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Good morning and welcome to kid News and a brand new year.

I'm Tori.

Today is Monday, January 4th, 2021.

And we begin with a new word entering the English language.

According to the New York Times, it's

Vaxes to reflect the selfies people are taking when they get their COVID shots.

Others are calling it their fauchy-ochy, and the really creative are setting the whole thing to Hamilton, filming the injection

while Lynn Manuel sings, not thrown away my shot in the background.

So far, about four and a half million doses have been given in the U. So far about 4.5 million doses have been given in the US and today

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