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Moderna Shot Expected to Bolster U S Vaccine Efforts

Moderna Shot Expected to Bolster U.S. Vaccine Efforts © Hans Pennink/Associated Press Health officials across the U.S. are counting on the arrival of a second Covid-19 vaccine to boost scarce supplies and sidestep logistical issues encountered by the first vaccine, which began distribution this week. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may issue an emergency authorization for a vaccine from Moderna Inc. as early as Friday after an advisory panel recommended the agency approve its use. If authorized, Moderna’s vaccine will join a vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE that received authorization on Dec. 11. The green light would nearly double this month’s expected U.S. supply of Covid-19 vaccine doses and help meet a federal goal of getting a vaccine to anyone who wants one by the spring or summer of 2021. Moderna expects to add 20 million doses of its vaccine to Pfizer’s expected U.S. supply of 25 million in December.

Op-Ed: Among those slated to get vaccinated now, we ll have to prioritize Who should be last in line?

Op-Ed: Among those slated to get vaccinated now, we ll have to prioritize. Who should be last in line? Amit Kaushal, Jiayin Xue and Robert M. Kaplan © (Hans Pennink / Associated Press ) A nurse prepares a syringe during the study of the Moderna vaccine. (Hans Pennink / Associated Press ) What if what makes a difference in how quickly the pandemic ends isn’t who gets vaccinated first, but who gets vaccinated last? There are more than 16 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in the United States and more than 1 million new confirmed cases are accruing each week. At the current pace, we are likely to enter the new year with approximately 20 million confirmed cases. And the true number of infected individuals is thought to be even higher, by some estimates three to10 times higher. A best guess is that somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 million Americans have already had a SARS-CoV2 infection, and given the current increase in cases, many of them will

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