AP: Biden To Exceed 100M Shots In First 100 Days Goal

The Associated Press reports:

It sounded so ambitious at first blush: 100 million vaccination shots in 100 days. Now, one month into his presidency, Joe Biden is on a glide path to attain that goal and pitching well beyond it to the far more ambitious and daunting mission of vaccinating all eligible adults against the coronavirus by the end of the summer.

About 145 million doses are set for delivery in the next 5 1/2 weeks, with an additional 200 million expected by the end of May and a further 200 million by the end of July. That’s before the anticipated approval by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use of a third vaccine, from Johnson & Johnson.

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The U.S. government is on a glide path to reach President Joe Biden’s goal of administering 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses in his first 100 days. Now comes the more daunting mission: vaccinating all eligible U.S. adults by the end of the summer. https://t.co/UMD0bavDuY

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 21, 2021