) could authorize the distribution of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine this week. With this new vaccine, combined with increased supplies and access to the shots, America's on track to return to a more normal life by early fall.
About 66 million people have already received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a Brown University tracker. Since Presidenttook office, the nation has averaged about 1.5 million shots per day, which means his goal of 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days will be surpassed and America will move closer to herd immunity.
Only 6 percent of the population has received both doses of a vaccine, and at the current rate, about 25 percent of the population will be fully vaccinated by April 30, according to the Brown University tracker. If nothing were to change, that timeline puts America achieving herd immunity at the end of November or early December.
Jeff Zients, the White House's coronavirus response coordinator, said the administration will"waste no time in getting this lifesaving vaccine into the arms of Americans." Three or 4 million doses could be shipped out next week, pending the EUA.
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