We have a ton of developments today in the Coronavirus Vaccine situation. What we do know is encouraging in many waysramping up vaccine production. What we dont know about the effectiveness is terrifying. It makes you wonder if the u. S. Needs to dramatically rethink the current Vaccine Distribution strategy. Lets start with the good news. Today johnson and johnson leased some promising data from its phase three clinical trials. The vaccine is 72 effective in the u. S. At preventing moderate to severe illness. Experts consider that a strong level of protection. Here is the potential worrying news. The company disclosed the data suggests the vaccine was less effective against the South Africa Covid Variant we have been dropping. Effectiveness dropped from 72 to 57 . Its called that because it was south africa was the first place it was found which is more contagious and resistant to the vaccines we have. Its already in the United States and appears to be spreading. The more contagious u
Just imagine not being able to breathe. You cant even get out of bed without losing your breath. Your body is achy, youre fatigued, you have a headache, you might have some gi issues going on, some nausea, your temperature is through the roof. So you go to the hospital and we admit you and we put you on supplemental oxygen and every single nurse and doctor or staff that comes in looks like an alien because we are dressed head to toe in ppe. Youre probably scared, anxious and worst of all you are alone because we cant allow visitors on the covid floor. I think its tempting for people to trick themselves into thinking that it cant happen to them or their loved ones because its just so abstract if you arent witnessing it and the devastation that covid is causing with your own eyes like we are in the hospitals. We begin this show once again with sound from medical workers on the front lines of the pandemic. Welcome to tuesday, it is meet the press daily, im katy tur in for chuck todd. We b
In the Eastern District of new york. Now, if you are the president , and you and your campaign and your inaugural committee and your donors and your lawyers and your Campaign Staff and your longtime friends and associates keep finding themselves accused of felonies or at least targeted or involved in serious criminal investigations, then if youre the president , the federal prosecutors you probably most have to worry about are three. Number one, the u. S. Attorney in washington, d. C. Where the Nations Capital is, where lots of federal public corruption gets prosecuted, where lots of National Security stuff gets handled. Second, new york. Even if you are not a president from new york whose business is headquartered in new york like this one, if you in your marching order as president often find yourselves adjacent to criminal financial matters, well, the famously independent federal Prosecutors Office in new york tends to find a way to take advantage of the fact that new york is the Fi
Administration, then, yes, you guessed it. Weve just had a new adventure in the decline and fall of the rule of law. One of the things that has happened tonight, which actually has been out of the headlines a little bit because of all the dramatic things in the last few hours. The president s attorney general has just ousted another federal prosecutor, whose office was handling cases pertaining to the president. Tonight, its the Eastern District of new york. Now, if you are the president and you and your campaign and your inaugural committee and your donors and your lawyers and your Campaign Staff and your longtime friends and associates keep finding themselves accused of felonies or at least targeted or involved in serious criminal investigations. Then, if you are the president , the federal prosecutors you probably most have to worry about are three. Number one, the u. S. Attorney in washington, d. C. Where the Nations Capital is, where lots of National Security stuff gets handled. S
Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. If it is, you know, late on a friday night in the late stages of the donald Trump Administration, then, yes, you guessed it. Weve just had a new adventure in the decline and fall of the rule of law. One of the things that has happened tonight, which actually has been squoze out of the headlines a little bit because of all the dramatic things that have happened in the last few hours, is that the president s attorney general has just ousted another federal prosecutor whose office was handling sensitive criminal cases related to the president. This time tonight its the u. S. Attorney in the Eastern District of new york. Now, if you are the president , and you and your campaign and your inaugural committee and your donors and your lawyers and your Campaign Staff and your longtime friends and associates keep finding themselves accused of felonies or at least targeted or involved in serious criminal investigations, then if youre the president ,