Biden Secures Deals for 600 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses, but California Man Tests Positive for Virus Weeks After 2nd Shot

By Joshua Summers First Posted: Feb 11, 2021 11:31 PM EST

COVID-19 Vaccine Administering: Biden Announces U.S. is Securing 600 Million Doses by July; Man from California Contracts Coronavirus After his Second Dose

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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with Senators from both parties on the critical need to invest in modern and sustainable American infrastructure in the Oval Office of the White House on February 11, 2021 in Washington, DC.

The COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness is a great deal since it can imply safety and convince more people to be vaccinated or immunized against the notorious respiratory disease. Following President Joe Biden's announcement that the United States is getting more doses for the Americans, will the public still avail the vaccine even after incidents of ineffectiveness like a man from California contracting the virus weeks after his second dose?

As of February 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that about 106,991,090 individuals tested positive for the COVID-19 across the globe. On the other hand, 2,347,015 deaths due to the coronavirus were recorded, which is alarming. Since the vaccine is still lacking in supply, different countries make their way to secure their constituents' doses.

Biden and the 600 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

Denver Post reported that Biden announced that there would be a sufficient supply of the COVID-19 vaccine to allow the authorities and medical health workers to inoculate about 300 million Americans by the end of the summer. The report added that the United States is on the pace of exceeding Biden's goals of 100 million Americans administered with COVID-19 vaccine doses in his first 100 days in office.

According to The Oregonian, Biden also said the administration had secured contractual commitments from Pfizer and Moderna to deliver the 600 million doses of vaccine by the end of July.

The report added that vaccination's pace could further increase if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves a third COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.

The Biden administration is working on accelerating getting shots into the Americans' arms and getting the COVID-19 vaccines to the communities.

Denver Post noted that the administration has already deployed troops in helping the mass vaccination sites in several states, and the groundwork will increase once the additional supply for the vaccine is available.

California Man and the COVID-19 Vaccine

Securing doses of vaccines is excellent news, but the decision to get vaccinated is still in every individual's hands.

Fox News reported that a man from Orange County contracted the coronavirus weeks after he was inoculated with his second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Gary Michael told CBS Los Angeles that three weeks after his second injection, he received a call from the Orange County Health Department saying he was positive for COVID-19.

Michael said they also asked him about his symptoms and discussed what he should do. Surprisingly, Dr. Tirso del Junco Jr., a chief medical officer from KPC Health, shared with The Mercury News that we will continue to see "more and more" incidents like Michael.

The report noted that cases similar to Michael are why doctors encouraged people to wear face masks even they have been vaccinated, especially now that new COVID-19 variants are spreading in the community.