U.S. Draws Close to 100M Vaccinations as Baseball Resumes

The United States is approaching 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations amid the start of the Major League Baseball season, reports the Associated Press . As of press time, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculates that more than 99 million Americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and more than 56 million — 17 percent of the U.S. population — have been fully vaccinated. A total of 154 million vaccines had been administered as of Thursday, and President Biden has reset his goal to have 200 million administered during his first 100 days in office. However, infections are rising again, and sports officials have warned that they could bar fans from ballparks if those numbers continue to climb. In the meantime, states are ramping up efforts to vaccinate as many as possible by widening eligibility and promoting the vaccines as critical to restoring normality.