The Struggle to Distribute the Vaccine

Prognosis: Misconception

Bloomberg

Health & Fitness, Science

4.1 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Weeks before U.S. states expect to receive their first shipments of Covid-19 vaccines, they’re getting conflicting messages from the federal government about exactly how many doses may arrive. Some governors have made splashy announcements about how much of Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccines they expect to get if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorizes them this month. Other states can’t provide a solid answer. But all of them must submit orders and distribution plans Friday. Reporter Angelica Lavito reports that the shifting expectations are creating all sorts of problems.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 265 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. Today's main story,
0:42.8	a vaccine is likely to start shipping around the U.S. before the end of the year. But states are getting
0:49.2	mixed messages from the federal government about how much of it they'll get. And that makes it hard to set up programs to give people the shots.
0:59.6	But first, here's what happened in virus news today.
1:08.0	Nations across Europe are pushing ahead with fast-track vaccine programs.
1:13.4	The UK has approved a vaccine and is hoping to inoculate millions of Britons before year end.
1:20.6	Spain aims to vaccinate up to 20 million people by June.
1:24.9	And Sweden expects to get enough doses next quarter to immunize a fifth of its population.
1:33.4	The U.S. posted another day of record COVID-19 infections and deaths.
1:40.7	That comes as overburdened hospitals around the nation brace for a surge in cases after Thanksgiving.
1:48.7	Coronavirus hospitalizations in New York topped 4,000 for the first time since late May.
1:56.7	New York City plans to partner with private companies to create an institute devoted to predicting and responding to future pandemics, according to the city's mayor, Bill de Blasio.
2:10.9	Finally, California, the first state to tell residents to stay home to fight the coronavirus pandemic may be about to do it again.
2:20.7	Governor Gavin Newsom warned Thursday that the state would impose a new shelter-at-home order if hospitals start running short of intensive care capacity.
2:31.0	That could happen in some areas as soon as this week.
2:35.8	The order would be imposed in specific regions rather than statewide.
2:40.6	If imposed, the order would last three weeks.
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