Anonymous wrote:The Dean of Brown University, School of Public Health says "Life likely to be 'meaningfully better' by mid-to-late spring."

And "I expect to have an outdoor BBQ with friends, without masks on July 4th".

The Dean of Brown University, School of Public Health says "Life likely to be 'meaningfully better' by mid-to-late spring."

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Anonymous wrote:Bloomberg update for today: 82.5 million shots given around the world with 25.6 million given in the United States at a rate of 1.21 million Americans being vaccinated a day.

I know "half is glass full" posts/media stories will take this and say it'll take a year to vaccinate the US at this. I like to look at it as 1.21 million new circuit breakers being put in place each day. We're going to reach an inflection point when the tide really will turn because the virus has fewer places to jump between.

Exactly!

+1 Especially since the higher-risk people are getting shots first.
Hospitalizations and cases turned the corner about 2 weeks ago, and deaths are likely just at that point now.
Also if you look at the Bloomberg tracker (or the underlying CDC data), you'll see that shots given are trending up, and (from Our World in Data), we're on a path similar to UK's, but about a week behind (because they started earlier).
It's hard to say when the upward daily trend will end, but it's very encouraging for now.

I was just thinking that, though you worded it so much better than I could have.

I am feeling encouraged.

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Anonymous wrote:Bloomberg update for today: 82.5 million shots given around the world with 25.6 million given in the United States at a rate of 1.21 million Americans being vaccinated a day.

I know "half is glass full" posts/media stories will take this and say it'll take a year to vaccinate the US at this. I like to look at it as 1.21 million new circuit breakers being put in place each day. We're going to reach an inflection point when the tide really will turn because the virus has fewer places to jump between.

Exactly!

+1 Especially since the higher-risk people are getting shots first.
Hospitalizations and cases turned the corner about 2 weeks ago, and deaths are likely just at that point now.
Also if you look at the Bloomberg tracker (or the underlying CDC data), you'll see that shots given are trending up, and (from Our World in Data), we're on a path similar to UK's, but about a week behind (because they started earlier).
It's hard to say when the upward daily trend will end, but it's very encouraging for now.

Here’s a heartwarming story

Oregon healthcare workers stuck in snowstorm with expiring vaccines give them out to strangers caught in traffic

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/28/oregon-snowstorm-vaccine-traffic-covid/

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Anonymous wrote:Bloomberg update for today: 82.5 million shots given around the world with 25.6 million given in the United States at a rate of 1.21 million Americans being vaccinated a day.

I know "half is glass full" posts/media stories will take this and say it'll take a year to vaccinate the US at this. I like to look at it as 1.21 million new circuit breakers being put in place each day. We're going to reach an inflection point when the tide really will turn because the virus has fewer places to jump between.

Exactly!

Anonymous wrote:Bloomberg update for today: 82.5 million shots given around the world with 25.6 million given in the United States at a rate of 1.21 million Americans being vaccinated a day.

I know "half is glass full" posts/media stories will take this and say it'll take a year to vaccinate the US at this. I like to look at it as 1.21 million new circuit breakers being put in place each day. We're going to reach an inflection point when the tide really will turn because the virus has fewer places to jump between.

Bloomberg update for today: 82.5 million shots given around the world with 25.6 million given in the United States at a rate of 1.21 million Americans being vaccinated a day.

From CNN this afternoon:

New federal move will add to list of people who can administer coronavirus vaccines

The federal government is amending rules to help broaden the list of people who can administer coronavirus vaccines, White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeffrey Zients said Wednesday.

States have been exploring ways to temporarily license more people to give out vaccine, and Zients said the US Health and Human Services Department would act to make that easier. The hope is to speed up vaccination rates.

“HHS will amend the current Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act – otherwise known as the PREP Act – to permit doctors and nurses who have recently retired or become inactive to administer shots, and to permit anyone currently licensed to vaccinate in their state to administer shots across state lines,” Zients told a White House coronavirus briefing.

As the President said, we need to increase the number of places people can get vaccinated. And at the same time increase the number of vaccinators. This action by HHS will help get more vaccinators in the field," he added.

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Anonymous wrote:https://covid19-projections.com/path-to-herd-immunity/

January 24 Update: We are factoring in rollout of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine starting in late February/early March. In the past week, over 1 million doses were administered per day. Given no unforeseen supply issue from Pfizer/Moderna, we now estimate that the general public can receive the vaccine by April, and over 60% of the US adult population will be fully vaccinated by June. We also estimate that 200 million doses will be administered in the first 100 days of the new presidential administration, roughly double the “100 million shots in 100 days” goal. Our timeline for a “return to normal” remains unchanged (June/July 2021).

Wow. Just wow!!
I hope we can meet these projections (even getting close would be incredible)!

TY for sharing

I'm the one who posted the January 24 update. I have posted in this forum about a dozen times and never received such great feedback. You are VERY welcome! It made me so happy to read that too.

Aw thanks for posting!!
This infusion of good news is just so.... incredibly uplifting.
I'm the resident crybaby of the thread and today I felt more hopeful than I've felt in a while, to be honest!

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Anonymous wrote:https://covid19-projections.com/path-to-herd-immunity/

January 24 Update: We are factoring in rollout of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine starting in late February/early March. In the past week, over 1 million doses were administered per day. Given no unforeseen supply issue from Pfizer/Moderna, we now estimate that the general public can receive the vaccine by April, and over 60% of the US adult population will be fully vaccinated by June. We also estimate that 200 million doses will be administered in the first 100 days of the new presidential administration, roughly double the “100 million shots in 100 days” goal. Our timeline for a “return to normal” remains unchanged (June/July 2021).

Wow. Just wow!!
I hope we can meet these projections (even getting close would be incredible)!

TY for sharing

I'm the one who posted the January 24 update. I have posted in this forum about a dozen times and never received such great feedback. You are VERY welcome! It made me so happy to read that too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://covid19-projections.com/path-to-herd-immunity/

January 24 Update: We are factoring in rollout of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine starting in late February/early March. In the past week, over 1 million doses were administered per day. Given no unforeseen supply issue from Pfizer/Moderna, we now estimate that the general public can receive the vaccine by April, and over 60% of the US adult population will be fully vaccinated by June. We also estimate that 200 million doses will be administered in the first 100 days of the new presidential administration, roughly double the “100 million shots in 100 days” goal. Our timeline for a “return to normal” remains unchanged (June/July 2021).

Wow. Just wow!!
I hope we can meet these projections (even getting close would be incredible)!

TY for sharing

God, I hope this holds up!

+2. Can we dare to hope?

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Anonymous wrote:https://covid19-projections.com/path-to-herd-immunity/

January 24 Update: We are factoring in rollout of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine starting in late February/early March. In the past week, over 1 million doses were administered per day. Given no unforeseen supply issue from Pfizer/Moderna, we now estimate that the general public can receive the vaccine by April, and over 60% of the US adult population will be fully vaccinated by June. We also estimate that 200 million doses will be administered in the first 100 days of the new presidential administration, roughly double the “100 million shots in 100 days” goal. Our timeline for a “return to normal” remains unchanged (June/July 2021).

Wow. Just wow!!
I hope we can meet these projections (even getting close would be incredible)!

TY for sharing

God, I hope this holds up!

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you all.
Been crying most of the day again... It's so hard to function with all the fears and frightening headlines. but seeing this good news makes me feel so much more hopeful

Thank you guys from the bottom of my heart

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Big virtual party planned here for when J&J’s (hopefully) good news is announced. Be sure to come and bring the punch! I’ll bring the chips and dip.

Aww!!

Anonymous wrote:https://covid19-projections.com/path-to-herd-immunity/

January 24 Update: We are factoring in rollout of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine starting in late February/early March. In the past week, over 1 million doses were administered per day. Given no unforeseen supply issue from Pfizer/Moderna, we now estimate that the general public can receive the vaccine by April, and over 60% of the US adult population will be fully vaccinated by June. We also estimate that 200 million doses will be administered in the first 100 days of the new presidential administration, roughly double the “100 million shots in 100 days” goal. Our timeline for a “return to normal” remains unchanged (June/July 2021).

Wow. Just wow!!
I hope we can meet these projections (even getting close would be incredible)!

TY for sharing