That’s a doozy: the bill totaled 5,593 pages (!)
THE SHORT VERSION OF WHAT’S IN THE BILL:
The gist of the coronavirus relief aid: “The coronavirus relief portion of the bill doesn’t include the biggest priorities for Republicans and Democrats liability protections and more money for state and local governments, respectively. But it does include $284 billion for another round of small business aid … a $300-per-week federal unemployment boost for 11 weeks, a round of $600 stimulus checks for those making up to $75,000, more money for schools and hospitals, and an extension of an eviction moratorium.”
The gist of the government funding: “The government funding portion includes $1.375 billion for 56 miles for Trump’s border wall, $5 million to create a database to track police misconduct, $153 million for programs to improve community relations with police, and a 3 percent pay raise for the military and a 1 percent pay raise for the civilian federal workf
Dr. Fauci, Azar, NIH healthcare workers receive COVID-19 vaccine
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, receives his first dose of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Photo by Patrick Semansky/UPI/Pool | License Photo
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, receives his first dose of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Photo by Patrick Semansky/UPI/Pool | License Photo
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gives a thumbs-up gesture after receiving his first dose of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Photo by Patrick Semansky/UPI/Pool | License Photo
Fauci receives COVID-19 vaccine, tells Americans he has extreme confidence in it
December 22, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci has become the latest official to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on live television as a symbol to the rest of the country.
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Tuesday publicly received a dose of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine, as did Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, and numerous frontline health care workers.
The nation s top infectious disease expert moments before receiving the shot said it was important for him to do so not only because he regularly sees patients but also to show his confidence in the vaccine.
BioNTech chief: Highly likely COVID-19 vaccine will hold up against UK coronavirus mutation
BioNTech s chief executive Ugur Sahin told reporters Tuesday it is highly likely his company s COVID-19 vaccine, which was developed alongside Pfizer and has been rolled out in several countries including the United States, will hold up against the new coronavirus variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom.
Scientists have many questions about the variant, which appears to be more transmissible, including how it affects vaccine efficacy. Per
, Sahin said he ll need another two weeks of study and data collection to determine whether the Pfizer-BioNTech shot will remain effective, but he is confident the mutations won t be enough to evade the immune response it induces. The vaccine contains more than 1,270, and only nine of them are changed (in the mutant virus), Sahin said. That means 99 percent of the protein is still the same.
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Fauci, Azar to receive Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins and several NIH Clinical Center frontline health workers are set to get doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. They will get vaccinated to build confidence in the vaccine, which is the best hope against this pandemic, NIAID said on Twitter. President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, each received the vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech Monday. Vice President Mike Pence; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., each got their shots Friday. President Donald Trump has spoken out in support of the vaccine, but he has not received one yet either. Fauci is among th