1.36% of the U.S. population got a vaccine Saturday and we just passed 106 million vaccines given.

[Botany]

(reposted from yesterday)

United States reports record day of vaccinations

From Bloomberg’s senior healthcare editor as the United States reports a record daily number (more than 4.5 million) of vaccine doses administered (yesterday).

US: 106M doses total (# of vaccines given by 3/13/21)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/mar/13/coronavirus-live-news-uk-businesses-sign-up-for-rapid-testing-scheme-surge-in-philippines-infections
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Grown ups are back. And don't talk to me about Joe not doing press conferences either.

[Johnny2X2X]

1. They counted funny this weekend

The weekends are when the most vaccine have been given, but they changed the count cutoff for Saturday and that resulted in a huge count Saturday and a small count Sunday. Still 6 million doses between the 2 days, outstanding!

107M doses now.

The number I am following is the % of the adult population given at least 1 dose, these people are no longer at risk for death from Covid. We hit 21% over the weekend. Considering another 30-40% of the country has immunity from having gotten Covid, we're over 50% with some immunity now. And the most vulnerable populations are more than 21% vaccinated now, for over 65 it's over 80%. Other risk groups are climbing fast too.

This is being done smartly. Everyone should buckle down and protect themselves and others right now, because several more weeks of this type of progress and we're going to pull out of this faster than most people realize.

[Cinnamonspice]

2. Yay!

I'm getting my first vaccination in a few weeks. It's wonderful to start seeing a light at the end of this tunnel.

[Botany]

3. I had never heard of Dr. Walensky the new head of the CDC until I saw her interviewed last week ...

... and it was like a weight was lifted from my shoulders.
Welcome to DU

Biden Names Massachusetts Doctor To Lead CDC

December 7, 20201:23 PM ET

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday selected Dr. Rochelle Walensky to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when his administration takes office next month.

Walensky teaches at Harvard Medical School and is an infectious disease physician at both Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, according to her biography on the former hospital's website.

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Link to tweet

https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/07/943871894/biden-names-massachusetts-doctor-to-lead-cdc

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

4. 11% fully vaccinated now, still a long way to go, herd