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So far ten states have reached President Biden s Jul 4 goal of vaccinating 70% of eligible residents against COVID-19, according to White House COVID-19 response coordinator Andy Slavitt.
Pennsylvania joined Vermont, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and New Mexico as the tenth state to reach the 70% goal of having citizens with at least one dose of vaccine.
Slavitt tweeted that another 10 states are above 65% coverage.
In total, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID Data Tracker shows 359,849,035 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered in the US, and 289,212,304 have been administered, with 131,850,089 Americans fully vaccinated.
As vaccination rates climb and COVID-19 case rates fall, hope is building that our lives are getting back to normal. But even as COVID restrictions ease and the economy reopens, “getting back to normal” is easier said than done for many Coloradans especially for working moms.
The disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 recession isn’t news. It’s been documented for months. It even has a nickname – the She-Cession. But for all the headlines it’s received, the outlook is still bleak.
At a recent White House briefing, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said more than 4 million women dropped out of the workforce at the start of the pandemic because of “an unexpected caregiving burden.” That’s Washington code for the closure of day cares and schools, followed by months of remote learning requirements that forced parents to juggle new realities.
With long-term federal infrastructure investment, schools can deliver critical health and learning benefits to students while supporting the transition to a 100 percent clean energy future.
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