US Set To Reach 100 Million Vaccine Shots, But COVID-19 Cases Are Growing | Today

Reach 100 Million Vaccine. THE NATION, AS NEW VARIANTS FUEL NEW CONCERNS AND CASES. THIS MORNING, LESS THAN 60 DAYS SINCE TAKING OFFICE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS. Reach 100 Million Vaccine.

THE COUNTRY IS REACHING A MAJOR MILESTONE. 100 MILLION VACCINE DOSES AND COUNTING. >> BEHIND THESE 100 MILLION SHOTS ARE MILLIONS OF LIVES CHANGED WHEN PEOPLE RECEIVE.

THAT DOSE OF HOPE. >> Reporter: EVEN AS THE ROLLOUT CONTINUES TO EXPAND,

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT WILL SEND MILLIONS OF DOSES OF THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED FOR USE IN THE U.S.

TO MEXICO AND CANADA. TODAY, AT LEAST 12 STATES SAY EVERYONE 16 AND OLDER WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATIONS BEFORE MAY 1st. BUT WITH THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS UK STRAIN.

NOW POSSIBLY MAKING UP TO 30% OF NEW CASES, NEW INFECTIONS ARE ON THE RISE IN MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES, INCLUDING MICHIGAN,

WHERE CASES HAVE SPIKED 64%. >> IT’S NOT OVER YET. IT IS NO TIME TO SPIKE THE FOOTBALL. >> Reporter: WITH MORE AMERICANS VACCINATED AND RECOVERING FROM THE VIRUS,

REPUBLICAN SENATOR RAND PAUL ACCUSED DR. FAUCI OF ALARMISM, IN WEARING A MASK FOR SHOW. >> LET ME JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT MASKS ARE NOT THEATER. MASKS ARE PROTECTIVE. WE HAVE — >> IF YOU ALREADY HAVE IMMUNITY.

YOU’RE WEARING A MASK TO GIVE COMFORT TO OTHERS. YOU’RE NOT WEARING A MASK BECAUSE OF ANY SCIENCE. >> I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH YOU. >> Reporter: MEANTIME, IN FLORIDA,

GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS DEFENDED HIS STATE’S HANDS-OFF COVID POLICIES. >> SOME WILL SAY THE CURE CAN NEVER BE WORSE.

THAN THE DISEASE. >> Reporter: FLORIDA’S POSITIVITY RATE IS CLIMBING AGAIN. WITH SPRING BREAK REVELERS CROWDING SOUTH BEACH,

PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY TO DECLARE VICTORY TOO SOON COULD FUEL YET ANOTHER SPRING SURGE. WHILE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION HAS RAMPED UP.

VACCINE EQUITY REMAINS A NATIONAL PROBLEM. THE CDC SAYS ONLY TWO STATES, ARIZONA AND MONTANA, HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AT VACCINATING THE POOR