For most of this year, the rolling average for the number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered each day in the U.S. has been trending downward. But that changed recently. From The New York Times.
For eight consecutive days ending Friday, the last day for which data is available, the average number of vaccinations administered more than doubled to 485,505 a day Friday from 214,405 a day March 30, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The decision meant that tens of millions of Americans have become eligible for their fourth vaccine shots just as the country is dealing with a highly contagious omicron subvariant, known as BA.2, which caused cases to rise in Europe and which is now the dominant version of the virus in new U.S. cases.
Public health researchers say it’s likely that older Americans seeking extra shots are driving the vaccination surge. After two years of living with the pandemic, the country’s campaign to vaccinate its population seemed to have hit a wall earlier this year, with fewer people showing up for first shots.
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