The US will miss President Joe Biden (78 )’s vaccination target despite numerous incentives. By July 4th Independence Day, he wanted 70 percent of Americans vaccinated – with at least one dose. According to his Corona experts, this will take a few more weeks.
According to the White House, this goal has already been achieved in the 30+ age group. And on July 4th, this will also apply to the group aged 27 and over. However, the willingness to vaccinate is lower among people between 18 and 26 years of age.
State differences
Biden himself emphasized on Twitter: “Our vaccination program is an American success story.” He especially urged young Americans to get vaccinated quickly. The number of vaccinations per day has decreased significantly since the peak in April.
Biden’s corona advisor Anthony Fauci said 16 of the 50 states and the capital district of Washington had exceeded the 70 percent target. In four states, however, fewer than half of adults have had at least one injection.
Delta variant is spreading
Fauci warned that the particularly contagious Delta variant of the corona virus was also spreading in the USA. This mutant now makes up more than 20 percent of the cases, more than twice as much as two weeks ago. “The Delta variant is currently the greatest threat to our attempt to eliminate Covid-19 in the USA,” said Fauci. (SDA / hah)