The first vaccine has received stateside approval, and it’s a start. Now we just have to hope that distribution is both as timely and smooth as possible, and gets to the people who need it most. Oh, and people take the dang thing – it has been reviewed at multiple layers by multiple top scientists and deemed very safe and very effective.
• At last check, Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer suggested we might get a GM search update next week, but that update might just be on the timeline. Recall, Hoyer has said things might be a little slower because of the pandemic, and because of his desire to find someone who is just the right fit (i.e., he can do the job for now on his own while taking the time to find someone to mesh with a la him and Theo Epstein). All fine and good.