There may be more vaccines than people who want them by mid-May. Here’s why that’s a big problem.
By mid-May, the US will likely be coming up against a significant obstacle in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic more doses of the vaccines than people who are willing to receive them, according to data that is worrying experts.
“Facebook runs a survey every day and we look at that data on a daily basis and that’s shown that vaccine confidence in the US has been slowly but steadily going down since February,” said Dr. Chris Murray, chair of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington
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Soon, there may be more COVID-19 vaccines than people who want them. Here s why experts are worried Share Updated: 4:59 AM CDT Apr 24, 2021 By Madeline Holcombe, CNN
Soon, there may be more COVID-19 vaccines than people who want them. Here s why experts are worried Share Updated: 4:59 AM CDT Apr 24, 2021
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Show Transcript NATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF DOSES GIVEN WVTM 13’SP IS BACK TO SQUARE ONE IF PARTICIPATION DOESN’T INCREASE AND INCREASE FAST. MASS VACCINATION SITES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ARE SEEN FAR LESS TURNOUT THE DOCTORS WOULD LIKE LEAVING MANY SITES WITH FAR MORE DOSES THAN NEEDED AND ONLY HINDERING THE STATE’S FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19. SO IT IS DISTRESSING AND RECOGNIZING WHAT ALABAMIANS HAVE BEEN THROUGH IN THIS PAST YEAR AND THE NUMBERS OF ALABAMIANS. WELL OVER 10,000 PERSONS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF THIS VIRUS AND PEOPLE’S LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN ALTERED FOREVER A
(CNN) The US will likely soon come up against a significant obstacle in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic more doses of the vaccines than people who are willing to receive them, according to data that is worrying experts. We actually think that (vaccine) supply will outstrip demand . in probably the middle of May, Dr. Chris Murray, chair of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, told CNN Friday.
The Kaiser Family Foundation earlier this week predicted something similar.
The foundation cited the percentage of survey respondents that said they ve already received the vaccine or would get it as soon as they could 62%.
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