Jeff Zients Says U.S. Will Reach 70 Percent Vaccination Rate Goal

Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 Response Team Coordinator says the U.S. will reach its goal of partially vaccinating 70 percent of the population this summer and aims to push beyond that through the summer months. However, he wouldn't say if the target would be met by the July 4 deadline set this spring. Mr. Zients reiterated the need for everyone to get fully vaccinated to prevent against serious illness or death from new more transmissible and dangerous variants such as the Delta variant that came from India and now makes up 10 percent of cases here in the U.S. close