Oh, Oh -- That Vaccine Hesitancy Has Become A "Thing" -- May 4, 2021

Oh, oh. Look at column 7: total vaccinations administered dropped below one million. 

CDC data here. 

Some states can't even use the full allocation offered by the federal government (supply exceeds demand in some states):

I started tracking this metric January 20, 2021. Since then, there have been only six days where the total number of vaccinations dropped below a million over a 24-hour period.  

Remember:

• there's now enough capacity to vaccinate 4 million Americans per day
• everyone over the age of 16 years of age now recommended to get the vaccine
• a reader mentioned that it was easier than ever to schedule an appointment to get the "shot"  -- which in itself, speaks volumes.

Question:

• if the vaccine is so effective, why did the TSA just extend the mandate for those fully vaccinated to continue wearing masks?
• why are states like West Virginia offering as much as $100 to folks to get the vaccine?

Record number of vaccinations:

• Saturday, March 13, 2021: 4,575,496 vaccinations;
• Saturday, April 3, 2021: 4,081,959 vaccinations

The day that things changed, the announcement that the JNJ vaccine might be unsafe and needed to be pulled from the market immediately:

• April 13, 2021

		Doses of vaccine distributed to health facilities	Change from day before	Vaccinations given	Change from day before	Percent of distributed vaccine that is actually administered
Tuesday	May 4, 2021	318,474,035	5,964,460	247,769,049	988,846	77.80%
Monday	May 3, 2021	312,509,575	0	246,780,203	1,188,734	78.97%
Sunday	May 2, 2021	312,509,575	1,370	245,591,469	2,127,998	78.59%
Saturday	May 1, 2021	312,508,205	3,734,050	243,463,471	3,303,794	77.91%
Friday	April 30, 2021	308,774,155	3,295,660	240,159,677	2,799,184	77.78%
Thursday	April 29, 2021	305,478,495	3,620,610	237,360,493	2,721,079	77.70%
Wednesday	April 28, 2021	301,857,885	4,314,250	234,639,414	2,231,745	77.73%
Tuesday	April 27, 2021	297,543,635	6,851,630	232,407,669	1,639,215	78.11%
Monday	April 26, 2021	290,692,005	0	230,768,454	2,107,046	79.39%
Sunday	April 25, 2021	290,692,005	6,350	228,661,408	3,020,948	78.66%
Saturay	April 24, 2021	290,685,655	4,590,470	225,640,460	3,318,230	77.62%
Friday	April 23, 2021	286,095,185	3,911,270	222,322,230	3,374,587	77.71%
Thursday	April 22, 2021	282,183,915	4,245,040	218,947,643	2,995,734	77.59%
Wednesday	April 21, 2021	277,938,875	5,908,080	215,951,909	2,563,671	77.70%
Tuesday	April 20, 2021	272,030,795	7,525,070	213,388,238	1,806,929	78.44%
Monday	April 19, 2021	264,505,725	0	211,581,309	2,174,495	79.99%
Sunday	April 18, 2021	264,505,725	6,010	209,406,814	3,534,901	79.17%
Saturday	April 17, 2021	264,499,715	5,996,900	205,871,913	3,589,620	77.83%
Friday	April 16, 2021	258,502,815	3,102,150	202,282,293	3,965,253	78.25%