It does seem theyre coming soon and fast and going to be in millions of doses by the end of the year, possibly more than a billion doses in the new year. What to make of this with laura ingle and the fallout in this country and greg palkot with the fallout from london that got a jump on this country. We begin with laura in melbourne, new york. Laura . The krvshgs tvshgs krvshgss Advisory Committee made that vote last night to basically green light the plan of action of getting a couple of groups ready to go in front of the line when this vaccine maybe one or the two that are on the table right now in front of the fda get approved. Those are the front line healthcare workers and those living in longterm care facilities. The panel voted 131 to recommend the two critical groups. The group gave emergency authorization to pfizer something health and Human Services secretary said should be reassuring for the americans as the fda works through its own process to ensure that the vaccine is safe and effective for youth care. They have a very detailed approach. They look under the hood. Theyre going to look at all of the data to make sure that it appears to be as good as it appears and well have that meeting of the Advisory Committee on december 10. Hours ago, the cdc released guidance on quarantine times to those who may have been exposed and tested negative. Theyre moving the goal post from 14 days to 7 days and 10 days for those not tested at all. And the director of the cdc said while all of this is very encouraging news, we still have the next several months which they predict to be the toughest months of the pandemic ahead of us and asking people today not to travel for the holidays. We saw how that went for thanksgiving. But thats the recommendation for the cdc today. Neil . Neil all right, thank you for that, laura ingal. Lets go across the ocean. Greg palkot in london with the fallout there that it got regulatory for approval in london than in the united states. Its not connected to disparage anything in this country, just different time standards, different allowances for different thinges. Greg, what are you hearing . Its big stuff here, and possibly big relief as uk becomes the very first country to give approval to a rigorously tested covid19 vaccine. Getting that emergency authorization, and, yes, the american pharmaceutical giant pfizer. In studies, it was proven to be 95 effective in dealing with the coronavirus, some 800,000 doses will be distributed here starting next week. It takes two doses within a month for treatment. Millions more are expected. First to get it, very similar to the united states, nursing home residents and staff, frontline doctors, medical, social workers, and then the elderly, the vulnerable, and wok working your way down. Here is how uk Health Secretary matt hancock described it. You know, the virus help is on its way. Today is a try u6r7 for all of those who believe in science, for humanity. There are hitches, maybe the biggest. These vaccines have to be stored and transported at super cold temperatures, about 100 degrees below zero fahrenheit. But the company say they have special dry ice shipping containers that have gps monitors in them and should be able to handle it. Just in time, neil, the uk authorities announced in the past 24 hours here in the uk, there were 650 more deaths due to covid19. Of course, the u. S. Will be watching very closely as the uk starts this, rolls it out, to see how it will go. Back to you. Greg palkot, thank you very, very much. The implication for all of this, not only for the pfizer offering, there are others out there. The Board Certified in family and medicine physician. Good to have you. How will this process go, then, doctor . What do you think . Hey, neil, thank you so much for having me. An exciting day for us in the healthcare community. Weve been battling this virus on the front license for going on nine, ten months now. These trials have been going on for the same period of time. We have tens of thousands of patients proving the efficacy of this vaccine. To us, not important than safety. Having both of those boxes checked is amazing. We did this in a span of ten months in a process that should take ten years. Its been an incredible undertaking coming together, Technology Working with us. But, neil, i do have a concern because right now the cdc has been working with their Advisory Committee, the acip, the Advisory Committee for immunization practices, and they have recommended that Healthcare Professionals on the front line and longterm care residents getting this vaccine first, it doesnt mean its guaranteed to happen. Because it going to be under state control and how they want to administer vaccines. I hope it happens in this manner, these are the highest risk groups,s pearly the longterm residents neil. 40 of all deaths came in this vulnerable frail population and we need to get them vaccinated. Neil how does this work, doctor . I think i heard 20 million doses will be available this year. But really it would be for 10 million individuals because they get two doses over time, right . How does it work . Well, neil, the way it works, its going to be unclear from the outset of how many people are going to get it how quickly. Were making a lot of predictions right now based on how many people are going to get it. How many people are going to be shipped appropriately. We have operation warp speed in effect, but our dates are not yet perfectly set. I know the whole purpose of us discussing this right now is the differences between the u. S. And europe and whos going to get the vaccine first. Ultimately, its not even clear right now, neil, in germany, for example, theyre hoping to get the vaccine ready to go in mid december, yes, sir the eu is aiming for Regulatory Approval in late december. The dates and numbers are not clear. s not what we need to focus on right now. We have a vaccine thats efficacious, safe, multiple options, each come with challenges, they need to be stored and administered differently. If we take this seriously and continue to do all of the safety guidelines laid out by the cdc, we could have a positive return back to normal in 2021. Doctor, how do you advise your patients besides the pfizer and the moderna one to come, and astrazeneca is getting a lot of attention, i assume they all do different things. So you have to sort of play it by ear then, right, yourself . Dont you . Thats not unusual for us. When i want to give a patient an influenza vaccine, we want to give different brands, different options. If youre over the age of 65, we give you one of a higher potency, because generally, your system needs that higher potency in order to kick in. So, were used to having multiple vaccine options available for patients. This is nothing new for us. We need to make sure we do this carefully, safely, and do not rush this process. Neil you said that at the beginning, doctor, wise word then, wise words now. Continued good health for yourself. Thank you. Neil okay, dr. Mike. The governor of the beautiful state of connecticut, what he makes of all of this. You know, governor, i understand that governors themselves, yourself included, will decide what works in their respective states. Any early thoughts on how you handle it in connecticut once you get enough available doses available . We get our first doses from pfizer, neil, nice to see on the 14th. Were ready to roll that out. The hospitals have the refrigeration units. Those are the front line folks that we need to take care of. More complicated, we need a vaccine Advisory Board made up of ministers and labor leaders and politicians doing everything we can to give the Community Confidence when the vaccine is available, take it. It only work ifs you get the shot. Is it good enough for you, governor, if the fda says ready to go, this is good stuff . Technically, its not done so yet. Britain has done that. And im told that theres no significance to that, just that the fda is dotting the eyes, crossing the ts, and making sure its effective and all of that. Until you get that, do you hold off, what do you do . I people ask me that. And i say, look, im going to take the vaccine as soon as i can. Id like dr. Fauci to take it first, if you want to know what my seal of approval would be. But i talked to pfizer and the pharma companies. I think it maybe it got off a political start. I think here in december, theyre ready to go, ready to do it safely. Neil people said if not for the operation warp speed effort to get this done, organized, searched out, removed the hufrds as quickly as possible, you might not be here today. Do you agree with that . Id say its coming in the nick of time. I didnt want to wait another year. I can tell you people are exhausted here in the states and throughout the region where we have the low rate of 5 . But its a lot more than it was a month ago. And people are tired and they dont necessarily have the same discipline they did in the spring. So, thankfully we can say theres an end zone in sight. Thats called the vaccine. So, be careful for a little longer. Neil we need one more holiday to get it right. Limit your christmas, hanukkah, new years gathering as much as possible. One last attempt to keep this from getting out of control. So what are you planning for the holidays . Well, thanksgiving was a little small and the kids are tired of my same old stories, i can tell you that. But the most important thing we can do is the informal social gatherings. You can look at hockey rinks, you can look at restaurants. You can even look at bars. Because those are informal social gatherings. And thats where weve got to be careful. Youre right. No more than ten people. Stick to your family as much as we can. Thats how were going to power through this. Thats the most important of this. Neil youre telling me i should not see my inlaws. I just want to dump this off, right . Theyre the 11 or 12 people say wed love to have them. But the government said no more than ten. Neil the the governor just said that. Thank you for taking the time. Thanks. Neil were focused on were focused on georgia right now, not only the continued count for the election more than a month ago, but the Upcoming Senate runoff elections right now. The secretary of state looking to allegations that a number of progressive groups are trying to entice folks to move to georgia to vote in georgia. One tiny problem, its illegal. After this. Were all putting things off, especially in these times. But some things are too serious to be ignored. If you still have symptoms of Crohns Disease or Ulcerative Colitis even after trying other medications, it may be a sign of damaging inflammation, which left untreated, could get much worse. Please make an appointment to see your gastroenterologist right away. Or connect with them online. Once you do, seeing the doctor is one less thing to worry about. Need help finding a doctor . Head to crohnsandcolitis. Com need help finding a doctor . 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Jonathan well, georgias republic secretary of state is really fighting forces on the left and the right. Hes trying to ward off legal challenges by republican electors who want to gain access to the states voting machines, conducting forensic inve investigations that would cause potential security breeches. At the same time, the secretary of state has launched investigations into liberal groups trying to register out of state or deceased residents to vote in the january 5 Senate Runoff. We have a new georgia project associated with Stacey Abrams and Rafael Warnock with Voter Registration forms from new york city. Were continuing to dig into it and find more and more information every day. Progressive Political Action committee has purchased ad space on nine billboards across georgia not to rally democrats so much, but exploit divisions among Republican Voters who are torn with loyalty to their party and President Trump. While this unusual tactic is not illegal, it is raising some eyebrows. Tonight at midnight is the deadline for all 159 georgia counties to finish their machine recount the ballots in the president ial race requested by the trump campaign, already 132 counties have wrapped up their tallies and state Elections Officials expect that the remaining 27 will finish well in advance of the midnight deadline. Neil . Neil thank you very, very much. Again, that count that donovan was referring to, the hand count of the election, does seem close to the dominion system votes were, almost to an individual vote. The read on all of this and whats going on in the Senate Runoff election with the Lieutenant Governor of georgia, jeff duncan, thank you for joining us again. Good to see you, sir. Absolutely, thanks, neil. Let me ask you first about the hand count right now. This is the third vote, you know, going through all of the votes right now. And up to now, it seems that the counts have pretty closely matched these machine process dominion system vote. So, what can we conclude from that . Yeah, not a lot has change in the last few weeks, neil. We continue to watch now our final count, recount, which was asked for by the president. And i think all sides point to the results continuing to match the the other counts that weve had. So, not a lot of news which pertains to the outcome. But i will tell you the mountains of misinformation continue to flow in at an alarming pace. Neil misinformation youre saying misinformation is coming from the president . I know hes disparaged some things you said, what the governor said, what the secretary of state has said. You want to clarify . Yeah, that misinformation is coming from every single angle, neil, i got to tell you, its disheartening, its definitely not our finest moment. We continue to get hundreds if not thousands of pieces of misinformation flowing in almost by the hour from folks seeing something on facebook or twitter and it takes ten seconds to debunk. The troubling part to me, neil, is so much is flying in under the premise of not rooting out fraud, but simply try to flip an election. Certainly my job is too important to take that bait. Im going to continue to work with the secretary of state and attorney general to make sure we have a fair, legal election. Neil i assume what youre referring to is that thousands of votes that went to him are not coming up in these counts and recounts. Can you unequivocally state thats not the case . Yeah, so were four weeks into this, four weeks into this. And we have not seen the attorney general, the secretary of state, the investigators have not seen any signs of systemic or organized fraud. And, neil, i have to be honest with you, as a georgian, as a Lieutenant Governor of the state, im proud of that. Even though the guy i voted for isnt going to win georgia, im proud we put on a fair, legal election. Neil hes going to be in your state on this weekend in which hes going to try to help out both Republican Senatorial candidates. Do you think his actions have hurt them . My encouragement, i said this a couple of times to our senators that were fighting hard for, to the president , to the republicans as a whole, you know, we need to redirect our postelection focus. Short term, we need to make sure we send two republican senators back to the senate, not just for us in georgia but for all of the state and the country. We need to protect this republican brand. Were bigger than one person. We need to champion and see the wins trump had for us. His policies were phenomenal. The ground gained by an outsider were awesome and should be championed. Theres work to be done. I think the party can get better. We can take on big issues like Immigration Reform and healthcare. These are big issues that were going to cover ground on. Neil will you support him in 2024 if he runs . Hes hinting at that . Im not going to project four years from that. This is an important reminder, neil. On january 20 when Vice President biden is sworn in as president , this will still be america and still have the constitution to protect our conservative point of view. Im going to fight hard to support Small Business owners that cant afford tax increases. Im going to support the second amendment. Those are the things that the constitution affords us the rights to have. Neil are you going to meet the president . Im hanging out with my three kids all weekend. So excited. My wife and i have plans with the kids. Wish him the best of luck, i home senator loeffler and purdue are able to get a lot of folks to rally up for them. I know im counting on it and folks across the country are counting on them winning. We need them. Neil youll be with your kids, great dad. But you will not be meeting with the president . No, no, sir, ill be hanging out with my three boys. Neil okay. Governor, thank you very much. The georgia Lieutenant Governor. Well have more after this. Happy anniversary. customer for what . burke every year youre with us, you get fifty dollars toward your home deducti