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Why is the U.S. vaccination rate stalling?

By Brian Buntz | September 29, 2021

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In a recent press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki touched on the flatlining COVID-19 vaccination rates in the U.S. 

Despite a series of vaccine mandates, the daily rate of new COVID-19 vaccinations is the lowest it’s been since mid-January, according to CDC data. 

Daily U.S. vaccination rates have dipped below 500,000 doses per day, which had been a lower threshold in July.  

“We did expect that rates of newly vaccinated would decline over time as they have in other countries with more mature vaccination programs,” Psaki said. 

Jen Psaki

Jen Psaki. Image courtesy of the White House.

There have also been similar declines in vaccination rates in countries with advanced vaccination programs. Examples include the United Kingdom, Israel and Canada. “As a greater percentage of the population is vaccinated, the [vaccination] numbers per day had declined,” Psaki noted. Officials in the U.S. had expected a similar trend in the U.S. 

McKinsey recently concluded that to reach the proverbial state of herd immunity, some 80 million unvaccinated Americans would need to be vaccinated in coming months.

Give the current vaccination rate, such a prospect seems like a remote possibility.

But President Biden’s push for vaccine mandates could spur more vaccinations in coming months. 

Psaki noted that proposed OSHA vaccine regulations for businesses with more than 100 workers have not formally been implemented. “But already to date, a number of companies, institutions and organizations” have embraced vaccine mandates for workers, Psaki said. 

A recent survey from Gartner found that 46% plan on implementing vaccine mandates when legally feasible. Another 36% were unsure of their organization’s plans.

The reason Biden announced vaccine mandates in mid-September is “because he knows we need to do more,” Psaki added. “We’re going to continue to do more.”  

About The Author

Brian Buntz

The pharma and biotech editor of WTWH Media, Brian is a veteran journalist with more than 15 years of experience covering an array of life science topics, including clinical trials, drug discovery and development and medical devices. Before coming to WTWH, he served as content director focused on connected devices at Informa. In addition, Brian covered the medical device sector for 10 years at UBM. At Qmed, he overhauled the brand’s news coverage and helped to grow the site’s traffic volume dramatically. He had previously held managing editor roles on two of the company’s medical device technology publications. Connect with him on LinkedIn or email at bbuntz@wtwhmedia.com.

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