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Covid-19: in the United States, the vaccination campaign is accelerating

2021-01-03T23:25:36.107Z


The person in charge of the vaccination program raised the possibility of administering half doses of the vaccine in order to speed up the pace of the campaign.


The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 in the United States is gaining momentum, officials assured Sunday (January 3) in the face of criticism of its delays.

The world's leading power, the country most affected by the pandemic, has just crossed the threshold of 350,000 deaths from the coronavirus and has staked everything on a massive and rapid vaccination campaign.

The Trump administration had promised 20 million people vaccinated by the end of 2020. Currently, just over 4.2 million people have received the first dose of one of the two vaccines authorized in the country (Pfizer and Moderna), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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“There were some dysfunctions,”

acknowledged on ABC the eminent American immunologist Anthony Fauci, who is advising the government on the health crisis.

The vaccinations began in a difficult context: in full explosion in the number of cases and at the time of the end of year holidays, putting to the test the medical teams, justified on CNN The chief medical officer of the United States, Jerome Adams.

Donald Trump blamed local echelons for the delay on Sunday:

"Vaccines are being distributed to states by the federal government faster than they can administer!"

, he tweeted.

The US president also claimed that the number of cases, which again recorded a record Saturday with nearly 280,000 new infections in 24 hours, and deaths was

"exaggerated"

by the CDC, because of an

"attribution method ridiculous ”

.

“The dead are real,”

replied Anthony Fauci.

“I have no reason to doubt these numbers,”

said Jerome Adams.

500,000 doses administered per day

The two officials were optimistic about an acceleration of vaccinations.

“We see (the tempo) quickly picking up,”

reassured Jerome Adams.

"In the last 72 hours, 1.5 million first injections have been recorded

(...)

, which makes 500,000 per day."

“It's much more than at the start,”

said Anthony Fauci.

“We can reach a million a day,”

he added.

This goal is that of President-elect Joe Biden, who will take office on January 20: the Democrat has promised 100 million doses injected during his first 100 days in office.

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If, after the priority people (the elderly, caregivers, etc.), the general population can start to be vaccinated

"at the end of March or the beginning of April"

, at a rate of at least one million people per day, then immunity collective could be reached

"by the end of the summer"

, according to Anthony Fauci.

Moncef Slaoui, senior official of the American vaccination program "Warp Speed", was also said to be

"optimistic"

, once the holiday season has passed, on an increase in vaccinations.

He also criticized the British decision to postpone the administration of the second dose of vaccine for several weeks, so that as many people as possible receive a first dose.

“Without any data, I don't think it would be responsible,”

he said.

An alternative is being studied concerning the Moderna vaccine, he indicated: administering half-doses, twice.

“We know it causes the same immune response

,” he explained.

Source: lefigaro

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