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The rate of vaccination against covid-19 decreases in the United States

2021-05-06T14:45:46.755Z


Despite the new vaccination targets introduced yesterday by President Biden, vaccination rates in the US continue to decline.


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With vaccination rates slowing across the country, the US will have to shift its strategy toward local accessibility to get out of the covid-19 pandemic, said Dr. Anthony Fauci.

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday a plan to administer at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 70% of the country's adult population before July 4, a date that some officials have set as a goal for the full reopening.

But questions about vaccines and the disparity in access to appointments and information could get in the way.

And vaccination rates have been declining: While an average of 3.38 million doses a day were administered in a week in mid-April, currently the seven-day average is 2.19 million doses a day, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

"I think we can do it," Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of Biden's top advisers, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer, referring to the increase in the number of people vaccinated.

Measures to increase vaccination

“I think it's about changing the strategy a bit: getting out of the mass vaccination approach, and really launching walk-in units in some 40,000 pharmacies across the country, launching mobile units, getting access to local level rather than these vast mass vaccination sites. '

As the dose supply has increased, there is a sense that accessibility has also improved, but that is not true for many people, said Andy Slavitt, the White House's senior adviser for the response to covid-19.

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“For people who work and get paid by the hour, who can't necessarily ask their boss for time off, who don't have vaccines available in their community, who don't accept walk-ins, there are still a number of people for whom you have to be easier, "Slavitt told CNN's Chris Cuomo.

Getting vaccination rates to rise again is even more important as experts look into the latter part of 2021. If the US does not achieve 80% herd or group immunity through a combination of vaccination and natural infection, the nation could face another wave this winter, vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit said Tuesday.

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As of Tuesday morning, about 44.5% of the US population had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 32% were fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.

Among those over 18 years of age, 56.4% have received at least one dose and 40.8% are fully vaccinated.

Vaccines are likely to be available to children

Currently, the youngest people who can access COVID-19 vaccines are 16 years old.

But next week, authorities could expand that access to much younger teens.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is studying an application to extend its emergency use authorization for the Pfizer / BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to children ages 12-15. .

A federal official told CNN that authorization should be easy and could be expected as early as next week.

CDC vaccine advisers have scheduled an emergency meeting for May 12, according to a new schedule posted on the agency's website.

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In the event that FDA grants authorization for use, the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices would have to meet to vote whether to recommend the use of the vaccine in the new age group, and the CDC director would have to give its okay.

Pfizer expects to present the authorization for the use of the vaccine for children from 2 to 11 years old in September, according to the company during the video conference on the results of the first quarter held on Tuesday.

Although vaccinating children quickly seems more optimistic, it is too early to say whether school districts could require students to be vaccinated to return to classrooms this fall, Slavitt said.

Such a decision would be made locally and could require full approval of the vaccines by the FDA, he said.

Meanwhile, Slavitt said: "We not only want to do it on time for school, but we want to do it on time so that the children can really enjoy their summer activities without having to worry, without having to wear their masks."

A sign in front of a Rite Aid pharmacy in New York announces the availability of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Fauci asks young people to "be part of the solution"

When the FDA authorizes a vaccine for them, Fauci said he hopes children and teens won't hesitate.

"They have the ability to protect themselves as young people, from 12 to 15 years old, but also to know that they are not going to infect another person," Fauci said.

"You even want to call on young people to say: 'I want to protect myself, but I want to be part of the solution, not the problem.'

Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the School of Health at Brown University, told CNN that adding millions more to the vaccinated population would make a big difference in increasing the population's immunity.

Pfizer and Moderna are testing their vaccines in children as young as 6 months and expect to apply to the FDA for an infant and child use authorization later this year.

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States prepare to reopen

The United States may not yet have reached the levels of group immunity, but states are preparing for a major relaxation of restrictions.

On Thursday, Los Angeles and San Francisco will move to California's least restrictive reopening level, allowing most businesses to resume operations in the interior.

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Both areas, which account for about a quarter of the state's population, have case rates of less than 2 per 100,000 residents.

Los Angeles County's seven-day positive case rate is 0.7%, while San Francisco's is 0.6%, according to state health data.

Beginning May 21, Delaware will lift all indoor seating restrictions for restaurants, businesses, other businesses and places of worship, according to a press release from Governor John Carney's office.

Masks will continue to be required indoors.

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Once Pennsylvania has vaccinated 70% of the state's population, authorities will lift the mask-wearing orders, Gov. Tom Wolf announced.

Just over 50% of the state has received at least one dose of the vaccine, and more than 3.5 million are fully vaccinated, the Health Department said in a statement Tuesday.

- CNN's Deidre McPhillips, Lauren Mascarenhas, Ryan Prior, Cheri Mossburg, Brian Vitagliano and Krsitina Sgueglia contributed to this report.

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Source: cnnespanol

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