The rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccination to include elderly citizens across the United States has led to bottlenecks, computer system failures and hard feelings in many states due to the overwhelming demand for vaccines.
The Department of Health of Mississippi He stopped accepting appointments the same day he started giving them due to a “monumental spike” in applications. People had to wait hours to book their vaccinations via a state website or toll-free number on Tuesday and Wednesday, and many were taken off the site due to technical issues and had to start the process over.
In California, the Counties begged for more doses of the vaccine to reach millions of their elderly citizens. Hospitals in the south of the state ran out of available appointments in a matter of hours. The phone lines collapsed in Georgia.
Until a few days ago, health workers and nursing home patients had been prioritized in most places in the United States. But states have now included many of the nation’s 54 million seniors with the authorization of the government of US President Donald Trump, although the minimum age varies from place to place: from 65, 70 or older. years.
Thursday, New Jersey expanded its vaccination program to include people between the ages of 16 and 65 with certain medical conditions, including 2 million smokers, who are more likely to have health complications.
Meanwhile, the United States recorded 3,848 new deaths on Wednesday, less than the peak of 4,327 reported the day before, according to Johns Hopkins University. The nation’s total death toll from COVID-19 has exceeded 385,000.
More than 11.1 million Americans, or more than 3 percent of the population, have received their first dose of the vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The goal of inoculating between 70 percent and 85 percent of the population to achieve herd immunity and overcome the outbreak is still far from being met.
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