Fauci's 99% number came from an interview at the beginning of July that was referring to the "recent" period that some here said was the past six months, or going back to January 2021.
Let's talk about that last six months. That would be January 2021 through June 2021, right? What was going on during this period?
The FDA didn't grant emergency use authorization until December 12, 2020, so vaccinations couldn't really ramp up for a few weeks after that.
The initial category approved for vaccination in December 2020 was front-line emergency health care workers, seniors in long-term care facilities, and first responders.
January 2021 saw vaccine availability expanded to all health-care workers, teachers and emergency response personnel.
February expanded generally to Americans in their mid-to-late 70s.
March added Americans in their 60s.
It wasn't until about April that distribution of the vaccine began to be made available to anyone who wanted it, and that timing varied from state to state.
This means that the first half of the "recent" six months was limited availability vaccinations. That makes the claim that 99% of the US deaths were unvaccinated people nothing but propaganda, because the majority of Americans were unvaccinated in the first half of 2020 due to the phased rollout logistics of the vaccine, and not an anti-vaccination sentiment.
-PJ
“Texas has seen nearly 9,000 COVID-19 deaths since February. All but 43 were unvaccinated people.
Preliminary data shows 99.5% of COVID-related deaths in Texas were among unvaccinated people, according to the Department of State Health Services...JULY 21, 2021”
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/21/coronavirus-texas-vaccinated-deaths/
Exactly!