70+ Percent Of Americans Will Be Fully Vaccinated By The End Of The Year

     The availability of vaccines for children five to 11 has ramped up America's vaccination campaign by giving tens of millions of young Americans an opportunity to get vaccinated. If the five to 11 age group follows the trends for others, the majority will be vaccinated by the end of the year. This is already producing results in the most liberal and most conservative states, highlighting how vaccines, and coronavirus as a whole, should not be a political issue.

     Americans have been wondering why the pandemic was not over in August when the nation hit a 70 percent rate of vaccinations. The answer? The media has, quite frankly, done a terrible job covering the pandemic and the vaccine. August saw the United States hit a 70 percent rate of Americans over 18 getting their first dose. Aside from the fact that this implied the U.S. would not hit 70 percent full vaccination of this age group until September, we needed to get 70 percent of the TOTAL population vaccinated, not just adults. Critical mass seeks to stop people, whether they die or not, from transmitting the disease. As most older Americans have been vaccinated, younger Americans have made up an increasing percentage of COVID cases and hospitalizations.

     On November 29th, America hit 70 percent vaccination of the total U.S. population, and this garnered absolutely zero media coverage when the implications are huge: America will hit critical mass by December 31st, 2021. As scientists have said, 70 percent is a floor, not a ceiling, and other age groups have taken this message in stride. 99.9 percent of Americans over the age of 65 are at least partially vaccinated, the highest rate we can ever hope to achieve. 83 percent of Americans over 18, 81 percent of Americans over 12, and 75 percent of Americans over five are partially vaccinated and will be fully vaccinated by the end of the year.

     Over Thanksgiving, we saw tremendous progress in states. South Carolina and Kentucky advanced beyond base-level vaccination; Arizona advanced to mid-level vaccination; Wisconsin and Illinois now have the second-highest vaccination rate level that can be achieved; meanwhile, California and New Jersey have achieved the highest level. The advancements in booster shots, with 25 percent of fully vaccinated Americans having gotten them, and global vaccination, with 55 percent of people having gotten at least the first dose, are also encouraging.

     Getting people vaccinated is the key to staving off the threat of the omicron variant, and now is the time to launch a #FightForFive initiative at the federal level that includes a focus on the states AND counties with the lowest vaccination rates as America advances toward an 83.33 percent, or five out of six, rate of people fully vaccinated.