2nd Promising Vaccine, Boy Scout Abuse Claims & March Madness Plan - Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 17 November 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, November 17th, 2020!
We have updates about:
- initial data from another COVID-19 vaccine trial: which one is looking good and what we still don't know about it yet
- Joe Biden saying he needs Trump's help and the reaction to his request
- plans for next year's March Madness
- what a deal between a movie studio and theater chain means for you
- how you can have a say in deciding a baby panda's name
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Moderna Vaccine Appears 94.5% Effective: AP, NY Times, WaPo, Reuters, Axios, WSJ
Biden Urges Trump to Allow Transition: AP, CBS News, NBC News, NPR
Trump Legal Challenges Update: AP, CBS News, WaPo, AP, Jason Miller Tweet, Trump Tweet
Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Claims: AP, CNN, USA Today
Dorsey and Zuckerberg to Testify about Handling Election: AP, Cnet, USA Today
Watch Hearing Live: Senate Judiciary Committee
NCAA to Host Tournament in One City: CBS Sports, NY Times, AP
Universal, Cinemark Early Streaming Deal: Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Forbes
Zoom Security Upgrade: ZDNet, PC Mag, Zoom
Zoom Scraps Time Limits for Thanksgiving: USA Today, Engadget, The Verge
Name National Zoo Baby Panda: WaPo, Smithsonian, National Zoo
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, November 17th. |
| 0:02.0 | We'll tell you about initial data from another COVID-19 vaccine trial. |
| 0:05.5 | Which one is looking good, and what we still don't know about it yet. |
| 0:08.5 | Also, Joe Biden says he needs Trump's help. |
| 0:10.7 | We'll explain the request and the reaction to it. |
| 0:13.4 | Plus new plans for next year's March Madness, |
| 0:15.7 | what a deal between a movie studio and theatre chain means for you, |
| 0:19.0 | and how you can have a say in deciding a baby panda's name. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome, welcome. in deciding a baby panda's name. Welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:26.0 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:28.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:32.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:33.8 | You ready? |
| 0:34.7 | Let's do this. |
| 0:36.2 | Another potential coronavirus vaccine |
| 0:41.3 | is now doing better than expected and reporting some promising |
| 0:44.0 | early results. |
| 0:45.1 | Moderna announced preliminary data from its late stage vaccine trial and the drug maker |
| 0:49.2 | found its two-dose vaccine option was nearly 95% effective. That's far higher than the 50% bar set |
| 0:56.2 | by the FDA. And if it turns out to hold true with additional data, it'll be even more |
| 1:00.5 | effective than most vaccines because no vaccine is 100% effective. |
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