The vaccine is here. She got it first.

Post Reports

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🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Meet Sandra Lindsay, the first person to get a coronavirus vaccine in the United States. And a closer look at President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of state, Antony Blinken.

The vaccine is now being administered in the United States as hospitals struggle to keep up with coronavirus patients. Science reporter Ben Guarino on why this New York critical care nurse got the country’s first coronavirus shot: “We were scared.”

Biden has picked Antony Blinken to be secretary of state. The nomination emphasizes experience and the foreign policy establishment, according to national security reporter John Hudson.

Late last week, the first coronavirus vaccine was approved for emergency use. But as we reported on Post Reports, the country will now embark on a finely orchestrated, high-stakes process to distribute and administer doses. Meet the people inside a supply chain that could end the pandemic.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
0:16.0	I am Lina Mohamed.
0:19.8	It's Tuesday, December 15.
0:24.3	Today the first person to get a coronavirus vaccine in the US.
0:29.2	And a look at Biden's pick for Secretary of State.
0:36.8	This has been a huge week for coronavirus vaccines.
0:43.2	Yesterday we saw the widespread rollout of the Pfizer vaccine to healthcare workers across
0:48.4	the country.
0:52.9	And then today the FDA has released its data showing that Moderna's coronavirus vaccine
1:00.6	is 94% effective.
1:02.8	So there's a really good indication that we'll have two approved vaccines against the coronavirus
1:08.6	by the end of the week.
1:11.8	My name is Ben Garino and I'm a reporter on the Health and Science Desk.
1:19.0	So what does this mean for Americans who are waiting to be vaccinated?
1:23.6	Well vaccines are in high demand and short supply.
1:28.0	So having two sources of production of these vaccines can help accelerate the rollout to
1:34.0	get them to critical healthcare workers, to medical staff, to people in nursing homes.
1:41.4	And the nice thing about the Moderna vaccine is that it doesn't have to stay super cold
1:46.3	like the Pfizer vaccine so the logistics of getting it out to everyone makes it a little
1:52.3	bit simpler for Moderna's vaccine.
1:55.5	So yesterday we saw the first person in the United States receive the vaccine.
2:01.6	Who is she and why did they choose her?
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