The FDA says it will rapidly work toward approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine now that federal advisers have endorsed it. / The Washington Post The timeline for vaccine distribution keeps slipping. Experts say it will change again. / STAT Emily Oster on how the pandemic will end: slowly, in drips,
On Wednesday, 3,054 people died from the coronavirus in the US—the highest daily death toll in the pandemic so far. / NPR We posted a link to an article yesterday stating that Biden wants "100 million Americans vaccinated in his first 100 days." The president-elect'
More than a third of Americans live in areas where hospitals are running critically short of intensive care beds. / The New York Times Another Trump lawyer tests positive for the coronavirus, stirring fears of an additional White House superspreader event after she attended a party without a mask. / Axios More
The UK begins the first Pfizer Covid-19 immunization rollout. A grandmother who turns 91 next week was the first person to receive the vaccine as part of the program. / BBC An exhaustive look back at how we got to the vaccines—and the distribution challenges yet to come. / The
Most of California goes back under lockdown, with the latest stay-at-home order to remain in place through December. / BBC News A Korean study shows how a person can (and did) infect another person 21 feet away indoors in only five minutes. / Insight Media coverage of the pandemic continues
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges “universal mask use” anywhere outside people’s homes. / The Washington Post To visit Iowa right now is to go back to the pandemic's early days, "when the horror was fresh and the sirens never stopped." / The Atlantic Related:
With ICUs around the state filling up, California will issue its strictest stay-at-home order since the beginning of the pandemic. / The Guardian Despite locals' entreaties, tourists continue flocking to West Texas—a virus hot spot that's running out of hospital beds. / The Texas Tribune While
Helen Branswell: The Covid-19 vaccines are a marvel of science. Here’s how we can make the best use of them. / STAT A factory in New York is racing to make enough glass vials to deliver more than 100 million vaccine doses by January. / The New Yorker On Wednesday,
The CDC voted in favor of a Covid-19 vaccine schedule that prioritizes health care workers and elderly people living in long-term care facilities. / Science Related: A broad timeline of when various groups in the US can get vaccinated, based on risk. / CNN The new recommended Covid-19 quarantine
Moderna says that if its vaccine is approved for emergency use, Americans could get injections as soon as December 21. / The Associated Press Centers for Disease Control advisers will vote today on who should get first priority for vaccines. / CNN The number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 in the
