We_PNP knew_VVD on_PRP day_NN1 two_CRD of_PRF Joe_NP0 Biden_NP0 's_POS presidency_NN1 that_CJT his_DPS goal_NN1 of_PRF vaccinating_VVG 100_CRD million_CRD Americans_NN2 by_PRP his_DPS 100th_ORD day_NN1 in_PRP office_NN1 was_VBD setting_VVG the_AT0 bar_NN1 too_AV0 low_AJ0 ._SENT By_PRP that_DT0 date_NN1 ,_PUN 16.5_CRD million_CRD shots_NN2 had_VHD gone_VVN out_AVP ,_PUN 6.5_CRD million_CRD alone_AV0 in_PRP the_AT0 six_CRD days_NN2 beforehand_AV0 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 daily_AJ0 rate_NN1 of_PRF shots_NN2 was_VBD growing_VVG at_PRP a_AT0 rapid_AJ0 clip_NN1 ._SENT Biden_NP0 supercharged_AJ0 the_AT0 effort_NN1 by_PRP directing_VVG federal_AJ0 agencies_NN2 to_TO0 wield_VVI the_AT0 powerful_AJ0 Defense_NN1 Production_NN1 Act_NN1 to_TO0 accelerate_VVI manufacture_NN1 of_PRF vaccines_NN2 ,_PUN PPE_NP0 and_CJC other_AJ0 COVID_AJ0 supplies_NN2 ._SENT Speed_VVB it_PNP up_AVP ,_PUN sir_NN1 ._SENT (_PUL Evan_NP0 Vucci_NP0 )_PUR Now_AV0 Biden_NP0 's_VBZ setting_VVG a_AT0 new_AJ0 goal_NN1 ,_PUN aiming_VVG to_TO0 vaccinate_VVI 200_CRD million_CRD Americans_NN2 by_PRP May_NP0 1_CRD ,_PUN nearly_AV0 two-thirds_CRD of_PRF the_AT0 country_NN1 's_POS population_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC just_AV0 like_PRP his_DPS earlier_AJC goal_NN1 ,_PUN 200_CRD million_CRD doses_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 next_ORD five_CRD weeks_NN2 is_VBZ n't_XX0 particularly_AV0 ambitious_AJ0 ._SENT More_AV0 than_CJS 130_CRD million_CRD shots_NN2 have_VHB already_AV0 been_VBN done_VDN ._SENT The_AT0 U.S._NP0 is_VBZ averaging_VVG 2.5_CRD million_CRD daily_AV0 ,_PUN a_AT0 rate_NN1 that_CJT 's_VHZ nearly_AV0 tripled_VVN under_PRP Biden_NP0 ._SENT Even_AV0 if_CJS the_AT0 pace_NN1 stopped_VVD accelerating_AJ0 ,_PUN the_AT0 200-million_AJ0 milestone_NN1 would_VM0 be_VBI done_VDN a_AT0 full_AJ0 week_NN1 before_PRP his_DPS 100th_ORD day_NN1 in_PRP office_NN1 ._SENT Biden_NP0 should_VM0 aim_VVI higher_AJC ._SENT Speed_NN1 counts_NN2 ._SENT This_DT0 is_VBZ n't_XX0 the_AT0 Indy_AJ0 500_CRD ,_PUN where_AVQ the_AT0 fastest_AJS finisher_NN1 has_VHZ his_DPS face_NN1 added_VVD to_PRP the_AT0 Borg-Warner_NP0 Trophy_NN1 ._SENT We_PNP 're_VBB racing_VVG to_TO0 deliver_VVI more_DT0 shots_NN2 faster_AV0 to_TO0 outrun_VVI the_AT0 virus_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ is_VBZ rapidly_AV0 mutating_AJ0 ,_PUN perhaps_AV0 thwarting_VVG the_AT0 vaccines_NN2 ._SENT Medical_AJ0 studies_NN2 have_VHB n't_XX0 confirmed_VVN it_PNP yet_AV0 ,_PUN but_CJC scientists_NN2 strongly_AV0 suspect_VVB the_AT0 Pfizer_NP0 and_CJC Moderna_NP0 and_CJC Johnson_NP0 &_NP0 Johnson_NP0 shots_NN2 do_VDB n't_XX0 just_AV0 protect_VVI the_AT0 person_NN1 vaccinated_VVN from_PRP getting_VVG super-sick_NN1 with_PRP COVID_NP0 ,_PUN they_PNP also_AV0 likely_AJ0 stop_NN1 transmission_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 disease_NN1 ._SENT That_DT0 means_VVZ each_DT0 vaccination_NN1 is_VBZ like_PRP laying_VVG another_DT0 brick_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 fortress_NN1 wall_NN1 we_PNP 're_VBB building_VVG to_TO0 keep_VVI COVID_NP0 out_AVP ._SENT With_PRP enough_DT0 vaccinations_NN2 ,_PUN likely_AJ0 somewhere_AV0 between_PRP 75_CRD %_NN0 and_CJC 90_CRD %_NN0 ,_PUN we_PNP reach_VVB the_AT0 magical_AJ0 state_NN1 of_PRF "_PUQ herd_NN1 immunity_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ when_AVQ so_AV0 many_DT0 people_NN0 are_VBB vaccinated_VVN that_CJT the_AT0 virus_NN1 runs_VVZ out_AVP of_PRF fresh_AJ0 hosts_NN2 and_CJC stops_NN2 reproducing_VVG ,_PUN giving_VVG the_AT0 protection_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 vaccination_NN1 to_PRP everyone_PNI ,_PUN including_PRP those_DT0 who_PNQ 've_VHB not_XX0 yet_AV0 gotten_VVN the_AT0 shot_NN1 ._SENT 
