The United States took a step closer to vaccinating 100 million Americans on April 1st, in response to a rise in COVID-19 outbreaks, which is fueling concerns of another national epidemic right before the major league baseball season begins and thousands of fans return to stadiums.
According to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 99 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and more than 56 million people - 17 percent of the nation's population - have been fully vaccinated.
As of Thursday, 154 million vaccines had been distributed. President Joe Biden has set a new target of administering 200 million vaccine doses in his first 100 days in office. Before the baseball season began, a game was canceled after a player tested positive for the coronavirus.
States are stepping up their efforts to vaccinate as many people as possible by expanding eligibility and promoting the vaccinations as critical to returning the nation to normalcy. As of Thursday, those 50 or older in California, the country's most populous state with 40 million residents, are eligible for a vaccine.
Although some states are struggling to satisfy vaccine demand, others say that a sizable portion of their populations are unwilling to receive the vaccine. During the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, healthcare employees tend to residents in cars at a drive-up vaccine facility at City College of San Francisco on March 25, 2021.
How this relates to Econ: This will renew the sports industry because now more fans will come to the games and could bring more tv viewership because many people get a better experience of the game when there are fans.
Questions to consider:
For the majority of people who go to baseball games, do you think they should get vaccinated first?
Do you think resuming sports with any type of audience was a good idea?
5 comments:
Allowing for a less stricter eligibility in order to qualify for a Covid vaccine is hopeful, since this means way more people could be vaccinated. In my opinion though you can’t force someone to take this vaccine, I think it’s quite frustrating that there are a lot of people who refuse to get the vaccine. We need to increase the herd immunity as high as we can in order to protect those who cannot get vaccinated or those who are most prone to the virus. And surrounding baseball I think that we should prioritize more important things and an audience might not be the best idea right now, since it means there are a lot of people from different households near each other. And though social distancing would try to be implemented, people are obviously not going to be social distancing all the time. But if audiences were to attend baseball games I think that the majority if not all of the attendees should be vaccinated. In order to make it as safe as possible.
The great thing is that this will not just renew the sports industry, it will renew everything else on earth as well. Vaccines are becoming more readily available everyday and it is just a matter of time before anyone can get one. They are already handing them out in drug stores like Walgreens, and soon they will be handing them out on every street corner. I think that any body who wants to get vaccinated should do so. You can not protect people who do not wish to be protected, so people opposed to vaccinations will have to run the risk of getting covid. It is great to see sports resuming with audiences. I think it will boost the spirit of the players and the audience. It is one step further in returning life to normal, so yes, it is a good move.
People should definitely get vaccinated before going to any of these sporting events. The fact that there are countries that do not need to worry about Covid anymore while America has on and off quarantines I think the safest thing to do because people won't listen to staying at home is dispersing the vaccine. For the people going back to sporting events is definitely going to increase numbers of the virus. However I believe there will be a big spike back up for all the sporting leagues. Obviously for the in attending audience but also for all the people watching from home. It is more entertaining when there are fans there.
I think it is a bit too early to hold large-scale sporting events with an audience. There is a possibility that it will negate all of the effort that has gone into preventing further disease. However, with greater numbers of people getting vaccinated, planning events will become a lot easier, both in sports and in public life. Currently, I believe it's best to get vaccinated as soon as possible, as it both protects yourself and those around you. Social distancing should still be practiced, but with the vaccine, I think people are able to feel safer outside. For now, the priority should be to maximize the amount of people able to get a vaccine appointment.
I wonder how this situation is playing out in terms of a supply and demand graph. I think especially under the Biden Administration the government support for vaccine rollout has strengthened in multiple different aspects-- for example, through government funding, the input costs for pharma companies like Pfizer and Moderna have decreased, and thus the supply curve shifted to the right, allowing for more vaccine rollout. However, one challenge that's persisted is technology-related -- the lack of technological infrastructure to transport the vaccines in their required conditions (must be in -70 degrees celsius) has shifted the supply curve slightly to the left. However, there is clearly an overall increase in vaccine rollout which is very encouraging.
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/11/945670606/transporting-and-distributing-vaccines-will-be-unprecedented-logistical-operatio
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