FDA: Johnson & Johnson vaccine is safe and effective

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The U.S. Food and Drug administration found the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective and meets the emergency use authorization requirements. If authorized, it’ll be the third shot option in the United States. Dr. Leana Wen is the former Baltimore Health Commissioner and is currently an emergency room physician. She also has been a volunteer participant in the two-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine trial. She joins AC360 to react to the FDA’s analysis. Plus, authorities say Tiger Woods won’t face any charges after his rollover car crash because it was “purely an accident.” CNN Correspondent Kyung Lah gives AC360 an update on the golfer’s condition and the crash investigation. Airdate: February 24, 2021 Guests: Dr. Leana Wen Kyung Lah To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, is it the party of Lincoln or the party of Trump?
0:04.9	John Berman here in Foranderson, and that's the question today again, after a number of
0:09.2	Republicans twisted themselves into pretzels to show their fealty to the one-time, one-term,
0:14.6	twice-impeached president.
0:16.7	It's coming in the run-up to his speech this weekend at the CPAC conference in Florida,
0:21.0	and it's coming as a slew of hearings to try to get to the bottom of how the events
0:24.1	leading up to in on January 6th happened.
0:28.0	But for some Republicans, even asking the question, pings the tuning fork towards some truly
0:33.0	weird stuff.
0:34.8	Take Senator Ron Johnson.
0:36.4	Late today, he upped the ante on this alternative reality account of the attack which he read
0:41.2	into the Congressional record yesterday.
0:43.3	They said the mood of the crowd was positive and festive.
0:49.1	Many of the marches were families with small children, many were elderly, overweight, or
0:52.6	just plain tired or frail.
0:54.5	Trace not typically attributed to the riot prone.
0:57.1	A very few didn't share the jovial friendly Ernest demeanour of the great majority.
1:01.8	Fake Trump protesters and then disciplined uniform column of attackers.
1:06.1	I think these are the people that probably plan this.
1:10.7	So does this crew look to bar a few words?
1:13.8	Positive or festive?
1:16.1	Jovial work for you?
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