# Covid relief \[money\] reaching individuals **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 28, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-relief-money-reaching-individuals/933961 "2021-02-28T17:26:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-relief-money-reaching-individuals/933961/1 "2021-02-28T17:26:22Z")
How much? Last night someone told me that only 7% is reaching (or is earmarked in the new bill to reach) individuals. He watches Newsmax so I’m a little skeptical. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-relief-money-reaching-individuals/933961/2 "2021-02-28T18:06:17Z")
I thought we were approaching 15% of the US population having at least one shot of the vaccine. I assume a lot more than that has been shipped and is in the pipeline. > **[How are the COVID-19 vaccine and booster campaigns going in your state?](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/28/960901166/how-is-the-covid-19-vaccination-campaign-going-in-your-state)** > > The U.S. is striving to vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19 — and keep them up-to-date with boosters. But some states are lagging behind. See how yours is faring. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-relief-money-reaching-individuals/933961/3 "2021-02-28T23:25:10Z")
Sorry, I misread your question. You’re talking about relief money, not vaccine. I withdraw my post. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-relief-money-reaching-individuals/933961/4 "2021-03-01T02:41:15Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > I withdraw my post. It is an excellent resource to fight ignorance, so post away. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-relief-money-reaching-individuals/933961/5 "2021-03-01T04:28:43Z")
Outsider chiming in. Wasn’t the COVID relief bill stacked full of a whole lot of other stuff? Or are you saying/questioning that only a small portion of the specific COVID relief stuff is going to individuals? ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-relief-money-reaching-individuals/933961/6 "2021-03-02T00:53:32Z")
I am asking how much of the total package is/was being sent to individuals. Either the last time or the pending bill. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-relief-money-reaching-individuals/933961/7 "2021-03-02T01:32:39Z")
Title edited to indicate this is about money rather than the vaccine. ---
**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-relief-money-reaching-individuals/933961/8 "2021-03-02T05:54:11Z")
The American Rescue Plan (the current bill) totals about $1.9 trillion, including about $460 billion for stimulus payments to individual taxpayers (that’s roughly 24% right there). Another $350 billion (18%) is for additional unemployment benefits to individuals. The expanded child tax credit, for individual taxpayers, adds about $120 billion (6%). There are smaller amounts elsewhere in the bill that will end up largely in individual hands: $30B for renters and small landlords, an extra billion for TANF and $3B for the Women, Infants, Children nutrition program, $15 billion for child care assistance for essential workers, $19B for universities and colleges to pass out as emergency grants to students, and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-relief-money-reaching-individuals/933961/9 "2021-03-02T23:00:52Z")
Thanks for the info. 7% sounded pretty low to me.