In the rush to get as many people as possible vaccinated against COVID-19, the United States has become obsessed with numbers. How many doses have been distributed? How many people can be inoculated in President Joe Biden’s first 100 days? Is 1 million doses a day too modest, and is 1.5 million too bold? What percentage of people need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity?
Yes, we should work to get shots in as many arms as possible, but we must start by getting shots in the right arms.
The above is an excerpt of a piece originally published in USA Today.