59.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 39 million administered: U.S. CDC
By: Derek Francis (Reuters)
The Pfizer/BioNTech was the first approved vaccine that began distribution 55 days ago. The Moderna vaccine received approval and began distribution 48 days ago. The program to produce, distribute, and administer vaccines appears to be working pretty well.
We've known (or should have know) all along that production would be the bottleneck. We've known (or should have known) that the need for two doses would slow the process. The upcoming approval of the [was AstraZeneca] Johnson & Johnson vaccine will speed things up. But we've known (or should have known) that vaccinating hundreds of millions of people would take many months.
Patience, people, everything is working pretty well and we just need to wait our turn. Follow the guidelines until everyone has a chance to be vaccinated.
Seeder's Note: I erroneously confused the AstraZeneca vaccine with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The editorial text has been updated to correct the error.
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had distributed 59,304,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States and that 39,037,964 doses had been administered as of Saturday morning.
The tallies are for both Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech, vaccines as of 6:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, the agency said.
According to its tally posted on Friday, the agency had administered 36,819,212 doses of the vaccines and distributed 58,380,300 doses.
The agency said 30,250,964 people had received 1 or more doses, while 8,317,180 people had gotten the second dose as of Saturday.
A total of 4,628,962 doses of vaccine have been administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.
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The news is actually pretty good. Right now it's a waiting game. We need to follow the guidelines while we wait our turn.
It's good news. With about 100 million already infected and on pace to have another hundred million vaccinated by the end of April we are getting close to ending this nightmare.
My expectation is the pandemic will be well controlled by July. That's not too far into the future. The danger is ignoring that it ain't over till it's over.