100 million shots by the end of our first 100 days

[Noodlegawd]

Did anyone bother to tell him that, at that rate, it will take nearly a year and a half to vaccinate 80% of Americans, or that the the vaccine rollout that "has been a dismal failure thus far" is already vaccinating people at nearly that rate?

 

[Arby]

Did anyone bother to tell him that, at that rate, it will take nearly a year and a half to vaccinate 80% of Americans, or that the the vaccine rollout that "has been a dismal failure thus far" is already vaccinating people at nearly that rate?

Each hospital and medical center applies for what they are allotted (by size). Production of the vaccine and transportation as well as distribution must also be considered.

 

[Noodlegawd]

Each hospital and medical center applies for what they are allotted (by size). Production of the vaccine and transportation as well as distribution must also be considered.

Production and transportation of doses to the states is outstripping their ability to administer them (which they are already doing at all but a million doses per day).

 

[Arby]

Production and transportation of doses to the states is outstripping their ability to administer them (which they are already doing at all but a million doses per day).

How is production and transportation exceeding the distribution of the vaccine? There is no problem here, other there are more people requesting the vaccine than there is vaccine available, and there's more than enough nurses to administer it.

 

[Noodlegawd]

How is production and transportation exceeding the distribution of the vaccine? There is no problem here, other there are more people requesting the vaccine than there is vaccine available, and there's more than enough nurses to administer it.

Then why is more than half of the vaccine distributed to the states (that's first doses) still sitting in freezers?

 

[Arby]

Then why is more than half of the vaccine distributed to the states (that's first doses) still sitting in freezers?

You said " Production and transportation of doses to the states is outstripping...)"
So, if production and transportation is exceeding their ability to administer, wouldn't that issue would fall on the medical centers who are distributing it?
Like I said, there's no problem here, other than there's more people requesting it than there is vaccine available.

 

[Mycroft]

Did anyone bother to tell him that, at that rate, it will take nearly a year and a half to vaccinate 80% of Americans, or that the the vaccine rollout that "has been a dismal failure thus far" is already vaccinating people at nearly that rate?

He knows...and he doesn't care. It's a sound bite.

Kind of like, "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."

 

[Chomsky]

Did anyone bother to tell him that, at that rate, it will take nearly a year and a half to vaccinate 80% of Americans, or that the the vaccine rollout that "has been a dismal failure thus far" is already vaccinating people at nearly that rate?

Considering the current pace, it's probably a realistic goal.

 

[Noodlegawd]

Considering the current pace, it's probably a realistic goal.

Considering the fact that he called what's going on now a "dismal failure," I would hardly call it a "goal."

 

[vegas giants]

Did anyone bother to tell him that, at that rate, it will take nearly a year and a half to vaccinate 80% of Americans, or that the the vaccine rollout that "has been a dismal failure thus far" is already vaccinating people at nearly that rate?

How do you get a year and a half? The population is 328 million. Exclude very small children and we are talking about 300 days to get 100%

 

[Vern]

He knows...and he doesn't care. It's a sound bite.

Kind of like, "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."

I'm always amazed at how conservatives can take one quote to prove everything they want to believe but just cant grasp the repeated lies and incompetence of trump and republicans. You know what, lets compare that one quote to "covid will magically disappear."

Covid will magically disappear
That was just one of many lies/ignorance that trump spewed concerning covid. You do realize it didnt magically disappear, right? And that statement was just part of his dishonesty to downplay the virus. For reasons that cant be explained by conservatives ( I can explain it), he discouraged mask usage and social distancing. His actions killed people.

If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor
You could keep your doctor. You just had to find what ins he accepted.

I know its asking a lot MC but can you please tell us which one of those comments was worse. thanks in advance. Oh and we could also compare it to "Iraq has WMDs" if you want.

 

[Noodlegawd]

How do you get a year and a half? The population is 328 million. Exclude very small children and we are talking about 300 days to get 100%

330M people X 80% = 264M people

264M people X 2 doses/person = 528M doses

528M doses - 15M doses already administered (est. by inauguration) = 513 doses

513 doses X 1 day/1M doses = 513 days = 1.4 years.

Of course, this could be reduced somewhat if the J&J vaccine comes out as a single dose vaccine, but it is still unacceptably slow.

 

[vegas giants]

330M people X 80% = 264M people

264M people X 2 doses/person = 528M doses

528M doses - 15M doses already administered (est. by inauguration) = 513 doses

513 doses X 1 day/1M doses = 513 days = 1.4 years.

Of course, this could be reduced somewhat if the J&J vaccine comes out as a single dose vaccine, but it is still unacceptably slow.

Why is it unacceptably slow? What country our size or bigger is doing it faster?

 

[Gaius46]

Did anyone bother to tell him that, at that rate, it will take nearly a year and a half to vaccinate 80% of Americans, or that the the vaccine rollout that "has been a dismal failure thus far" is already vaccinating people at nearly that rate?

We’re currently running at 1/3rd that rate. It’s been a month and 2.8% of the population has been vaccinated. That’s about 310,000 people per day.

 

[Noodlegawd]

Why is it unacceptably slow? What country our size or bigger is doing it faster?

Because, according to Biden's own words, vaccinating nearly 1M people per day is a "disaster."

And, because there's no good reason we can't do better than that.

 

[Gaius46]

Why is it unacceptably slow? What country our size or bigger is doing it faster?

It is unacceptably slow if the idea is to get back to “normal” as soon as is reasonably possible. Another year and a half isn’t reasonable.

 

[vegas giants]

It is unacceptably slow if the idea is to get back to “normal” as soon as is reasonably possible. Another year and a half isn’t reasonable.

Compared to what? What country our size is doing it better?

 

[vegas giants]

Because, according to Biden's own words, vaccinating nearly 1M people per day is a "disaster."

And, because there's no good reason we can't do better than that.

Prove it. What country our size is doing it better?

 

[Mr Person]

He knows...and he doesn't care. It's a sound bite. Kind of like, "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."

Which is a reasonable comparison because as everyone knows, nearly 400,000 Americans died from the ACA.


In other words: Mycroft, in post #7, with the stupid bullshit. Good lord is it tiring.

 

[mrjurrs]

Did anyone bother to tell him that, at that rate, it will take nearly a year and a half to vaccinate 80% of Americans, or that the the vaccine rollout that "has been a dismal failure thus far" is already vaccinating people at nearly that rate?

Really, because on January 5th only about 200,000 vaccines were injected. And a million a day would result in our entire population being vaccinated in about 11 months.

 

[donsutherland1]

U.S. vaccination rates have improved since January 5, but the 7-day rolling average remains well under 1 million shots per day. Supply constraints exist, as it was revealed that there was no "reserve" to be rushed to the states. Production will need to be scaled up. Distribution will need to be scaled up.

Daily COVID-19 vaccine doses administered

7-day rolling average. All doses, including boosters, are counted individually.

ourworldindata.org

 

[Noodlegawd]

We’re currently running at 1/3rd that rate. It’s been a month and 2.8% of the population has been vaccinated. That’s about 310,000 people per day.

No we're not. Over the last week, the average has been >700M/day, and the last 2 days have been around 900M/day.

 

[Noodlegawd]

Really, because on January 5th only about 200,000 vaccines were injected. And a million a day would result in our entire population being vaccinated in about 11 months.

See above.

 

[Gaius46]

Compared to what? What country our size is doing it better?

It’s the wrong yardstick. The goal isn’t to vaccinate as quickly or quicker that some other country. The goal is to get enough people vaccinated so that life returns to normal. I don’t think anyone would consider a year and a half acceptable.

The government’s own measure was 20,000,000 people by end of December. The missed that by a pretty wide margin.

 

[vegas giants]

It’s the wrong yardstick. The goal isn’t to vaccinate as quickly or quicker that some other country. The goal is to get enough people vaccinated so that life returns to normal. I don’t think anyone would consider a year and a half acceptable.

The government’s own measure was 20,000,000 people by end of December. The missed that by a pretty wide margin.

But why not? Are you saying it doesnt FEEL acceptable or is there some standard that shows it could be done faster?