The Health 202: It s the day of reckoning for Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine Paige Winfield Cunningham
with Alexandra Ellerbeck Just hours from now, an advisory panel could clear the Food and Drug Administration to hit “go” on distributing the first coronavirus vaccines to Americans. The major step toward approval comes not a minute too soon: a record 3,140 people died yesterday in the U.S. of the novel coronavirus in what public health officials are warning is expected to be a grim winter and holiday season in this country.
It’s a pivotal moment and one of particularly intense pressure for public health officials, considering the U.K., Canada and Bahrain have already granted emergency use.