Johnson & Johnson Shipping 3.9 Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Johnson & Johnson is now shipping 3.9 million doses of its covid-19 vaccine, with a delivery as soon as tomorrow. The CDC director has said that loosening covid restrictions amid new covid variants could cost us the "hard earned ground we have gained." Teachers in 31 states and DC are now eligible for the covid-19 vaccination. Dr. Anthony Fauci has that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is 72 percent effective against moderate to severe covid-19 cases. Fauci also says that the Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine gives good protection against the new covid-19 variants. Johnson & Johnson is planning covid-19 vaccine trials on infants and pregnant women. President Joe Biden met with democrat senators to pitch his covid relief bill. The senate is likely to move this week on the $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill without the minimum wage hike. Progressives are pressing Vice President Kamala Harris to ignore the senate ruling on the wage hike. Biden also held a virtual meeting with the Mexican president. Former President Donald Trump is peddled election lies during his first post-presidency speech and unleashes enemies list of republicans who voted against him. The White House is facing backlash for not sanctioning the Saudi crown prince over his role in the Khashoggi murder. 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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1:14.4	developments in the coronavirus crisis. Right now millions of doses of the one-shot
1:19.5	Johnson and Johnson vaccine are being shipped out across the United States and some could
1:25.0	wind up in the arms of Americans as soon as tomorrow. It's the third vaccine to
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