Ben Werschkul February 18, 2021, 9:36 AM Over 72 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been distributed in the U.S. and over 40 million Americans have gotten at least one shot so far as of Wednesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. is on its way — Bill Gates says — toward a return to normalcy later this year if we keep it up. “I'd still say by the fall, the U.S., particularly if we can get the message out to encourage wide acceptance of the vaccine, will avoid a fall wave,” he told Yahoo Finance in an interview Wednesday.