Thread by @ashishkjha

Vaccinations have fallen off a cliff

We are now administering about 500K shots a day -- half of them 2nd shots

At this rate, it'll take about another year to get to 80% fully vaccinated

But we can do better than that if we do a few things

Short thread

If we continue vaccinating 250K new folks/day, yes, it'll take another year to get to 80%

But of course, as we vaccinate,

remaining population gets harder to reach...so things will slow further

So what to do?

First, it'll help to get kids 5-11 eligible -- probably fall

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But that won't be near enough

So what will help?

1. Continue reaching out to unvaccinated, answering questions, improving access

2. FDA full approval. Yes, this will help a lot

3. Schools & businesses creating virus-free spaces through vaccination requirements

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The truth is that we are just beginning our surge with the Delta variant

Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths will rise

Confidence in business, travel, restaurants will fall

And people will pull back economically as hospitals fill up

If we want to put this behind us

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And if we don't want to continue to have public health measures (masks, distancing, etc.)

Then work places, schools have to mandate vaccinations

Or we just wait another year until our current approach gets us to the finish line

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