Clearly 2.3 million out of 4.3 million The dose to be vaccinated has actually been administered. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 140,000 to 200,000 people have entered the arsenal in recent days.
The bumpy J&J rollout highlights the challenges of ensuring the White House still has a timely and stable administration. President Javid Biden saw July 4 as “Independence Day” from the virus, along with the Covid-19 vaccine. Because it only takes two weeks to get immunity from J&J shots – compared to five or six weeks for two-dose shots of Pfizer and Moderna, respectively – the absence of adequate “one and complete” vaccinations. There is a corrugated effect, slowing the overall speed of the rollout.
Biden administration officials repeatedly warned that early J&K deployments would be difficult, as only a limited supply of shots was available in the early weeks. Problems can also be exacerbated by reporting lags. But they expect delivery to be easier when more vaccines become available later this month.
“You can’t distribute the vaccine evenly if there aren’t enough doses to dispense,” said a senior health official.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Because there is a final say in how states allocate them Distributed, some are using the J&J vaccine on the population to reach for another shot appointment. Others are accelerating on equity and sending shots mostly.
“It could be a little slow rollout as everyone is trying to figure out how to make the best use of this particular vaccine,” said Marcus Plessia, chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers.
West Virginia is initially using J&J shots to inoculate its homeless and homeless population, as well as people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in congregation settings. By next week, health officials expect to use a full shipment of 15,500 J&J shots, and the vaccine appointment has already been arranged, according to Clay Marsh, Covid-19 Caesar of Vaccinia.
“I think people have a feeling about how to do this best,” Marsh said. “We’re just trying to build that structure, the logistics, the processes so that we can take advantage of these new opportunities in the most efficient and effective way.”
Pennsylvania is using 107,600 doses of its J&J to vaccinate teachers and other school staff in an effort to bring its children and classmates back to class. As of Friday, about 83,900 shots had been fired, a health department spokesman said.
