Vaccine Setback 2.0, Barrett Faces Grilling & iPhone 12 Launch- Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, October 13th, 2020!
We have updates about:
- a hold on another vaccine trial and how a different one is getting teenagers involved
- the first COVID-19 reinfection in the U.S.
- a contentious week of hearings for the Supreme Court nominee
- how presidential candidates are spending their final weeks before Election Day
- Facebook reversing its policy concerning Holocaust deniers
- Amazon Prime Day
- the newest iPhone being revealed today
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Trial Paused: Stat, Axios, AP
Pfizer to Start Testing Vaccine on Children: AP, Business Insider
First U.S. COVID Reinfection: NPR, Bloomberg, WSJ, The Lancet
SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings Cont'd: AP, NY Times, WSJ, WaPo, CNN
Trump Tests Negative, Holds Rally: AP, Reuters, FOX News, Conley Memo
Biden on the Campaign Trail: AP, WSJ, Columbus Dispatch
GA Early Voting Record Turnout: AP, AJC, NPR
Microsoft Tackles Hacking Operation: CNN, WaPo, Reuters, Microsoft
Facebook to Ban Holocaust Denial Posts: USA Today, WSJ, WaPo, FB, Survey, History from The Atlantic, History.com
New iPhones to be Unveiled: USA Today, The Verge, Reuters, Watch the Livestream
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, October 13th. We're talking about why another vaccine trial is now on hold, |
| 0:05.5 | how a different one is getting teenagers involved and the first COVID-19 reinfection in the U.S. |
| 0:11.5 | Also another contentious day expected over the Supreme Court |
| 0:14.4 | nominee and how the presidential candidates are spending their final weeks |
| 0:17.5 | before election day. Plus Facebook reverses its policy about Holocaust deniers. |
| 0:22.2 | Amazon Prime Day kicks off and the newest I versus its policy about Holocaust deniers, |
| 0:22.6 | Amazon Prime Day kicks off, |
| 0:24.3 | and the newest iPhone revealed today. |
| 0:28.8 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:30.7 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica |
| 0:36.2 | Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:40.0 | Well a second COVID-19 vaccine study has been shut down in the US over safety concerns. |
| 0:48.8 | Johnson and Johnson's trial is now paused because one volunteer got sick. Now we should note |
| 0:53.5 | Johnson and Johnson says it's standard protocol to pause the trial and start a |
| 0:57.2 | safety review whenever someone gets sick in one of these trials. For now all |
| 1:01.2 | we know is one participant has an unexplained illness. |
| 1:04.5 | But of course in these large-scale trials, it's always possible that person got sick by chance |
| 1:08.9 | and it has nothing to do with a vaccine. |
| 1:10.8 | We just don't know yet. |
| 1:11.7 | So that's why a safety review is now underway. |
| 1:14.2 | The setback is a little disappointing to some health officials because the Johnson and Johnson |
| 1:17.8 | vaccine is the only one right now that would only require one shot if approved. The other possible vaccines in the US now in their |
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