Originally Posted by
Sjoerd
However, the UK / Ireland and most of Schengen are now ahead of the US:
the USA has ~55% of total population with at least one jab of a Covid-19 vaccine, the UK/Ireland and many Schengen countries are currently between 60 and 70%.
This is true, but what fraction of that is with the AZ vaccine, which is not approved in the US? And let's not even get into that vaccine's serious efficacy shortcomings.
Anyway, as I posted in the general coronavirus thread, the real debate in the administration is about how we're going to verify EU vaccination status. Let's not forget that EU states (France, Portugal, Greece) have either stopped recognizing CDC cards, or they've adopted vaccine passport schemes for everyday activities that exclude all foreigners. Their reasoning is that it's impossible to verify foreign vaccination status.