US administered 495 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in 12 months

By December 20, 2021, a year after the COVID-19 vaccine rollout began in the United States it is reported that 495,101,938 (495 million) vaccine doses have been administered.  All but J&J vaccines required two doses to be fully vaccinated, and by this time the booster doses had already been  administered. [1]

According to the CDC in the first 12 months of rollout:

• 241,571,084  people (~241.5 million) had received “at least” one dose (would includes J&J)
• 203,926,479 people (203.9 million) were fully vaccinated (two doses)
• Making a total of 445,497,563 receiving one or two doses, only these could potentially be eligible for a booster
• 60 million people had received a booster dose of either Pfizer, Moderna or J&J’s COVID-19 vaccines

In 13 months, by the end of 2021, which includes Dec 2020, a total of 983,756 vaccine (all types) adverse event reports had been made to VAERS, of these 22,637 people were reported to have died, the vast majority within a few days post jab.