Americans are stressing over how long they will have to endure lockdowns. It all hinges on getting vaccinated. Yet only a third of doses shipped …
Americans are stressing over how long they will have to endure lockdowns. It all hinges on getting vaccinated. Yet only a third of doses shipped to the states are making it into people’s arms. The public hears the wait will be many months; most states are failing miserably. Washington must turn its attention to rolling out a massive emergency vaccination distribution staged by the federal government at malls, arenas and other public spaces. Members of Congress have already received their shots. They need reminding that the rest of us need ours. It’s how we get our lives back. To achieve broad immunity by midsummer, at least 1.8 million people need to be vaccinated every day from now until the end of May, according to the American Hospital Association. So far, less than half that target is being met. Even President-elect Joe Biden’s headline-grabbing promise to deliver 100 million vaccine shots into arms during his first 100 days won’t get America back to normal by summer. In southern California, nearly all ICU beds are full, and oxygen supplies are running low. Doctors are scoring COVID-19 patients based on overall health status to reserve treatments and beds for those most likely to survive.
