President Biden’s commitment to distribute 100 million shots of COVID-19 vaccines in his first 100 days in office does not mean 100 million Americans will be vaccinated during that time, Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted Sunday.
This volume of vaccines will only see about 67 million people completely inoculated, because the current two vaccines require two shots, he said. and CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“Let me make it clear because there was some understanding. What we’re talking about is 100 million shots at people, ”said the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
“In a hundred days, you will have some people who will have gotten both shots, and some will still be in their first shots,” Fauci added.
Fauci had faced a previous interview in which he told CBS: “You know, the goal that has been set, which I think is entirely achievable, is to vaccinate 100 million people in the first 100 days.” .
When asked at the time if this meant “both vaccines,” he replied, “Primary and booster, yes.”
Biden’s “100 million” target has already been on fire for its too low target, with data showing that the country was already distributing more than a million shots a day when he took office.
When asked last week why he wasn’t pointing higher, he once slammed a reporter, “Come on, give me a break, man! It’s a good start. “
The CDC said it had administered more than 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States since Saturday.
An additional $ 20 million has been distributed, the agency said.
With mail cables