distributed, CNN reported. In recent weeks, an average of 1.5 million doses per day has been inoculated.

Currently, the vaccines available in the United States are from Modena and Pfizer-Bioentech, which require two doses, and about 21.5 million people have completed two doses. Despite the downward trend in the number of infections in the United States and accelerating vaccination, President Biden stressed that he still needs to be nervous.

In particular, Biden said it would distribute the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine as soon as possible, as soon as approval for the third emergency use in the United States is imminent. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that the J&J vaccine has significant preventive effects and safety, including mutations in South Africa, and is expected to approve emergency use sooner or later.

The US government plans to distribute 3 to 4 million doses immediately after approval of the J&J vaccine, of which more than 2 million doses will be sent directly to the state government. “The vaccine is safe and effective,” said President Biden. “The more vaccinations, the faster the pandemic will be overcome.”

He also announced a plan to start a large-scale campaign to educate the public about vaccination. President Biden is pressing Congress to pass a $1.9 trillion bailout bill that will require more money to be spent on corona19 testing, school resumption, and vaccinations.

Meanwhile, Anthony Pouch, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the U.S., an expert on infectious diseases in the U.S., predicted that at the end of July, the U.S. will secure enough COVID-19 vaccine to meet all citizens, but it will take a couple more months to complete the vaccination. There is a bar.

Anthony Pouch, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the United States, appeared on CNN on the night of the 17th local time, and by at least the end of July, all Americans will have enough COVID-19 vaccine to be vaccinated. It may be towards the end of,” he said.

“It will depend on the effectiveness of the vaccination how long it will take to get people vaccinated,” said Pouch. “In fact, we hope to get the vaccine to 75-85% of the population,” he added. “Hopefully this will take us to the point of collective immunity.”