The number of people reported to have received the first of two doses of vaccine is 128,000…But there are no numbers for at least 13 states so the number of vaccine shots are way higher than the NY Times reported number….
The first wave are Pfizer vaccines…
The Moderna vaccine is now being shipped and will probably be more widely used since it can be transported and stored at a closer to room temperature then the Pfizer vaccine…
We have also seen reports that several states will Not get the original number of vaccines promised , furthermore it appears that true to the ongoing Trump admin efforts?
The states may continue to be on their own until the Biden admin begins ….
President Trump has no interest at all in the vaccine effort and there IS a transition of government going on …..
More than 128,000 people received a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine this week as the United States began an unprecedented mobilization to deploy vaccines and eventually end a pandemic that has upended every aspect of American life.
The federal government expected to initially deliver enough vaccine for 2.9 million people to receive a first dose, less than 1 percent of the country’s population and not enough even for the health care workers and long-term care facility residents who are at the front of the line.
But the shipments, which came after a record-setting race to develop, study and approve a vaccine, marked a turning point in the pandemic at a time when deaths and cases continue to set records. Federal regulators on Friday gave emergency approval to a second vaccine, developed by Moderna, which was expected to be distributed in the coming days. Both vaccines require patients to receive two doses spaced weeks apart….
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According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, states and a group of federal agencies have been allotted more than 2.9 million first doses. Each state was granted an amount of the vaccine roughly in proportion to their population.
Chicago, New York City and Philadelphia have been allocated doses separately from their states. And some states, like Alaska, North Dakota and Utah, will receive a supplement for tribal governments that have elected to receive their vaccines through the state, rather than through the federal Indian Health Service.
The work to distribute the vaccine comes at one of the darkest points of the pandemic….
The fight against taking the virus heats up…
Public health authorities and social media companies are scrambling to battle coronavirus misinformation as they try to ensure that enough Americans get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Health experts say at least 70 percent of the country needs to be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity and completely crush the outbreak that has killed more than 300,000 Americans.
National polls show an increasing number of Americans are willing to get a coronavirus vaccine, but that some populations, particularly Black and Latino people, are reticent….
Biden has said that until we get this virus under control ,nothing else matters.I agree
All these “issues” floating around are of no consequence to most people right now other than political activists.
So it probably did him little good that his Surgeon general nominee wentb on tv and said the vaccine wouldn’t get out to the general population until midsummer or early fall.
If I was Biden I would focus on this like a laser beam.
There is way way too much loose talk going on about this and people are going to get frustrated.
There needs to be an explanation as to what is going on .
Biden needs to address the nation shortly after his inauguration and lay out what is going to happen and when ,rather than the current administrations approach which is having various people giving out all sorts of often contradictory information, predictions etc.
It’s way past time to lay out how much vaccine is available and the plans to distribute it, the plans for producing more and ,finally ,Biden needs to direct the entire resources of the federal government to make it happen.
This is the numero uno issue before the country right now!
I agree Jack….
One would hope that a President focused on this will move the Federal Government into a position of LEADERSHIP….
The issue will be the switch over to the general public getting the vaccine….
The Spring and people being back outside will help also….
Biden will lean on the mask wearing….
Biden will also have to deal with the economy….
And….
Other things…
The job does NOT allow focus on just one thing…
But YES…
The virus issue IS central to other things mostly
“Biden will have to deal with the economy.”
The virus is what’s driving to economy into the ground.
Until it is dealt with?
The economy is not going to do anything but tread water.
I agree with Jack. The best thing to do for the economy is an effective rollout of the vaccine.
In addition, unless the Dems pick up both GA seats, Biden is not likely to get anything passed. But he can be effective with the rollout of the vaccine.
Not quit so simple Jack….
State and Local budget issues will need $$$ sooner than later….
They can’t wait for the summer when virus things should be on the down slide….
Layoff’s could be in the offering which would make things even worst…
(Which is why the fucking Republicans like Toomey are doing their thing)
Biden also HAS to deal with Russia and rejoining the Climate countries group….
And the Russian hacking ….
Biden DOES have full plate and he needs to deal with several things all at once….
It IS how things work….
Biden campaigned for this….
But but but you “agree “ with me,(see you @1:19)
I quote….
…’All these “issues” floating around are of no consequence to most people right now other than political activists…..
Joe Biden HAS to run a country that has been rudderless for 4 years…
It will NOT be easy ….
It will NOT be about ONLY one thing….
so exactly what did Jack say that you disagree with?
The concept that the virus deserves All of Biden’s attention….
It cannot…
It will not.….
That just isn’t how it will be for Biden/Harris…
Especially after Trump’s shit show…
Biden MUST from day one also move to disaffect the Trump disease on the American executive branch…
That is also critical….
Jack knows this Z…
He clarified his comment……
Jack never said that.
The virus is more important to most people than all that other stuff.
Look we all know a President deals with a lot of things.
The point I’m making is until this virus is under control?All these other things will take a distinct backseat.
Further, you don’t understand that the economy is out of whack BECAUSE of the virus.
It’s issue numero uno !
And let’s be clear, but for this virus, Trump would have been re-elected.Thats says it all.
Actually Jack….
I mention the connection between both in most of my posts…..
Your view IS ur view….
Meanwhile HHS Secretary Aznar earlier this week claimed that the “general population “ ( an undefined term) would have access to the vaccine as soon as February.
Lots of discrepancies here.
You can’t depend on the gangster.He’s busying himself in playing footsies with Putin, plotting a military coup with confessed criminal Michael Glynn and essentially calling for a riot the day the Electoral vote is being counted.
He NEVER should have got the job….
The first crazy assed President in modern times….
30 days….
Probably less if he quits to let Pence pardon him
Flynn
I see the Virus and the Economy as being linked together and inseparable. No doubt the Virus is the Cause for the ruinous Economy…So combating the Virus via massive mobilization of Vaccine is essential to supporting the economy, but without supporting the economy now a massive vaccine campaign will not be enough on its own to bolster the economy…It has to be a two pronged approach…and this current stimulus does not help enough..cause if people continue to lose their jobs it will make a bad winter worse. Don’t forget, that after the Virus there will be major economic problems to deal with, housing, healthcare, infrastructure, government debt, and unemployment (obviously there are a shit ton others, I am just picking out what I see as the top priority initially). But if Biden only focused on the Vaccine and Pandemic Mitigation, once the Pandemic begins to wind down, he won’t have a solid enough foundation to build off to deal with the major problems looming over the horizon…The Vaccine will be a big help, but it won’t solve the economic fissures that have ripped open the company…there is no mRNA vaccine for that, just good policy and hard work that needs to start now…
Let’s not even add on the Foreign Policy disaster that Biden is walking into…state department in ruins, foreign hack, China and Russia, and American Reputation…just for starters…
Yes Bdog…..
Jack knows this….
I mention this all the time….
He’s just keeping me ‘honest’🤫
And don’t forget our atomic friends in Pyongyang and Teheran…
Definitely DSD…