The Vaccine Is Not ‘Fairy Dust,’ and Normalcy May Still Be Months Away
At least 230 million Americans will need to be vaccinated from COVID-19 before the country can reach herd immunity.
By Will Maddox
Published in
Healthcare Business
December 31, 2020
9:24 am
The COVID-19 vaccine is a relief for many around the world, and that may be a problem. Public health experts worry that residents may slack on their precautions when we are still many months away from getting back to normal.
The first case of the more contagious version of the virus has arrived in the United States, Texas has never had more COVID-19 patients in the hospital, and there are less than two dozen remaining ICU beds in Dallas County. Earlier this week, just 2.1 million doses had been delivered to healthcare providers in the United States, out of a total of 11.4 million distributed around the country by Pfizer and Moderna. But most experts say that around 230 million Americans will need to be vaccin