We started seeing entire families come down.”Biden had set a goal of reaching the 70% threshold by the Fourth of July. The U.S. still has not hit the administration’s other goal of fully vaccinating 165 million American adults by July 4. And New Jersey said workers at state-run nursing homes, psychiatric hospitals and other such institutions must get the shot or face regular testing. It took only 27 days this summer for Florida hospitals to see that same increase, said Florida Hospital Assn. While setting a national vaccination goal may have been useful for trying to drum up enthusiasm for the shots, 70% of Americans getting one shot was never going to be enough to prevent surges among unvaccinated groups.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 02, 2021 21:22 UTC