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Most workers in the solid waste and recycling industry remain on the sidelines when it comes to access to the COVID-19 vaccine thus far.
Around 53 million vaccine doses have been administered in the U.S., according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This month brought news that Johnson & Johnson submitted its vaccine candidate to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which if authorized soon could be the third vaccine available and the first for which a single shot is sufficient. Separately, the Biden administration announced last week it secured 200 million additional vaccine doses, bringing the national total to 600 million. But for now, states individual rollouts remain in their early phases.