Biden, Harris tout vaccine progress on Thursday
Biden and Harris will participate in an event Thursday afternoon commemorating 50 million COVID-19 vaccine shots administered during the Biden administration, which is halfway to Biden’s goal of distributing 100 million COVID-19 shots in his first 100 days in office.
When Biden set out the goal at the beginning of his term, the administration was already on pace to administer nearly 1 million vaccines a day, which some public health experts have said is not fast enough to control the pandemic.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Biden’s chief medical adviser, has estimated that 325 million people will need to be immunized for the pandemic to end and to reach that threshold, Biden would need more vaccinations.
Biden has rejected the suggestion that his goal was too low, telling reporters in January that, "it's a good start."
Meanwhile, Harris visited a Giant supermarket in Southeast Washington, D.C. Thursday morning to promote the administration’s Federal Retail Pharmacy Program for COVID-19 vaccinations, which has delivered 1 million doses to over 6,500 pharmacies across the country.
Harris spoke to the store's pharmacist and then watched as a patient, Brenda Thompson, received her second dose of the Moderna vaccine.
![PHOTO: Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with pharmacists as she visits the pharmacy of a Giant Foods grocery market on Feb. 25, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/harris-vaccine-02-gty-iwb-210225_1614264232900_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
Biden will also participate in the National Governors Association’s Winter Meeting Wednesday afternoon, and the White House will give a press briefing at 12:30 p.m.
-ABC News' Molly Nagle, Anne Flaherty and Stephanie Ebbs