First one-dose vaccine shows 85% protection against severe Covid; Fauci: “We will continue” to see new mutations of Covid; As Republicans attack Rep. Liz Cheney for impeachment vote, no punishment so far for Rep. Greene’s violent posts; Lawmakers on high alert as DHS warns of continued threats of violence; Schools & suicides during the pandemic;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 29 January 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
CDC: Nearly 28 million vaccine doses administered in the U.S.; Johnson & Johnson is 66% effective in global trial, 85% effective against severe disease; Health experts worry current vaccines could be less effective at protecting against Covid variants; Fauci: Hope to be vaccinating kids by late spring/early summer; Disturbing bodycam video shows rioters viciously attacking police during insurrection; FBI: Two pipe bombs found near Capitol planted night before insurrection; CNN: Draft agreement calls for military to administer 450,000 or more Covid vaccines per day across the U.S.; National guard administering 51K+ Covid shots a day; Adviser: Biden is “clear-eyed” when it comes to Russia; China takes aggressive move seen as a “test” of Biden; VP Harris focuses on WV, AZ to pressure moderate Dems; Critics hit Biden after he signs 40+ executive orders in first 10 days; Biden wants Covid-19 relief to be partisan, but says deal “has to pass… no ifs, ands, or buts”; GOP Sen. Portman: Pushing through Covid relief without partisan support “jams Republicans and… poisons the well”; Covid linked to increased mental health ER visits among teens; Nine-year-old was youngest student in NV district to die by suicide; Father’s message who lost son to suicide during Covid: “Check on them every morning, every night”; Remembering 54-year-old Covid victim Chris Mertz;
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we start today with some potential good news in our |
| 0:06.8 | health lead. A third coronavirus vaccine could be authorized for emergency use in the |
| 0:11.6 | U.S. in just a few weeks. This one is from Johnson and Johnson. |
| 0:15.0 | The top line, the J&J single dose vaccine was 66% effective in a global trial, |
| 0:20.0 | which appears less effective than the vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, |
| 0:24.0 | but Dr. Anthony Fauchy points out that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine |
| 0:28.0 | is 85% effective against severe disease and in the trial kept nearly everyone from |
| 0:35.6 | ending up in the hospital from COVID. There were essentially no hospitalizations |
| 0:41.5 | or deaths in the vaccine group, |
| 0:44.7 | whereas in the placebo group there were. |
| 0:47.8 | So this really tells us that we have now |
| 0:51.0 | a value added additional vaccine candidate. |
| 0:55.0 | There are other advantages to the J&J vaccine. It is cheaper. It only requires a single shot |
| 1:01.5 | and it only requires basic refrigeration. |
| 1:04.4 | No vaccine has yet been authorized in the US of course for use by anyone under 16. |
| 1:09.7 | But there's more news today Dr. Fauchy addressed when that could change and when kids can start to get vaccinated |
| 1:15.6 | Though the new variants of the virus are also causing potential problems as CNN's Athena Jones now reports |
| 1:23.0 | Another as CNN's Athena's Athena Jones now reports. Another COVID-19 vaccine could soon be available in the United States. |
| 1:28.0 | The results really are very encouraging. |
| 1:31.0 | Johnson and Johnson says its vaccine was 66% effective overall in a global phase 3 trial, |
| 1:37.0 | 72% effective in the US, and 85% effective against severe disease. |
| 1:43.1 | The drug is delivered in a single shot |
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