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The United States appears on the brink of a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic with the apparently imminent authorization of a vaccine. But after the most vulnerable get their shots, who should be next in line?
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Nearing a Vaccine Turning Point
The U.S. could be as little as hours away from a turning point in the pandemic that has claimed more than 292,000 American lives and is still getting worse.
On Thursday, an influential panel of scientists endorsed a COVID-19 vaccine developed in record time by
Pfizer Inc. and its partner, BioNTech, and urged the Food and Drug Administration to make it available for use. If the FDA agrees, it could grant emergency use authorization — as is widely expected — as soon as today.