First 1 million cases. And theres no sign that the spread of this virus is slowing down. At this point, coronavirus has killed nearly 285,000 americans. This week marking the deadliest in the pandemic so far with an average of more than 2200 americans losing their lives each day. That is 2200 fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters every single day. Its hard to wrap your head around. But youve got to. But also this morning, there is a small sign of hope on the horizon. The entire world watching as the uk delivered its first shots of the Pfizer Vaccine becoming the first country to start mass vaccinations of a clinically tested, authorized vaccine. Margaret keenan, the 90yearold grandmother who received the first shot, perhaps the new picture of hope in the global fight to finally contain this deadly virus. And thats exactly where well begin this morning. Keir simmons joined us from cardiff, wales. What do we know about the first people getting the vaccine, and whats the
Another big shot of hope this morning. This time with the vaccine candidate from moderna. Within the last hour, the fda signaling it will probably approve emergency use of that vaccine and theres some really interesting new data we havent seen yet. Well tell you about it next. Were live at a hospital in new jersey where theyre about to launch day one of the vaccination push. And a new york nurse that was first to get the vaccine, talking about what it was like and her advice as this possiblization looks to turn the tide of the pandemic. We have a lot to get to this morning with our team. Tom, we have these new findings from the fda on the Moderna Vaccine. It shows the data seems to show that it doesnt just stop you from getting symptoms. It might also stop the infection itself. That is something that experts hadnt been sure about, and it could be significant in stopping the spread of the virus . Yeah. And we should make it clear. Were talking about the second vaccine. This is good news
Top Covid Task Force officials. Welcome to thursday. It is meet the press daily. Im chuck todd. Congress created an independent, Bipartisan Commission to definitively figure out what happened and how to prevent it from happening again. And nearly 3,000 americans died on september 11th. More than 308,000 people have now died from covid in this country. The cdc director predicted over the nemonth, at least, well se 9 11 levels of fatalities every single day. Nearly 3,300 deaths were reported from covid yesterday alone. That was the single deadliest day of this pandemic. If the death toll alone doesnt highlight how badly we need a full accounting of what happened, theres this. House investigators on a subcommittee specifically devoted to the pandemic disclosed they discovered communications within hhs showing that one of the president s top science advisers specifically said of low risk groups that, quote, we want them infected. That was basically a herd immunity strategy focused on prote
Good to see you. Well see you again on monday. How many people are sick with the coronavirus in the United States and when did they get sick . Answering these questions are crucial but they have never been answered well and it seems that federal government dramatically misunderstood what was happening in america as the coronavirus outbreak began. On the last day of february, the cdc reported that 15 americans had tested positive for covid19. Today the reported number is more than a million and at least some of the death and i can domincom economic damage could have been avoided if we started testing earlier. As more states prepare to work out, were far from the end and mid crisis lesson to learn our past failures do not need to dictate actions. As former head of the world bank wrote in the new yorker next week, its not too late to go on the offense against the coronavirus and there are promising signs that our offense efforts are working but well only succeed if were guided but one thi
To open back up for business, were far from the end of this scourge, and the mid crisis lesson to learn is that our past failures do not need to dictate our future actions. As Global Health official and former head of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim wrote in the new yorker last week, its not too late to go on the offense against the coronavirus. And there are promising signs that our nascent offensive efforts are working but will only succeed if were guided by one thing, and that one thing is data. There is no other way to defeat coronavirus. All of our decisions must be based on the evidence available to us, not on the basis of political advantage nor on the basis of misdirected protests. We can only succeed if we follow the science, and that much is going to be our focus in the hour ahead. Tonight in a week with so many medical and science headlines to keep track of, i am once again grateful to be joined by dr. Zeke emanuel for the hour. Dr. Emanuel is an nbc news and msnbc senior medica