The White House announced yesterday that the United States will not achieve President Joe Biden’s goal of partially or completely vaccinating 70 percent of adults by Independence Day on July 4. Officials in the US have focused on trying to convince skeptical Americans about vaccination.
encouraging numbers come as the White House announces that the goal of vaccinating 70 percent of adult Americans by early July will not be achieved. The problem is young Americans.
“The country has a lot of work to do, especially with 18 to 26 year olds. The truth is that many young Americans think that COVID-19 does them no good, so they have less interest in getting vaccinated.Says Jeff Zients, White House coordinator for COVID-19.
The White House announced Tuesday that 70 percent of Americans over the age of 30 have been partially or completely vaccinated.
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says vaccination rates have risen in recent weeks in communities of color, U.S. lawmakers say more work is needed.
“We will not achieve the goal in many states and communities if we do not continue to address the reluctance, misinformation, and other issues that are driving Americans away from vaccination. We need to increase access and ease barriers that make it difficult to vaccinate people, especially those of color.Said Patty Murray, a Democratic senator.
As nearly half of American evangelical Christians say they will not get the vaccine, one theologian told lawmakers that hesitation has an impact worldwide.
“Globally, American evangelical culture has a major influence in parts of Asia and Africa. We are already exporting our misinformation and fears to the rest of the world, especially through social mediaSaid Curtis Chang, a professor at Duke Divinity School.
With 20 to 30 percent of U.S. adults unvaccinated, U.S. officials believe there will be no fourth wave of COVID cases in the winter.
“I do not think that under these circumstances we can have situations with 1 thousand deaths per day. But there is a danger that if the persistence against the vaccine continues we may see local waves“, Said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director at the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
As the U.S. works to increase the number of vaccines, the White House announced earlier this week that the decision to share 80 million doses of the vaccine with other countries by the end of June is facing logistical difficulties.