Vaccine Hesitancy Could Keep Inoculation Rates Lower Than Expected
04/24/21 AT 3:13 PM
More doses of COVID-19 vaccines will once again be available to Americans with the recommended pause on Johnson & Johnson’s shot being lifted by the CDC, but that doesn’t mean that rates of Americans receiving their doses will continue to grow at the same pace.
Due to the pause on Johnson & Johnson the last couple of weeks, the numbers of those receiving vaccines has dipped for the first time after the United States quickly got on pace to meet the Biden Administration’s goal of 2 million fully vaccinated Americans in his first 100 days in office. However, following a review of the one-shot vaccine after six cases of severe blood clots developed in women aged 18-48, the pause has been lifted, and 9 million more shots are ready to go.