The U.S. is not going to meet President Joe Biden's July 4 goal of having 70 percent of adults with at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose. On May 4, Biden announced a new vaccination goal for the U.S: an aim to administer at least one vaccine shot to 70 percent of the adults in the country by July 4. The country had hit Biden's previous big vaccination goal: 200 million vaccine shots were administered during his first 100 days in office. Vaccination rates vary wildly across the U.S. from over 80 percent in some states to under 50 percent in others. Data compiled by Bloomberg show that almost every state has lower vaccination rates among black residents than among white residents.

Source: The Nation July 03, 2021 16:52 UTC