{"id":123718,"date":"2021-05-04T18:03:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T18:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=123718"},"modified":"2021-05-04T18:03:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T18:03:46","slug":"bidens-new-goal-70-of-adults-at-least-partially-vaccinated-by-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/bidens-new-goal-70-of-adults-at-least-partially-vaccinated-by-july-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden’s new goal: 70% of adults at least partially vaccinated by July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2013 President Joe Biden wants 70% of U.S. adults to have gotten at least one COVID-19 shot by July 4, a goal he is set to announce Tuesday along with new steps to vaccinate harder-to-reach populations and preparations for vaccinating teenagers.<\/p>\n

Today, about 56% of adults have received at least one shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pace of vaccinations required to reach 70%\u00a0is much lower\u00a0than the speed with which the nation got to its\u00a0current levels.<\/p>\n

But vaccinators are now moving beyond\u00a0the most vulnerable populations and those most eager to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n

In fact, most states appear to be at or near the point where supply is outstripping demand, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health research organization.<\/p>\n

Steps the\u00a0administration is taking to boost vaccinations include:<\/p>\n