The End of U.S. Mass Vaccination Is Coming Sooner Than Later

[marmar]

(Bloomberg) After three months of vaccination across the U.S., a majority of American adults have gotten shots, and the effort will soon shift from mass inoculation to mop-up.

As of Saturday, 138.6 million people in the U.S. have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot. About 1.3 million more are getting a first dose every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the rate of new vaccinators is declining, even if were immediately cut in half, it would mean that six weeks from now more than half of the population of the U.S. and its territories will have had a dose.

Almost all of those who get a first dose are likely to their second, according to one CDC study. On top of that, more than 80% of people age 60 or over — the most vulnerable group — have had a dose and will likewise complete vaccination.

That may be sufficient, at least to see a significant impact on U.S. caseloads. The U.S. is currently about where Israel’s vaccine campaign was in mid-February, three weeks before cases there began to plunge. (Israel has, in total, vaccinated just under 60% of its population.) ................(more)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-25/when-will-u-s-vaccination-be-done-we-re-getting-closer?srnd=premium

[Mr. Ected]

1. Odd - Just read another article in this forum

That said that over 5 million Americans took the first vaccine and skipped the second...

"Almost all of those who get a first dose are likely to their second"

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Per NYT, that 5 million accounts for 8% of the total.

More than five million people, or nearly 8 percent of those who got a first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, have missed their second doses, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is more than double the rate among people who got inoculated in the first several weeks of the nationwide vaccine campaign.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/business/covid-vaccines-second-doses.html?

[Mr. Ected]

3. Five million people is a lot of people

Yes, most people do get the second vaccine, so the article is technically correct, but the numbers of non-complying participants is still alarmingly high.

[Iggo]

4. 92% ain't just technically most.