The vaccines are here. Trust the science Susan Snycerski FacebookTwitterEmail Douglas Magee, 78, a retired Army officer and resident of the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Jackson, right, is inoculated by Brent Myers, a CVS pharmacist, in Jackson, Miss., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Magee was among the first residents to receive the Pfizer covid vaccination. Residents and staff at two of the four veterans homes were inoculated on Saturday with the vaccinations planned for the two other homes next week. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)Rogelio V. Solis / Associated Press With more than 25 million U.S. cases, more than 430,000 deaths and thousands dying per day, the expanding distribution of two vaccines is bringing excitement and hope for many in the United States that this may finally be what we need to get control of this pandemic. That said, an important question remains: How many people will actually take it?