Date | since December 14, 2020 |
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Location | United States Compact of Free Association:[2][3] Palau Marshall Islands Micronesia |
Cause | COVID-19 pandemic in the United States |
Organized by | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Participants | 262,323,837 people have received at least one dose administered of Pfizer–BioNTech, Moderna or Janssen (August 17, 2022) 223,684,995 people have been fully vaccinated (both doses of Pfizer–BioNTech or Moderna, or one dose of Janssen)[4] |
Outcome | 79% of the United States population has received at least one dose of a vaccine
67% of the United States population is fully vaccinated |
Website | CDC |
Percent of the total population of all ages by state or territory who completed the COVID-19 vaccination primary series. Booster doses are also recommended. |
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Percentage with at least one vaccination dose |
US territories: GU = Guam AS = American Samoa MP = Northern Mariana Islands VI = Virgin Islands Associated states: PW = Republic of Palau FM = Federated States of Micronesia MH = Marshall Islands[6] |
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the United States is an ongoing mass immunization campaign for the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first granted emergency use authorization to the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine on December 10, 2020,[7] and mass vaccinations began four days later. The Moderna vaccine was granted emergency use authorization on December 17, 2020,[8] and the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine was granted emergency use authorization on February 27, 2021.[9] It was not until April 19, 2021, that all U.S. states had opened vaccine eligibility to residents aged 16 and over.[10] On May 10, 2021, the FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 15.[11] On August 23, 2021, the FDA granted full approval to the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for individuals aged 16 and over.[12]
The U.S. government began the campaign under the presidency of Donald Trump with Operation Warp Speed, a public–private partnership to expedite the development and manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines. Joe Biden became the new President of the United States on January 20, 2021. Biden had an immediate goal of administering 100 million vaccine doses within his first hundred days in office, and signed an executive order which increased supplies for vaccination.[13][14][15] This goal was met on March 19, 2021.[16] On March 25, 2021, he announced he would increase the goal to 200 million within his first 100 days in office.[17] This goal was reached on April 21, 2021.[18]
By July 4, 2021, 67% of the United States' adult population had received at least one dose, just short of a goal of 70%. This goal was met on August 2, 2021. While vaccines have helped significantly reduce the number of new COVID-19 infections nationwide, states with below-average vaccination rates began to see increasing numbers of cases credited to the highly infectious Delta variant by July 2021, which led to an increased push by organizations and companies to begin imposing de facto mandates for their employees be vaccinated for COVID-19.
On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced plans by the federal government to use executive orders and emergency temporary standards enforced by OSHA to mandate the vaccination of all federal branch employees, and require that all companies with more than 100 employees regularly test all employees who are not yet fully vaccinated for COVID-19.[19] On January 26, 2022, OSHA withdrew the vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 employees due to a ruling from the Supreme Court of the United States that blocked the mandate.[20][21]
As of November 2022, according to The Commonwealth Fund, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States has prevented an additional 3.2 million deaths, an additional 18.5 million hospitalizations, and an additional 120 million infections from COVID-19. Vaccination has also prevented an additional $899.4 billion in healthcare costs.[22] According to a June 2022 study published in The Lancet, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States prevented an additional 1.9 million deaths from December 8, 2020, to December 8, 2021.[23][24] According to a July 2022 study published in JAMA Network Open, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States prevented an additional 235,000 deaths, an additional 1.6 million hospitalizations, and an additional 27 million infections from December 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021.[25]
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