Amid a turbulent 2020, here are historic firsts you may have missed By Caitlin O Kane
December 10, 2020 / 1:44 PM / CBS News
This year has been regarded by many as one of the worst years in recent memory. While it is true 2020 was a year marked by a deadly pandemic and a contentious political climate, it was also a year of progress in many areas.
Many firsts occurred in 2020 – from politics to entertainment to sports. In what seemed like an endless stream of bad news, there were also many historic moments.
Politics
Kamala Harris will be the first woman vice president, the first Black vice president, the first Asian American vice president and the first Democratic vice president from the West Coast.
Sales soared today around the world for the penguin T-shirt worn by Margaret Keenan when she became the first person to receive the Covid vaccine.
The 90-year-old was given the Pfizer jab in Coventry on Tuesday while wearing a Christmas penguin top that was sold to raise money for the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (IHCW) Charity.
Sales of the shirt rose by 300 per cent, according to the charity, after photographs of Mrs Keenan wearing it were shared worldwide.
UHCW Charity director Jo O Sullivan said she was so emotional , telling LBC: We kitted her out in the T-shirt and some clothing that we d bought her as well, just so that she felt more human rather than in a hospital gown.
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Dec 10, 2020 01:34 PM EST
The world has been staged on Tuesday, especially for the British people, but William Shakespeare was not content to be a mere player.
As Britons rolled up their sleeves for the beginning of a coronavirus vaccine campaign, he was the second to get a shot.
Not the guy from Stratford-on-Avon but William Shakespeare of Warwickshire, and he did not shy away from his duty.
The 81-year-old William Shakespeare shared with a smile shortly after being vaccinated at University Hospital Coventry located in Central England, that the shot could make a difference in individuals lives from now on.
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GPs have been told they need to monitor patients given Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for side effects for at least 15 minutes after injection – in a move which could scupper Government plans to inoculate a million Brits a week by next year.
Britain’s medical watchdog issued the new advice to vaccination centres and doctors’ surgeries today after three people vaccinated on V-Day suffered allergic reactions to the jabs.
Practices were told last month a 15-minute observation period would not be necessary and that banning patients from driving within that time period would be sufficient.
The new rule is significant because logistical and regulatory problems in storing and distributing Pfizer s jab mean time is of the essence when it comes to the rolling the vaccine out en masse.
It wasnât all bad: Here are 20 good things that happened in 2020
By Stephanie Weaver, Kelly Hayes, Catherine Park, Austin Williams and Chris Williams
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From small acts of kindness to awe-inspiring events, there were some good things that happened in 2020.
LOS ANGELES - While 2020 proved to be an extremely difficult year with a worldwide pandemic, record unemployment numbers, social injustices and record-breaking weather events, silver linings do exist.
From small acts of kindness to awe-inspiring events, below is a list of some of the better things that happened in 2020, so we can all leave the year behind with a glimmer of optimism.