Vaccination is going slowly because nobody is in charge Author: Ashish K. Jha
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Ashish K. Jha is a physician, health policy researcher and the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. Vaccine development for covid-19 has occurred at a remarkable pace, thanks in large part to the careful work of the scientific community, both in the United States and around the globe. Operation Warp Speed played a key role in accelerating the creation of vaccines without cutting corners, and producing millions of doses. As a result, the two vaccines that have been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration are safe and highly effective against the disease. That’s why we want them to reach people’s immune systems as quickly as possible - and why the current delays in getting people vaccinated are so disappointing.
The New York Times published a behind-the-scenes look into President Donald Trump s politicized coronavirus response
Trump pointed a finger at Jared Kushner and said it was going to be your fault because of the testing predicting he would lose the 2020 election over COVID
The president s pollster also told him that masking would be OK with his base, yet Trump still refused to endorse mandates or put one on regularly
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How leaders decide who gets a vaccine By Kyle Midura | December 31, 2020 at 4:08 PM EST - Updated December 31 at 4:39 PM
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Millions of Americans want to be next in line for a vaccine with widespread coverage unlikely for several months. The task of calculating when it will be your turn is up to national, state, and local leaders.
âEach week, more and more doses of product get manufactured, more get quality controlled and released,â said U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar in a recent interview, âso itâs going to be an on-going thing every week.â
A look at news events in January 2020:
02 – The U.S. Pentagon announced a military airstrike at Baghdad’s International Airport killed a top-ranking member of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard. It happened at the direction of President Donald Trump, who tweeted an image of the American flag as the news broke. The U.S. Defence Department said Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani “was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region.” Iran’s supreme leader vowed there would be harsh retaliation.
03 – Australia launched one of the largest evacuations in its history, as more than 200 wildfires burned across the country. The Victoria state government ordered as many as 140,000 permanent residents and tens of thousands more vacationers to leave the region before fires closed roads and trapped them.
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