Big news from our closest ally, the uk is days away from distributing a vaccine. This pandemic has claimed the lives of more than one Million People worldwide. The United Kingdom is the first to approve the vaccine. Seniors will get the first of two shots. After the county will use a tiered approach to fax nating everyone else starting with the holdest residents and moving down. The decision puts enormous pressure on the fda to approve the vak seccine here in the uni states. The fda takes longer here because it goes through all of the raw data behind the findings. Still the chief sunshicience ad for warp speed hopes the approval will make americans feel comfortable that the vaccine is safe. I hope this will be evidence for the American Population that the data with these vaccines are clear. Are transparent, and they demonstrate theyre effective and safe for use in the general population. Always steven hann was summoned to the white house today and yesterday, the agency says they will c
Significant moments in the pandemic is now just hours away. An Fda Advisory Panel is set to meet tomorrow to discuss authorizing pfizers covid19 vaccine. U. S. Officials say nearly 3 million doses are ready to go once the green light is given. Supplies like needles and syringes should start being shipped out today. Also breaking, president elect bidens son hunter biden just revealed that he is now under federal investigation involving his taxes. Were going to tell you what were learning about that. Thats coming up. Lets start right now with more on the pandemic. Cnns nick watt is joining us. Nick, after months and months of suffering, authorization of a vaccine potentially may be imminent. Reporter wolf, tomorrow could be one of the most momentous days of this entire pandemic. This fda Vaccine Advisory Committee is going to meet for nine hours. A member of that committee tells us that after the nine hours they will take a vote and as early as thursday night or friday the fda commission
Vaccine day. Health workers and the elderly first in line today for vaccine injections in the uk. Ended up actually being a very emotional day, finally for the first time some hope in. Were going to have more coming up on that. Including some of the british News Coverage that aired in britain in prime time tonight, some of the first people who received the injections and how that was covered in the british press. You will want to see that, i promise that. Weve got that coming up in awe moment. Meanwhile, nbc news has obtained a new document from the White House Coronavirus task force that warns that even with the expected start of a Vaccination Program here too sometime soon, according to the White House Task force tonight, quote, the current vaccine implementation will not substantially reduce viral spread, hospitalizations or fatalities until the 100 million americans with comorbidities can be fully immunized, which will take until the late spring. Again, this thing wont have a dent
Up on that. Including some of the british News Coverage that aired in britain in prime time tonight, some of the first people who received the injections and how that was covered in the british press. You will want to see that, i promise that. Weve got that coming up in just a moment. Meanwhile, nbc news has obtained a new document from the White House Coronavirus task force that warns that even with the expected start of a Vaccination Program here too sometime soon, according to the White House Task force tonight, quote, the current vaccine implementation will not substantially reduce viral spread, hospitalizations or fatalities until the 100 million americans with comorbidities can be fully immunized, which will take until the late spring. Again, this thing wont have a dent in it until 100 million americans are vaccinated. That will take number of months. Kwoetd, behavioral change and aggressive mitigation policies are the only widespread prevention tools we will have to address this
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