Barring a surprise, 50% of U.S. adults will have gotten at least one shot of coronavirus vaccine by

[soothsayer]

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Dan Diamond
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Barring a surprise, 50% of U.S. adults will have gotten at least one shot of coronavirus vaccine by tomorrow.

[SheltieLover]

1. They are handing out $20 Kroger & Walmart gift cards to those who get 1st shot at mass site

In Memphis. 11 min wait time & still not a lot going for it!

[Midnight Writer]

2. Good news. Joe knows how to get things done.

But my county map shows only about 21% vaccinated. However, I've been watching Covid death statistics here, and there hasn't been a death in three weeks. That is a welcome change from four or five a week. I suspect from the lackadaisical reaction to the pandemic here that a lot of people have already been infected.

[dalton99a]

3. It is a significant milestone

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Nice, and an excellent start but it's still a very long way from herd immunity.

[FBaggins]

6. Not there yet... but perhaps not "a very long way"

We appear to be about one month behind the UK in terms of vaccinations... and their positive tests have fallen from a peak of around 65,000 infections in a day to the current 2,500 or so... and deaths have declined from a peak over 1500/day to two or three dozen people per day currently.

They do appear to be debating whether they've reached herd immunity. Perhaps they're optimistic, but they're certainly close. We aren't "a very long way" behind them.

Particularly if you consider that a much higher percentage of those most at risk have been fully vaccinated.

On edit - Israel is down to single-digit daily deaths and appear to be about two months ahead of us.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. So much depends on how many people get vaccinated.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the UK and Israel don't have 30 percent or so of their population who don't plan to get the shots.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

5. My company just offered $100 to each vaccinated employee

Not that I needed motivation...

[liberal N proud]

7. Second shot Monday

[BannonsLiver]

8. Despite all the typical knee jerk DU doom and gloom

We’re still vaccinating people at a pretty good clip and had a record day of 4.6 million on 4/10. Current average is about 3.2 million per day.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/

[Runningdawg]

9. If it were only that high in every state and not an average

I just read in our local paper this morning OK is dead last in the number given. I've had both, hubby has had one. He works for a university and is one of the few in his department who took it. The talk in the break room is about DNA mutations, micro chips and aborted fetal tissue. A suburb is having a mask burning event tonight

[soothsayer]

10. Sigh