{"id":183920,"date":"2021-02-20T01:23:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T22:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/covid-mutations-slow-vaccine-production-could-slow-return-to-normal-life-biden\/"},"modified":"2021-02-20T01:23:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T22:23:39","slug":"covid-mutations-slow-vaccine-production-could-slow-return-to-normal-life-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-mutations-slow-vaccine-production-could-slow-return-to-normal-life-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"#COVID mutations, slow vaccine production could slow return to normal life: Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#COVID mutations, slow vaccine production could slow return to normal life: Biden<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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President Biden on Friday said life may not return to normal in 2021 due to COVID-19 mutations and possible interruptions in US vaccine production.<\/p>\n

Biden said at a Pfizer vaccine factory in Portage, Mich., that mutations of the virus and unforeseen vaccine production blips could extend the pandemic\u2019s social<\/a> and economic fallout.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe we\u2019ll be app<\/a>roaching normalcy by the end of this year. God willing, this Christmas will be different than last. But I can\u2019t make that commitment to you. There are other strains of the virus. We don\u2019t know what could happen in terms of production rates. Things can change,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n

The president spoke amid widespread optimism about life returning to normal as rates of infection plummet and vulnerable groups of people are vaccinated.<\/p>\n

He noted that some vaccine shipments were delayed by a snowstorm this week.<\/p>\n

Biden said in Michigan that in the meantime, \u201cI think it\u2019s critically important to get our kids back to school.\u201d He has faced criticism for not doing more to pressure reluctant teachers\u2019 unions to do so.<\/p>\n

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President Joe Biden speaks after a tour of a Pfizer manufacturing site in Portage, Michigan, on Feb. 19, 2021.
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According to Bloomberg News<\/a> analysis of public data<\/a>, the US has injected more than 59 million vaccine doses \u2014 or 17.8\u00a0doses per 100 people.<\/p>\n

The two US-approved vaccines, from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, require two shots but are 95 percent and 94.1 percent effective. The two vaccines are being administered to people at a rate of 1.58 million doses per day, which should allow the US to secure herd immunity this summer.<\/p>\n

A single-shot vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson, which is at least 66 percent effective, is expected to further accelerate the vaccination timeline when it is approved by the Food and Drug Administration as early as this month.<\/p>\n

Preliminary research indicates vaccines are less effective against emerging and more contagious COVID-19 variations. <\/p>\n

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine, for example, is 66 percent effective worldwide, but 72 percent effective in the US, where there is less prevalence of mutations that emerged in the UK, Brazil and South Africa.<\/p>\n

A different vaccine in development by Novavax is\u00a060 percent<\/a>\u00a0effective in South Africa. In the UK, the same vaccine was 95.6 percent effective against the original variant and 85.6 percent effective against the UK variant.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that the new variations of the virus mean the government and companies will \u201chave to be nimble to adjust readily to make versions of the vaccine specifically directed towards whatever mutation is prevalent.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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