GoLocal Daily RI Vaccination Update: RI Ranks As Having One of the Least Effective Programs in U.S.
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GoLocal Daily RI Vaccination Update: RI Ranks As Having One of the Least Effective Programs in U.S.
Wednesday’s GoLocal vaccination update provides the most up-to-date information and data on the Rhode Island vaccination program as well as emerging national and global developments.
1.Two national publications have identified RI’s vaccination program as one of the worst in America.
And, the National Review blisters Governor Gina Raimondo’s program and the failure to prioritize seniors who statistically are at the greatest risk.
“Perhaps Rhode Island seniors should consider committing crimes and getting incarcerated, to move ahead in line. The state started vaccinating incarcerated persons over age 65 in January. Adults 75 and over are projected to start in February,” writes the National Review.
2. RI Still Under 50% of Doses Used According to CDC
According to the CDC and updated on this weekend, RI has now:
Received 151,675 doses
Administered 72,264 doses (less than 3,000 administered in past 24-hours)
Of the vaccine doses received, RI has utilized 47% —a drop from 53%*
updated 1/27/2021
3. Biden Announces U.S. to Buy 200 Million Additional Doses
In a speech on Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced a major expansion of the American vaccination program:
So today, I’m directing COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zeints, here, to work with the Department of Health and Human Services to increase our total supply of vaccine for the American people. And we believe that we’ll soon be able to confirm the purchase of an additional 100 billion [million] doses for each of the two FDA-authorized vaccines: Pfizer and Moderna. That’s 100 million more doses of Pfizer and 100 million more doses of Moderna — 200 million more doses than the federal government had previously secured. Not in hand yet, but ordered.
We expect these additional 200 million doses to be delivered this summer. And some of it will come as early — begin to come in early summer, but by the mid- — by the mid-summer, that this vaccine will be there. And the order — and that increases the total vaccine order in the United States by 50 percent — from 400 million ordered to 600 million.
This is enough vaccine to fully vaccinate 300 Americans by the end of the summer, beginning of the fall.
