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Many independently-owned doctors offices say they don t have access to COVID-19 vaccines and have heard little from the federal or state governments about if or when they might receive doses.
Hospitals, large retail pharmacies, and federally-qualified health centers are the main distributors of the vaccine, sources told Insider.
So far, they ve vaccinated nearly 9 million individuals in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That s 11 million people less than the federal government s estimate of 20 million vaccinated Americans by the end of 2020.
Many healthcare professionals criticized the federal government s vaccine distribution strategy, saying it was short-sighted and goes against the principles of public health.
Your local doctor might not get access to the COVID-19 vaccine here s why Emily Canal Healthcare workers get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination at the Legacy Emanuel Medical Centre on December 16, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Many independently-owned doctors offices say they don t have access to COVID-19 vaccines and have heard little from the federal or state governments about if or when they might receive doses. Hospitals, large retail pharmacies, and federally-qualified health centres are the main distributors of the vaccine, sources told Insider. So far, they have vaccinated nearly 9 million individuals in the US, according to the Centres for Disease Control. That s 11 million people less than the federal government s estimate of 20 million vaccinated Americans by the end of 2020.
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can replicate only after using its spike proteins to bind with receptors on human cells, then injecting its genetic code into a host cell, as depicted in this artist’s impression, then hijacking the host cell’s reproduction machinery. Credit: SCIGRAPHIX / S. Westermann
Given Covid fatigue, you’re excused if you cut down on doomscrolling and tried to ignore the bad pandemic news as 2020 wound down. But welcome to 2021. Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths continue rising in the United States and elsewhere, vaccine rollouts are proceeding slower than hoped, and a post-holiday surge in cases looms.
Here are brief summaries of several important recent developments and ominous trends: