Biden Says 100-Day COVID-19 Vaccine Goal May Be Extended

President Joe Biden said Monday he might raise the 100-day goal of administering 100 million COVID-19 vaccination shots to 150 million. As of Jan. 25, at least 18.5 million people have received one or both doses of the vaccine in the U.S., according to data from the Washington Post. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated more than 40 million vaccines have been distributed, while approximately 22 million have been administered. The CDC also estimated that more than 10 million doses were administered in the first month of the program, but that pace is accelerating in the second month. Biden told reporters that it would take about three weeks to reach the goal of delivering 1 million or more shots per day. Some pointed out that Biden's vaccination goal relies on a daily average of vaccinating 1 million people, a rate that was reached under former President Donald Trump when 1.3 million shots were administered on Jan. 11. Biden's vaccine goal was covered primarily by left- and center-rated outlets, and received little coverage from the right, though it was covered by Newsmax. Right-rated sources tended to highlight how the goal was already reached by Trump.