Biden to move up deadline to make all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccine to April 19, sources say. President Biden is set to announce Tuesday that he is moving up his call for all U.S. Adults to become eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine to April 19, two weeks sooner than his initial goal of May 1, according to a White House official. Biden previously announced that 90% of adults would be eligible by April 19 - and have a vaccination site within five miles. Ref. USAToday.
More than 40% of Americans have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine, ranking the U.S. Near the top in vaccination rates. Also, Michigan's case rate has begun to fall, dropping 12.5% over the last week, suggesting the worst surge in the U.S. May be waning. Head here for the latest COVID-19 updates. Source 3c.
Fully vaccinated Americans don't need to wear masks outside, except in crowded settings, CDC says. The new CDC guidance comes as nearly 30% of the U.S. Population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and more than 42% have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Ref. USAToday.
Its kind of shaky to me to say something like that because what constitutes a crowd and its either you're immune or not, why the stipulation. As far as I know you can get reinfected specially with all the variants out there.
Total deaths due to COVID-19 underestimated by 20 percent in U.S. Counties, study finds. More than 15 months into the pandemic, the U.S. Death toll from COVID-19 is nearing 600,000. But COVID-19 deaths may be underestimated by 20 percent, according to a new study. Source 5m.
President Joe Biden directs intelligence agencies to push further to find COVID origin. Biden has asked for a report in 90 days, as questions grow about whether the virus emerged from a Chinese lab or jumped directly from animals to humans. Ref. USAToday.
The Biden administration won't reach its goal of getting 70% of adult Americans at least partially vaccinated for COVID-19 by July 4. In the past week, an average of about 370,000 adults have received their first vaccine each day. To reach the goal of 70% by July 4, that number will need to increase to more than 800,000 adults newly vaccinated each day. But the pace of vaccine administration has fallen significantly from its peak in early April, even in the face of new variants. Ref. USAToday.