United Press International | Dec 22, 2020 | News | 2
Wear that mask! Another time when Fauci didn t do what he preached to the peasants.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert who has played a key role in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, will receive a COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will receive one of the first doses of Moderna’s newly approved vaccine, as will Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins and front-line healthcare workers at the NIH, Azar tweeted Monday.
Like Vice President Mike Pence Friday and President-elect Joe Biden Monday, Fauci and the others will receive the vaccinations in public.
Trump expected to soon sign COVID-19 relief package
December 20, 2020
The House and Senate easily passed passed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill and $1.4 trillion spending package Monday night, funding the government through next September. The House s 359-53 vote, followed by a 91-7 vote in the Senate, sends the legislation to President Trump, who is expected to sign it Tuesday. The bipartisan package includes $600 stimulus checks for qualifying Americans, and extends unemployment benefits of up to $300 per week. The package also extends the moratorium on evictions until Jan. 31, provides $25 billion in emergency assistance to renters, and covers $13 billion in increased food stamps and nutrition benefits. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the stimulus checks could go out as soon as next week.
New Virus Strain Could Be in U.S.; Fauci Gets Shot: Virus Update Bloomberg 12/22/2020 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) The new Covid-19 strain that emerged in the U.K. is possibly already in the U.S., Germany, France and Switzerland, officials in those countries said. Ireland imposed new restrictions to stem an “extraordinary growth” in cases, and said the nation should act on the assumption that the new variant has arrived.
Pfizer Inc.’s partner BioNTech SE is exploring options to boost vaccine production, and its chief executive officer said its shot will probably work against the new virus strain. Taiwan reported the first locally transmitted infection since April, ending what was the world’s longest stretch without a domestic case.
Trump expected to soon sign COVID-19 relief package
December 20, 2020
The House and Senate easily passed passed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill and $1.4 trillion spending package Monday night, funding the government through next September. The House s 359-53 vote, followed by a 91-7 vote in the Senate, sends the legislation to President Trump, who is expected to sign it Tuesday. The bipartisan package includes $600 stimulus checks for qualifying Americans, and extends unemployment benefits of up to $300 per week. The package also extends the moratorium on evictions until Jan. 31, provides $25 billion in emergency assistance to renters, and covers $13 billion in increased food stamps and nutrition benefits. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the stimulus checks could go out as soon as next week.