Wednesday, November 17th, 2021

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Today begins with some good news about widespread approval of the Pfizer vaccine booster, and an agreement for international use of the Pfizer COVID antiviral pill. Next, hear about the bizarre jury lottery selection process approved by the judge in Kyle Rittenhouse's case. Finally, the House of Representatives will vote on a resolution to censure Paul Gosar for his vile AOC tweet, and Wyoming Republicans voted to disavow Liz Cheney as a member of their party. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NYT: The F.D.A. plans to authorize Pfizer-BioNTech boosters for all adults as soon as Thursday Axios: Pfizer agrees to share recipe for COVID-19 pill Chicago Sun Times: No verdict after daylong deliberations by Kyle Rittenhouse jury CNN: House plans to vote Wednesday to censure Paul Gosar and strip him of committee assignments WaPo: Wyoming GOP says it will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a Republican after she criticized Trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Wednesday, November 17th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.8	by Betcha's Media.
0:08.8	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by Amazon Music's new podcast, Country Heat
0:14.2	Weekly, hosted by Kelly Sutton and Amber Anderson, which is available now on Amazon Music
0:19.2	or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:22.0	Today is actually going to be a pretty quick one, starting with a few COVID-related updates.
0:29.7	The FDA plans to authorize the Pfizer booster shot for all adults, potentially as soon
0:33.8	as tomorrow.
0:34.8	Then, the CDC has a meeting plan for Friday to discuss the booster's efficacy and safety,
0:39.8	and if both sign off by Friday, any adult who received a second dose of the vaccine at
0:43.7	least six months earlier will be officially eligible to get a booster as soon as this
0:48.1	weekend.
0:49.1	Not to be the uncool booster, Moderna is expected to submit its own similar requests to
0:53.2	the FDA for expanded eligibility for its own vaccine.
1:00.3	But in other Pfizer headlines, the company has agreed to a licensing deal with the UN's
1:04.1	medicines patent pool for their COVID antiviral pill.
1:08.4	The agreement will cover 95 countries, and this means that Pfizer won't receive royalties
1:12.4	on sales in low-income countries, and they will also weigh royalties on sales in those
1:16.4	countries until the pandemic is no longer classified as a public health emergency.
1:21.4	I got your number, Pfizer!
1:31.1	The jury began deliberations in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial yesterday.
1:34.4	However, just like with the rest of the trial, somehow even the jury lottery showed a
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