Half of the US population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, White House Data Director Dr. Cyrus Shahpar says
More than 821,000 doses had been reported administered over the previous day's total, including about 555,000 people who got their first shot, Shahpar said in a tweet."50% of Americans are now fully vaccinated. Keep going!" he tweeted.Friday just in: +821K doses reported administered, including 565K newly vaccinated. 7-day average of newly vaccinated is up 11% from last week and 44% over past 2 weeks. 50% of Americans are now fully vaccinated.
— Cyrus Shahpar August 6, 2021 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's online Covid-19 vaccination data tracker had not officially updated with this data by noon ET Friday, but was expected to in the afternoon.Covid-19 infections of vaccinated people are expected. But the unvaccinated are 'the big highway of transmission,' expert saysAs of Thursday morning, the CDC had said, 49.9% of the US population was fully vaccinated.
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