It’s become clear that the Biden administration will not hit its target of having 70% of the entire adult U.S. population vaccinated by July 4:
Come July 4th, the headlines will likely say that the Biden administration has fallen short of its goal of 70% of adults vaccinated.
It was an aggressive target, which likely served as an impetus for the administration to pull out all stops to get more people vaccinated.
— Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) June 22, 2021
But that’s okay. The Biden White House is just moving the goalposts and is still claiming victory:
NEW: Biden admin. to concede that it will likely fall short of Pres. Biden’s goal of partially vaccinating 70% of American adults by July 4, but will insist it has “succeeded beyond our highest expectations” in returning the US to a pre-pandemic normal.https://t.co/epmYBZNDTC
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 22, 2021
Now they’re spinning this as good news because “70% of everyone over 30” will have had one shot by their deadline:
150 million Americans fully vaccinated, 70% of everyone over 30 with one shot — and more to come before July 4th.
— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) June 22, 2021
Or it’s age 27 and over. They’re still getting their stories straight:
NEW: Jeff Zients will announce today that the Biden administration has met the president’s 70% vaccinate rate goal for all adults over the age of 30 but not all total adults. He will also say the U.S. is on track to hit a rate of 70% for adults age 27 and older by July 4th.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 22, 2021
And now they’re saying the 70% number isn’t important anyway because it’s about “getting the country back to normal”:
This means the WH believes it will not hit President Biden’s goal of vaccinating 70% of adults by July 4th. A WH official defended not hitting the goal by saying this is about “getting the country back to normal” and by saying COVID cases and deaths have substantially dropped.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 22, 2021
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