Good morning and welcome the kid news. I'm Tori. Today is Monday, November 23rd,

2020 and we begin with all eyes on the calendar sometime between December 11th and the 13th,

high-risk Americans can expect to receive

the first doses of what is hoped to be

a pandemic ending vaccine. The news came from the head of Operation

War speed. Dr. Monceff Slaui said yesterday that an advisory committee will

review Pfizer's application on December 10th and if approved will ship the medication

within 24 hours first in line health care workers and the elderly perhaps as many

as 20 million of them by the end of the year.

Kids can expect to get theirs by the middle of 2021.

The doctor also tried to calm fears that the vaccine isn't ready.

Not only is it safe, said but it's almost full

insurance against the pandemic. What does her own Dr Brock think about it? She

calls it this generation's moon landing.

You can find her latest blog on the new vaccines on our website at

W.W. kid news.org.

Two reveals are expected today.

First, Oxford Dictionary will announce its Word of the Year for 2020.

Last year's was climate emergency, which reflected any situation that required immediate attention to avoid an environmental

crisis.

Not guaranteed, but in all likelihood, this year's will have something to do with COVID.

And second, in a break from Pandemic News, the National Zoo will lift the

...