The COVID-19 pandemic turned a corner over the weekend, as the federal Food and Drug Administration authorized the first vaccine in the U.S., and distribution began to California and the other 49 states.
The FDA granted emergency use authorization for Pfizer and BioNTech s COVID-19 vaccine December 11, the first to get the green light in the United States. The United Kingdom and Canada also recently approved the vaccine.
The nighttime announcement reportedly rushed out after White House chief of staff Mark Meadows threatened FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn s job if the authorization didn t happen Friday came the day after an expert advisory committee voted overwhelmingly that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh its risks.
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