Ten months after covid19 first appeared in the United States, a promising vaccine is now one step closer to being rolled out. Drugmakers, pfizer and biontech applied on friday to the food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization. If given the green light, the first doses could be shipped by middecember. And the situation could not be more urgent. The u. S. Set another record on friday with more than 195,000 were you covid cases. 1 million americans have tested positive in just the past week. Getting vaccines to the Larger Population will probably take several months. Until then, many communities are facing hard choices about how to curb the Staggering Number of new infections. Cnns nick watt has the latest. Reporter pfizer and biontech submitted their covid19 vaccine to the fda for emergency use authorization. There could be shots in some arms before new years. This pandemic will start Getting Better once we get into february march, and by april may, things will be drama