# Take a guess at when you will end up being vaccinated

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
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**Created:** [December 27, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-guess-at-when-you-will-end-up-being-vaccinated/929006 "2020-12-27T04:33:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-guess-at-when-you-will-end-up-being-vaccinated/929006/125 "2021-01-12T15:18:35Z")

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Just cross posting from the other thread. If somebody could check if I’ve done the calculation right, I estimate that everyone in the U.S. who wants to be vaccinated should be done by about July.

> [@CDC says 1 million vaccinations given in 10 days. Is that possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdc-says-1-million-vaccinations-given-in-10-days-is-that-possible/928816/65):
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> Better than I expected, if I’ve done the numbers right. According to that graph, the U.S. is now vaccinating 0.2% of the population per day. Given the starting problems with the infrastructure, I think it’s conservative to assume that we will increase that to 0.5% per day. But we need two shots, so let’s assume 0.25% per day over the next few months. 24% of the population is under 18, and let’s assume that another 26% will reject vaccination, so half the population want to be vaccinated. …

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