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A r u b a ’ s O N L Y E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r
States ramp up for biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history

By CANDICE CHOI and ing America." He said he
MICHELLE R. SMITH hopes shots will be availa-
Associated Press ble to all Americans in April,
With a COVID-19 vaccine May and June.
drawing closer, public Pfizer also boosted hopes
health officials across the this week, saying early
country are gearing up for data suggests its vaccine
the biggest vaccination ef- is 90% effective. But the
fort in U.S. history — a mon- good news came in one of
umental undertaking that the grimmest weeks of the
must distribute hundreds of pandemic so far. Deaths,
millions of doses, prioritize hospitalizations and new in-
who's first in line and ensure fections are surging across
that people who get the in- the U.S. — and turning up
itial shot return for the nec- the pressure to get the vac-
essary second one. cine effort right.
The push could begin as In Philadelphia, the health
early as next month, when department is counting
federal officials say the first how many health care
vaccine may be author- workers and others would
ized for emergency use be among the first in line. In
and immediately deployed Louisiana, officials are plan-
to high-risk groups, such as ning a remote exercise this This 2020 photo provided by Carlton County shows their drive-thru flu clinic in Carlton, Minn.
health care workers. week to play out different Associated Press
"The cavalry is coming," Dr. scenarios exploring how
Anthony Fauci said Thurs- the process might unfold. what are you going to do, Dr. Frank Welch, director of program.
day on ABC's "Good Morn- “If you get 10,000 doses, versus 100,000 doses?” said Louisiana’s immunization Continued on next page