This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, December 23rd. I'm Kate Trinko.

And I'm Virginia Allen. Father and daughter Matt and Savannah Shaw began singing duets together

from their kitchen table at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. After they

posted their first song on social media, it quickly went viral. Ten months later, they have recorded two albums

and gained international attention

after multiple appearances on the Kelly Clarkson show and are right up in the New York Times.

Today Matt and Savannah joined the show to share about their journey of success and how it's impacted their relationship as father and daughter.

And if you're enjoying this podcast please be sure to leave a review or a five-star

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Now onto our top news. America has now surpassed 18 million coronavirus cases according to Johns Hopkins University.

320,000 Americans have died as a result of the virus,

making the US the nation with the highest number of reported deaths and confirmed cases.

With about a million cases reported in the past seven days,

there are increased concerns about the new strain of the virus that has been discovered in the UK and appears to spread more rapidly.

The White House may be considering implementing travel restrictions on the UK, but Dr. Anthony

Fauchy said on CNN Monday that while it's important to follow the new strain of the virus closely, we don't want to overreact.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Az, received the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday,

saying per the Hill that Americans should also know that this vaccine has been through the kind of searching and independent review that they expect for any drug or vaccine at the food and drug administration.

Dr Anthony Fauchy, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases,

also took the vaccine. Here's what he had to say via CNN.

Well, for me it's important for two reasons. One is that I'm an attending physician here on the staff at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

And so I do see patients, but as important or more important is as a symbol to the rest of the country that I feel extreme confidence in the safety and the efficacy of this vaccine.

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