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Number of Americans fully vaccinated passes 100 million

Monday, 3 May 20213 min read
Number of Americans fully vaccinated passes 100 million

The number of Americans vaccinated has reached a key milestone. There are now 100 million fully vaccinated Americans which equates to 39% of the adult population, according to the CDC.

More than 55% of adults have received at least one dose but around 8% of these have failed to return for the second shot.

"Make sure you get that second dose," Dr. Anthony Fauci said at a White House press briefing. Fauci says about 70% to 85% of the population would need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity.

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