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Polar Express: From Pfizer’s Labs to You

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🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Welcome to Skimm This. Here’s what we’re covering this week:  First up: The Electoral College is meeting Monday to finally put this whole election to bed. We’ll tell you what’s expected to go down.  Then: Congress is, once again, deadlocked over whether to pass another Coronavirus relief bill. We’ll explain the holdup. Quickly: Some major companies (think: Airbnb and Doordash) are going public. If that has you wondering WTF is an IPO… we’ll break it down in 60 seconds.  ICYMI: It’s been a historic week in the fight against COVID-19. But approving a vaccine and successfully “rolling one out” aren’t the same thing. We’ll tell you what challenges lie ahead.  Finally: We’ve got some advice on how to limit your COVID-19 exposure risk if you’re getting into an Uber or Lyft. Pro tip: roll down multiple windows.  On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Elaine Kamarck, senior fellow in governance studies, Brookings Institution Wendy Zukerman, host, “Science Vs.” (a podcast from Gimlet, a Spotify Studio) Kenny Breuer, professor of engineering, Brown University Want more Skimm?  Sign up for our free daily newsletter Email us your questions about what’s going on in the news right now  Subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts Skimm'd by Alex Carr, Justine Davie, and Luke Vargas. With additional support from Peter Bonaventure and Ciara Long.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's episode is brought to you by Tarte Cosmetics.

0:03.0

Tarte, makeup, skincare, and beauty products

0:05.5

are made with high-performance natural ingredients.

0:10.9

Welcome to Schim this.

0:12.6

It's been a historic week in the fight against COVID-19.

0:15.8

Hopefully you've seen the photos of the first people in the UK

0:18.7

to receive a newly approved Pfizer vaccine,

0:21.4

including 90-year-old Margaret Keenan,

0:23.7

and a man named William Shakespeare,

0:26.0

who is 81 years old, not a 456-year-old playwright.

0:30.3

On this side of the pond, Canada has approved the Pfizer vaccine too,

0:34.4

and today, a pinnall of independent scientists

0:36.9

is expected to recommend that the FDA

0:39.2

approve the Pfizer vaccine for Americans.

0:41.8

If that happens, people could start getting vaccinated

0:44.5

across the US within days.

0:47.2

We're going to lay our emotions on the table here and say,

0:50.4

this news is worth celebrating,

0:52.9

and feels like the light at the end of a very long tunnel.

0:56.1

But approving a vaccine and successfully rolling one out

0:59.5

aren't the same thing.

1:00.9

We've got the story on the challenges ahead,

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