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The largest vaccination campaign in the history of the US has begun.
The first person to be publicly vaccinated against the #coronavirus in the US was an ICU nurse from Queens, New York.
This is what you need to know.
https://www.businessinsider.com/first-covid-19-vaccine-in-us-administered-to-ny-nurse-2020-12
The first person to be publicly vaccinated against the #coronavirus in the US was an ICU nurse from Queens, New York.
This is what you need to know.
https://www.businessinsider.com/first-covid-19-vaccine-in-us-administered-to-ny-nurse-2020-12
Today all 50 US states are slated to receive their first doses of Pfizer’s #COVID19 vaccine. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-vaccine-distribution-timeline-first-pfizer-shots-2020-12
On Sunday, workers at Pfizer's Michigan warehouse started packaging and loading the vaccines onto trucks. These photos show what the process was like: https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-covid-19-vaccine-packaging-loading-pfizer-michigan-2020-12
How is the vaccine being transported?Pfizer's vaccine must be transported on dry ice at -94 degrees Fahrenheit to remain effective, so it's being shipped in retrofitted tuna freezers. https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-vaccine-fresh-tuna-freezers-repurposed-to-ship-it-2020-12
Who will get the shot first?States will determine how to prioritize the initial vaccine doses.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel has recommended that frontline healthcare workers and nursing home residents be prioritized. https://www.businessinsider.com/when-can-i-get-a-coronavirus-vaccine-timeline-2020-11
Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine should be safe for most Americans, but here are five groups that may want to wait for more data on how the vaccine affects people like them: https://www.businessinsider.com/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-kids-pregnant-women-immunocompromised-2020-12
Allergies Pfizer’s vaccine appears to be safe for people with food or environmental allergies, the FDA said on Saturday.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/fda-people-allergies-can-take-pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-2020-12
President Trump said he was halting his own administration's plan to make White House staff among the first people in the country to get a coronavirus vaccine.He tweeted on Sunday that staff should get the vaccine "somewhat later," including himself. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-white-house-staff-should-not-be-first-coronavirus-vaccine-2020-12
The US could immunize 20 million people by the end of 2020, but social distancing and mask wearing will need to continue well into 2021. https://www.businessinsider.com/what-pfizer-vaccine-authorization-means-for-americans-pandemic-2020-12
How does the vaccine work? Pfizer’s shot uses a new kind of immunization technology called mRNA, or messenger RNA.
This is how RNA vaccines train the body to fight the coronavirus.
https://bit.ly/2IL1fDN
How was the vaccine developed? The shot is an unprecedented scientific accomplishment: Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine was created and tested in record time.
Here’s how they did it: https://www.businessinsider.com/insider-pfizer-biontech-historic-coronavirus-vaccine-program-2020-11
BioNTech co-founder Ugur Sahin designed the vaccine in just a few hours in mid-January, according to The Journal, a podcast from Gimlet and The Wall Street Journal.The reason it could be designed so quickly comes down its use of mRNA technology. https://www.businessinsider.com/pfizer-biontech-vaccine-designed-in-hours-one-weekend-2020-12
Are other vaccines in the works?Moderna and AstraZeneca have also released positive results from their late-stage trials.
An FDA advisory committee will decide whether to recommend Moderna's vaccine on December 17. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-vaccine-timeline-when-will-they-get-authorized-shots-start-2020-11
Want to learn more about Moderna’s vaccine? Read this thread: https://twitter.com/businessinsider/status/1330171083895541761
The end remains in the distant future.
Infections, hospitalizations, and deaths have all surged over the past two months, routinely setting new record highs. https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-director-winter-could-most-difficult-time-public-health-history-2020-12
Infections, hospitalizations, and deaths have all surged over the past two months, routinely setting new record highs. https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-director-winter-could-most-difficult-time-public-health-history-2020-12
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