Prognosis
Day of 4 Million Vaccines Signals Sharp Turnaround for U.S.
- Almost a third of country has received at least a first shot
- Health care, mass sites, pharmacies and individuals pitch in
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Landscape architect Scheri Fultineer walked out of the white vaccination tent at Massachusetts General Hospital with a Band-Aid on her shoulder and a feeling of delight at how easy it was. “Earlier in the year,” she said, “I was not optimistic.”
In mid-February, just as eligibility expanded to everyone 65 and older, the state’s sign-up website crashed, so infuriating Governor Charlie Baker that he publicly fumed: “My hair’s on fire.”